13 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Youth and Gender: (i) whether she is aware that not every sub-county in Kenya has sub-county youth officers, thus creating shortages in many counties. (ii) whether she is further aware that this shortage is affecting the administration and management of the Uwezo Fund, which has mandatory requirements for youth officers to be part of the administration.
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11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
It is not, Hon. Speaker.Thank you for giving me this opportunity.
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11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:
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11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 13 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011 relating to extension of period for consideration of nominees for appointment to a public office, this House resolves to extend the period for consideration of the nominees submitted by His Excellency the President for appointment to Accra, Berlin, Bern, Dakar, Rome and Kuwait City Missions by a period of fourteen (14) days from 12thJune 2019.
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11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
First and foremost, may I take this opportunity to thank the House for the overwhelming support and contribution from Members during the debate on the Motion to adopt the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the vetting of nominees for appointment as Ambassadors and High Commissioners.
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11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, on 29th May 2019, you conveyed names of nominees of persons for appointment as Ambassadors and High Commissioners to the Committee in line with the resolution of the House passed on Thursday, 9th May 2019 that required you to refer any names of nominees for appointment to a State office that you may have received during the recess period to the relevant committees without having to cause a recall of the House to convey the names.
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11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
During the same period, the Committee was preoccupied with consideration of the Supplementary Estimates and the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2019/2020 and the vetting of the seven nominees for appointment as Ambassadors and High Commissioners, whose 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.
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11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Report was tabled and adopted last week. In this regard, the Committee did not embark on the approval hearings of the six nominees for appointment to the positions of Ambassadors and High Commissioners.
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11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
It is worth noting that the period for consideration of the nominees is ending tomorrow Wednesday, 12th June 2019. The Committee undertook the approval hearing yesterday Monday, 10th June 2019, and is currently putting together a report on the same. It is against this backdrop that, as a Committee, we are asking for the indulgence of the House to extend the period for consideration of the nominees by 14 days from tomorrow 12th June 2019 in line with section 13 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011. This will accord the Committee adequate time to conclude the report and ...
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11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
With those few remarks, I request Hon. Caleb Amisi to second.
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