Hon Didmus Wekesa Barasa Mutua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I am also happy the amendment Bill seeks to create a fund that will enable the National Drought Management Authority to have money to respond to emergencies that may arise in the country. Even as I celebrate that a fund is provided for, I will be proposing an amendment later on to guide how such monies will be spent. Even if you have money to spend, you need to have a threshold of the kind of emergency that will trigger the funds to be withdrawn. I would like to have scenario where if money is budgeted for in a particular ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: The Bill will bring to end situations where the Government is caught flatfoot, or unware in cases where people die of hunger without a proper plan in place. The Bill seeks to provide a solution. The National Drought Management Authority will be in a position to foresee using data from the weatherman, for instance, that a particular area will not receive rainfall and, therefore, food production will be affected. That way, proper plans will be made. For us from the western part of the country, a region referred to as the food basket, we will be on standby to provide ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: The Bill will bring to end situations where the Government is caught flatfoot, or unware in cases where people die of hunger without a proper plan in place. The Bill seeks to provide a solution. The National Drought Management Authority will be in a position to foresee using data from the weatherman, for instance, that a particular area will not receive rainfall and, therefore, food production will be affected. That way, proper plans will be made. For us from the western part of the country, a region referred to as the food basket, we will be on standby to provide ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Even as I support the Bill, I would want to see the Government coming up with a permanent solution for the parts of the country that have been experiencing drought since Independence to assist them to grow their food for both livestock and people. It does not sound well that in this era, we have Kenyans and cattle that die of hunger. We must come up with modalities and a formula on how we are going to solve the matter once and for all. Learning from other jurisdictions is good, but it is better to come up with home-grown solutions ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Even as I support the Bill, I would want to see the Government coming up with a permanent solution for the parts of the country that have been experiencing drought since Independence to assist them to grow their food for both livestock and people. It does not sound well that in this era, we have Kenyans and cattle that die of hunger. We must come up with modalities and a formula on how we are going to solve the matter once and for all. Learning from other jurisdictions is good, but it is better to come up with home-grown solutions ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: So, even as we support this Bill, we want to come up with a framework of evaluating whatever system that is in place to solve such emergencies so that we can see the interventions that have not worked. That way, we can change them and with time introduce those that will provide tangible solutions for our people. view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: So, even as we support this Bill, we want to come up with a framework of evaluating whatever system that is in place to solve such emergencies so that we can see the interventions that have not worked. That way, we can change them and with time introduce those that will provide tangible solutions for our people. view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill. This is a very important Bill that seeks to realign the current Act with the emerging trends, the new Constitution and very many things. My only worry is that, because we have attached too much data from the KNBS in deciding how much revenue various counties and our regions get, at times that data is falsified. How I wish that going forward, we would try to ensure that the integrity of the data and process is upheld. The process should reflect the true picture, so ... view