20 Jun 2019 in Senate:
There is no reason why someone should die while waiting for medical attention. You will find in some counties they do not even have Early Childhood Development centres (ECDs). Some schools do not have water. It defeats the purpose of devolution. Money should be set aside, but it must deliver for the purposes of devolution.
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20 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. Is my time up?
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20 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I am trying to bring out issues that are pertinent in this House concerning the counties. There is need for accounts to be oversighted and also for deliverables. There is no need of having yester-year projects still pending.
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20 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I suggest that there is need for capacity -building on financial management for County Executive Officers so that people are aware of what they are supposed to do. As it stands, someone needs to be answerable and accountable for the stalled projects. A county should not be added money because of stalled projects. Additional allocation should not be given for stalled projects. There is need to find out why the projects stalled. If money was allocated and the projects were measurable, how come they are not complete and not serving the common man?
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20 Jun 2019 in Senate:
As the Senate we must be serious and ensure we are serving mwananchi. We can only do so when we carry out our oversight role and ensure we are delivering.
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20 Jun 2019 in Senate:
There is need for public participation for county projects and a needs assessment of what is required in a county. There is also need to implement and monitor the project; do evaluation, write a report and launching of mega projects by County Executive Officers. The launching should be for functionality and utilisation by the common man.
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20 Jun 2019 in Senate:
When it comes to devolution, the buck stops at delivering and when devolution can work for mwananchi. That is the essence and beauty of devolution. We must defend devolution. We can only do so when there is accountability, transparency, honesty and sincerity in the use of money that goes to the counties. This is so that we are able to say: “This money went to county “X” and these are the indicators and wananchi are happy about it.”
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20 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I have more to say but due to limited time I stop there. I believe that this Motion will go a notch higher. It is supposed to be a Bill. I encourage the Senator to go a notch higher and ensure that this Motion is translated to a Bill so that it become the law of the land and can be followed.
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20 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, for the opportunity. I support.
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18 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me an opportunity to join you in welcoming the students from Riomego SDA Mixed Primary School to this House. I would also like to welcome the MCAs from Kakamega County. It is good for students to come here and interact with us to see exactly what happens in the House. We would like students to learn from us because we want to mentor them. I commend the schools that allow their students to come and learn from us because we are transformative leaders so we would like them to learn from our ...
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