Dr. Enoch Kibunguchy

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Let me start from the end. We are setting up committees in county assemblies to vet and go through appointees, yet, as a House we are running away from a very serious issue of making sure that MCAs have some basic background knowledge and education to undertake such an important aspect. Therefore, I agree with the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs that is going forward to put down basic education standards for MCAs. We should not overlook this. Going forward, it should be very important. view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Let me now go to the beginning. I support this Bill from the Senate, but I have some reservations. One of them is that this Bill has not come out very clearly to talk about the face of the county. Kakamega County, where I come from, has 12 sub-counties. It is completely cosmopolitan, but most employees come from just one area where the governor comes from. Certain sub-counties do not have even a single employee in the county hierarchy. I wish this Bill looks at that. In terms of the face of the county, we should look at the sub-counties ... view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: county in terms of tribal composition. Obviously, like many of my colleagues have said, we should look at the marginalised groups in the county especially the youth, women, people living with disabilities and minorities, so that we have inclusivity and equity. These are the two aspects I would have liked this Bill to look at. view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The other aspect is whether these employees should be on permanent and pensionable terms or on contract. It would have been better for it to be clear. If the governor does not go through during the next elections or he goes through, there is no guarantee that the Executive will be reappointed. We should have a situation like what happens nationally where the Executive leaves with the governor. Secondly, professional employees should be on permanent and pensionable terms. Doctors and accountants working in the counties should be on contract. Again, taking the cue from Kakamega County, most administrators, be they ... view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I agree the aspect of advertisement has been captured in the Bill, but advertisements need to be in the papers. Again, quoting Kakamega County, most of the advertisements are online, which is okay. That is the direction the country is going, but we have not quite reached there. It should be very clear that the advertisements should be placed in the newspapers with a wide circulation, so that we can attract people from far and wide within the county and the country. view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Finally, let me touch on qualifications and experience. It is good that it has come out. We need to emphasise very seriously that the people who have been put in these positions do not qualify. If you look at some professional dockets like health, I find it very sad that we have an employee in health with very little or no knowledge of what health entails. They walk around harassing doctors, nurses and other workers who are highly qualified yet they know very little about health. This also happens in areas like roads and finance where we need people with ... view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I wish the Senate would come up with a similar Bill. We are now dealing with employees or personnel. I wish they could come up with a similar Bill to deal with other aspects of the county like contracts and contractors. Again, if I pick an example of Kakamega County, most if not all the contractors come from where the governor comes from. Then it becomes very difficult. For example, a contractor is sent to Likuyani Constituency to do jobs that Likuyani people can do very well like putting up Early Childhood Development (ECD) classrooms. We have people in the ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to talk about three or four areas of this Bill. The Constitution has given the national Government and the counties very specific roles. Most of the roles given to the counties are “bread and butter roles,” those that touch on the common mwananchi on the ground; Agriculture, water, health and roads; issues that wananchi face on a daily basis. I believe that the wisdom behind devolution was not that we are only going to rely on the national Government to allocate 15 per cent to the counties, but was to see ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Firstly, to generate money to the county and secondly and more importantly, to generate jobs for our youths. Unfortunately, this has not been very well actualized mainly because the county governments, as we chose to name them in 2013, through the Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs), did not know their roles. This Bill is going to let them know what their roles are. I would like them from then onwards to be able to generate legislation that can look at how the counties can generate revenue and create jobs. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Coming to the Bill, many of my colleagues in this House have talked about capacity building. Most members of the county assemblies do not have capacity. I remember the Chief Officer in my county of Kakamega said that out of the 87 MCAs, only 10 speak English. He was talking of speaking English, not being able to legislate. I cannot fault the people who voted for them. As we headed for the last elections, most Kenyans did not know what the offices of the government, MCA and senator were all about. People voted but they did not know anything about ... view