Cornelly Serem

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: One is the justification why some Members of Parliament feel that the LAPFUND and Laptrust must be merged. We are not the users. I have heard the story of the users of the two funds. They are comfortable having the two working hand-in-hand. As we articulate this Bill, we should remember those who served this country with honour and are now living in abject poverty. Unless all of us stand up for them, they will still live in poverty. I was here in the last Parliament and we had the same discussion in this House for the entire five years ... view
• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: As we discuss the same, modalities of how we administer the same must be looked into. It cannot be the same for someone who retired in 1975 or 1980; it must be different for my uncle who retired in 1995. My mother, uncle or neighbour are earning the same figure they earned the day they retired. The economy of this country has changed. You cannot give somebody half salary of what they were earning in 1995. The figures must match with the economics of this country. If the District Commissioner (DC) retires now with a salary of Kshs100,000, they are ... view
• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: one of the councillors with a reasonable salary, but that councillor out there that served this country or a former MP that served this country are going home with less than Kshs50,000. We should put modalities in place so that what they are earning will always go with the economy of the country. If the whole Budget of this country was only about Kshs5 billion a year ago, we are now talking about Kshs3 trillion and the guys are earning peanuts. If we are proud of what they have done for us, we should discuss how we can assist them. ... view
• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: As we discuss this, we should also consider the Members of County Assemblies (MCAs). As we are seated here, they are back home doing what all of us cannot do. We know there are other interests that exist. I am not ashamed to say governors have their interests and the MCAs have theirs. But, governors will always have their say because they have more say. As we contribute, let us make sure the two bodies run parallel. We know the LAPTRUST is being advocated by governors and the LAPFUND is made for the MCAs and the county employees. Let them ... view
• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 13 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It has taken a while for me to get this chance. view
• 13 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Is it fair that the Leader of the Majority Party can mislead the whole country and this House that camel milk is medicinal? Can he define whether it is antibacterial, antifungal or anything else that touches on health? This is because I am also a scientist. I have never come across anywhere that tells us that there are components in camel milk that treat any ailment in the sector of medicine. The colleague seated next to me, Dr. Pukose, has confirmed that. If the Leader of the Majority Party wants to convince this House, he does not have to use ... view
• 13 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As the Vice Chair of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, we have the Act that we were given responsibility to look into. It is fair for a Committee to give a fair assessment or observation to this House on a document it has gone through. We, as a Committee, looked at the law of this Act and felt that all the sections that touch on the SACCO Bill should be deleted. The reason is that there were no ownerships of these Acts. As Members, we subjected the same law to public ... view
• 13 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: has given us his professional view. He said that camel milk is good milk but cannot be defined as medicinal. On the issue of cooperatives, it is also necessary that we look at this law although we have our own reservations. Most of the SACCOs that are out there that were supervised or regulated collapsed. We have had quite a number in my county. I have heard an Hon. Member discuss Mwalimu SACCO. We had Teachers SACCO in my county that collapsed and members lost millions of shillings. About three years ago, we had Hekima SACCO. It was very successful ... view
• 13 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view