Francis Chachu Ganya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 661 to 670 of 1798.

• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: The Senate proposed that Clause 4 of the Bill be amended by deleting sub-clause (2) and substituting therefor the following new sub-clause- “(2) The Authority shall establish offices in each county.” On this one, we disagreed with the Senate on the basis that the National Drought Management Authority will not need to establish offices in all the 47 counties. It is strategic for the Authority to only establish offices in drought prone areas. It will save taxpayers money. Moreover, some counties in our great nation are blessed with too much rain that drought is not an issue for them. On ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: The Senate proposed that Clause 8 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (1) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (d)- (da) one person who shall be nominated by the Council of County Governors. On this one, we agreed with the Senate on the basis that drought or disaster management is a function shared by both the county governments and the national Government. It is clearly stated under the functions of the national Government and county governments. On that ground, we agreed with the Senate and it is important that the CoG should have one of their ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I ask Hon. Chrisantus Wamalwa to second. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to inform my brother that the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution clearly states that disaster management is a function of both national and county governments. For reference, we were guided by the Constitution even though we knew that this is a national authority, which is largely doing a national function. It is provided for under the Constitution. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. With your permission, could I donate two minutes to Hon. Muluvi? view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to thank all the hon. Members who have contributed to the Senate Amendments to the National Drought Management Authority Bill, which originated from this House as a Private Member’s Bill, and which I moved. We are handling two amendments from the Senate. We agreed with Clause 8, whereby the Senate wanted that a member or a representative from the Council of Governors be a member of the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) Board. Drought management is a function clearly stated in the Constitution for both levels of government; the national Government and the ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: On a personal level, it has been a long journey for me. I started this process six years ago. I moved my first Motion in 2008 and published this Bill in 2009 during the 10th Parliament. But because of the many constitutional amendment Bills, it was not able to see the light of the day even though it reached the Third Reading. I am glad that this long journey has come to an end and that our great country will have a body that will manage drought in the entire nation. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to move. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, for guidance purposes, should I read the whole clause or just go the justification for the amendment? view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, as a Committee we are not in agreement with the Senate and I want to give the reason. The National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) is to establish offices where appropriate according to us, but the Senate feels that these offices need to be established in each county. We reject this amendment because we feel there is no need to establish offices in non-drought-prone areas. The offices should be established where necessary, where we think drought is a problem. So, we reject this Senate Amendment. view