Francis Baya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 131 to 140 of 186.

• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The reason why it has taken long to deploy a district registrar of persons in Samburu East District is due to shortage of personnel. A district registrar of persons will be posted as soon as the Public Service Commission recruits or promotes an officer from within the service to that position. (b) The processing of national identity cards at the headquarters is not slow as it is done according to what the service charter stipulates. That is within 38 days for border and ASAL areas. In the recent past, there have been ... view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that, that area is very vast. However, the case in point here involves Wamba. In Wamba and, indeed, in every registration centre, we have enough officers. They are not at the level of a registrar. But we have officers who process the documents and send them to Maralal where the District Registrar is based. He then performs his work before the same forms are sent to Nairobi for finalization and issuance of identity cards. As recently as three weeks ago, we reminded the authorities concerned that we seriously need to fill the vacant positions. ... view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you. Mr. Speaker, Sir. That is an issue that originates from the committees. That is because in every registration center, we have a committee that is charged with the responsibility of vetting. That is where, once in a while, people who should not have gotten identity cards get them. But that issue is being addressed. We are aware of it and it is being addressed. view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware of such a circular. view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I wish to correct the impression that we gave targets to District Registrars of Persons. Contracts are signed between the parties after the junior party says what he is able to work on condition that he is facilitated. Therefore, this is a contract between the District Registrar of Persons and the director. It is not a circular that states that a District Registrar of Persons must register so many people. The registrars themselves state that given the necessary facilities and other conditions remaining constant, they will register so many people within a specific timeframe. ... view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: With regard to the Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE), it is true that at the moment, we are not able to give AIEs to the newly established districts. The AIEs are still being given to the mother districts. At the moment, it will be very difficult to give AIEs to the newly established districts and make it meaningful for them to operate because of the funds available. view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we were not able to do this during the current and the last financial years because some of these districts are so new. But I am not saying that this will be a permanent feature. Definitely, it will change. view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I wish to inform the hon. Member why an application can be rejected. It can be rejected when the fingerprints cannot be classified within the computer system. Secondly, an application may be rejected if the photograph cannot be processed by the same machines. When this happens, this is communicated to the applicant and he or she is given a second chance to re-apply. view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it depends on where the applicant is. view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on average, it takes 38 days. view