Hon. Franklin Bett

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister of State for Public Service the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that some public servants offered themselves and were elected at the ongoing NARC-Kenya elections in violation of the Civil Service Code of Regulations? (b) What steps has the Minister taken to enforce the Code of Regulations and rid the Civil Service of political activists in the light of the above? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to apologise for not being able to ask this Question yesterday because of circumstances beyond my control. view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for part "b" of the answer he has given me, but he is saying that he is not aware in part "a" of the answer. I want to agree with him because he comes from Taita and the exercise was taking place in Kerugoya/Kutus. The Chairman of the Kenya Electricity Regulatory Board offered himself for election as the Chairman of Kerugoya/Kutus NARC(K) Branch. Unfortunately, he was defeated and the exercise ended up being a fracas eventually. Is the Assistant Minister aware of that? view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could I ask my last question? view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: It is a very critical question! view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister has said that civil servants have got to observe neutrality in politics. I also want to believe, therefore, that the teachers who met with the President and the chiefs who met with the Minister of State for Administration and National Security were, indeed, observing neutrality. Be that as it may, the Assistant Minister has said that a Circular has come out and the last date for persons who want to contest for seats is the 30th of June. What happens if a person desires to contest for a seat after that date ... view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has said that one section of that road is complete. Is he aware that, that particular section he is talking about as complete; Kapsoit-Sondu Road, is now impassable because it is full of potholes? That is Kapsoit- Sondu Road. view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to recap, we must allocate adequate funds to the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Lands and the others. The Government should appreciate that fact completely. I would have wished to see more funds being allocated for environmental conservation. Global warming and climate change is facing the world. Today, we are having long spells of drought, floods and hailstorms. These are all attributed to climatic changes, which are attributed to the destruction of our forests. It can also be attributed to our lifestyles. We use fuel which releases fumes into the atmosphere which destroy ... view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: menace. The Mungiki sect members are killing a lot of our people, who would be useful economically. The Government must use the funds allocated to it and even more, to fight this menace and similar situations. In Mt. Elgon, the situation has not been resolved. It has been left to stay as it is. Nobody has gone back to Chebyuk because there is no security. I want to plead with the Government to seriously address the issue of land ownership in Chebyuk and other parts of this country, so that we do not have land or tribal clashes in our ... view
• 26 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: to ask the Minister of State for Public Service:- (a) Is the Minister aware that some public servants offered themselves and were elected at the on-going NARC(K) elections in violation of the Civil Service Code of Regulations? (b) What steps has the Minister taken to enforce the Code of Regulations and rid the Civil Service of political activists in the light of the above? view
• 26 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to also express my views on the Budget. A budget is a tool to be used in the management of resources by any person, including the Government. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to quote from a document titled: "Readings on Inequality in Kenya", distributed by the Society for International Development. It states:- "Apparently, one cannot totally rule out some political consideration or influence in resource allocations. Given this, it is difficult to disentangle bureaucratic manipulation from political patronage, since the two are closely related. The main ... view