Elizabeth Ongoro Masha

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporarily Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Vote of the Ministry of Agriculture and for the very well presented proposal on how they intend to view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. But I want to add my voice to those who have spoken before me to make a statement that, in my opinion, that Ministry is one of the most important Ministries in this country. The allocation that they were given, in my opinion - and I believe it has been said by many hon. Members in this House – is not sufficient to take this country from where we are to the level of an industrialized nation. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support the Motion, but I believe ... view
• 22 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will not talk about what has been presented before, but I want to just make a statement that if it is true that Kenya is 80 per cent arid and semi-arid, then that fact alone should tell us, as a Government and as a nation, what level of importance we should attach to the establishment of the Authority that, in my opinion, is long overdue. It should not be formed only as a corrective measure to correct all the consequences of drought that have been suffered by ASALs, but also as a ... view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to add my voice in support of this Budget. For the first time, this Budget can be called a grassroots budget. I want to support it. This is a serious attempt at devolution. We know that all of us have been agitating for devolution of power and funds. This Budget has made a very serious attempt at devolution of funds and is going to facilitate equitable distribution of resources that we have been calling for as Kenyans. view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with devolution comes a lot of positives and I want to support it fully because the funds that have been devolved to the grassroots are view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if hon. Members implement the policy of engaging contractors from the local communities, this is going to encourage more people to become self-employed by way of encouraging business entrepreneurs. Skilled labour, which is currently lying dormant at the grassroots, is also going to be absorbed and engaged actively. view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: This Budget is going to stimulate rural economies that have been neglected by other budgets over the years. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance gave us a Budget that has a bold spending on infrastructure development. We all know that this is the bedrock of every development. With that kind of spending on infrastructure, I believe that we are going to see enhanced development at the grassroots level and this, again, is going to give us a broad-based margin for returns because it is going to facilitate investment at the grassroots level. view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Budget gave us an affirmative action by facilitating the aged and the physically challenged for the first time in the history of this nation. While I congratulate the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for making provisions for those two categories of citizens, a very critical category was left out; the vulnerable children, especially those who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Almost in every constituency, you will find that little girls, as young as nine years old, getting married or being raped because there is no one to take care of them. If ... view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to laud the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for putting a moratorium and a ceiling on the spending by Ministries. It is known that hard times call for hard decisions and I want all legislators not to object or resist any such move that has been put in place by the Minister. All of us must support him because as leaders, we must lead by example. However, there is no such thing as a perfect Budget. I believe that the Ministry of Agriculture should have been given more allocation. It ... view