Hon. Fred Chesebe Kapondi

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• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there were a few areas of concern to the Committee. One, the Committee observed the drastic reduction of funds to the Ministry of State for Public Service in general. The Ministry’s budget was reduced by a whooping Kshs153 million. The Committee was gravely concerned by that, considering that the absorption capacity of this particular Ministry is very good. All outstanding bills by this Ministry had been cleared as at 30th June, 2010. The second issue which was of grave concern to the Committee was the fact that hardship and commuter allowances for public servants were not ... view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Another area of concern was the procurement bottlenecks. It was observed by the Committee that some projects could not be completed in the designated period due to the long procurement processes that, in turn, hampered the effectiveness of the Ministry. The Committee felt very strongly that the Ministry performed to its satisfaction in the given working environment. However, it is the feeling of the Committee that the legislation regarding procurement should be looked into afresh to avoid, in particular, capital expenditure. That is because when you look at the absorption capacity when it comes to capital expenditure, it is always ... view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: In view of that, the Committee recommends that under Vote R03, the Minister withdraws from the Consolidated Fund a sum of Kshs1,234,150,700 for the Recurrent Expenditure under the Ministry of State for Public Service. That should be approved. Secondly, the Ministry should be allowed to raise Kshs40 million as Appropriation-in- Aid to finance its operations. Under Development Vote 03, the Committee proposes that the Minister withdraws from the Consolidated Fund a sum of Kshs343,520,000 for the Development Expenditure under the Minister of State for Public Service. That should be approved. The Ministry should be allowed to raise Kshs27,949,000 as Appropriation-in- ... view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those very few concerns and recommendations, I beg to support. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security on its fact findings visit to Samburu East and Isiolo North districts on 21st to 23rd of September, 2009, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday August 11, 2010. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee undertook a visit to Samburu East and Isiolo North districts, arising out of the massive insecurity that was prevalent in those areas, culminating in serious cattle rustling activities that were perpetrated by the communities that live in ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: We had a meeting with the Isiolo Conservancy stakeholders, the Isiolo North District Security Intelligence Committee and Isiolo North District leaders. Finally, before we came up with this Report, we had a meeting with the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security in Nairobi. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what came out very clearly is that the Government has done absolutely very little in terms of containing insecurity in Samburu East and Isiolo North. There has been absolute neglect. These are vast areas but unfortunately in terms of having schools, this area has very little infrastructure on education. Therefore, the impact of education in Samburu East and Isiolo North districts is hardly visible. These areas are very vast and the security personnel on the ground are not adequately provided for to undertake their work. You find a situation whereby the Officer Commanding Police Division ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, further, the Committee felt very strongly that the fire-fighting approach by the Government whereby security would be deployed to go and undertake a disarmament exercise has been tried many times but has not born any fruits. This is for the simple reason that we have communities bordering Kenya in Ethiopia who are armed. That has created a scenario that disarming Samburus or Boranas, for example, would leave them open to hostility and attack from the other communities that are on the Ethiopian border and who would easily get access to arms because of insecurity that ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we further felt that there should be a sustained campaign to expand formal education in these communities. It should be undertaken to ensure that young men who are idle or are looking after their animals and who would prefer to pursue moranism and other traditional practices of heroism go to school. But when the schools are put in place, because there is a Government policy that all school-going children should go to school, then those activities would drastically reduce. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee further felt that the Government should sink boreholes and dams to act as watering points in the vast grazing areas. That is what worsened the scenario in Samburu and Isiolo at that time. Because of drought, communities had taken their animals to Shaba Ranch where there are boreholes and their animals could get water. So, that alone, had driven tourism, which is a major boost in those areas, to its lowest ever. If the Government could undertake to have many boreholes in those areas, I think the level of insecurity would come down. ... view