Godana Hargura

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• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Indicate the amount of money that has been allocated to the Fund since its inception, giving an annual breakdown vis-a-vis the amount approved by the Appropriations Bills enacted by Parliament. (2) Explain the mechanisms that the national Government has put in place to enable the utilization of the Fund, either directly or indirectly in counties with marginalised communities. (3) Provide a report on how the Fund has been utilized to date, indicating the approved projects per county, the amount of monies allocated to each project, the status of implementation of each project and ... view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. The vendors form an important part of the population of this country. We have been talking about the high level of unemployment. These people are part of the population of this country who have gone out of their way to make sure they are self-employed. Both the national and county governments have a responsibility to provide an enabling environment for vendors. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is an important and timely legislation because we have street vendors everywhere. The county Governments have been in place ... view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: Part VI of this Bill on Miscellaneous Provisions is very clear that the county governments will have to domesticate this piece of legislation so that they can apply it to their own settings. The statement by Sen. Malalah that we are not supposed to micro manage the counties is misplaced because we have to take care of the interests of the counties and where they have not taken the initiative, we have to provide a general legislation like this one. view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the case of this important group of Kenyans does not need to be emphasized. If you go to any set up like the headquarters of my county, Marsabit Town, there is a particular group of women in that town who have been selling firewood, milk, vegetables and other goods for as long as I can remember yet up-to-date, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: they do not have any particular place to operate from. You will find those women selling their goods from the pavements of shops. They are exposed to all elements of weather such as sun, rain, dust and so on. The women do not have a condusive environment to operate from, but because they have to trade, they have become accustomed to the hardship. view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: It is necessary for us to take care of the street vendors by providing them with very conducive environments where they have basic infrastructure like sanitation, waste disposal, water, security and lighting system so that they can also conduct their businesses in an organized manner. This Bill envisages that the street vendors will be allowed to unionize themselves and have Savings and Credit Co-Operative (SACCO) societies where they can save and borrow money to improve their businesses. Madam Temporary Speaker, the counties have to deliberately plan for this important group of business people by re-planning their urban areas so that ... view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: responsible for matters relating to trade will enact’. The CEC member cannot enact. He or she will have to propose to the county assembly to enact. We have to look at the way we phrase what we expect them to do by making sure that it does not have any ambiguities. Madam Temporary Speaker, Part V of the Bill gives the right and obligations of street vendors. That is important because rights are accompanied with obligations. The vendors have obligations to make sure that they conduct themselves in an orderly manner within the law. The vendors have to ensure that ... view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Part VI of the Bill gives a breakdown of the responsibilities of the county governments. This Part sets out what the counties need to legislate on. I do not think it is necessary for us to give them a breakdown of the areas that they need to legislate on. I believe that once the Bill is enacted, the county governments will know how to domesticate it and which areas they need to take into account. We, therefore, do not need to give them guidelines on how to legislate. It will not be good because we are limiting ... view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to support this Bill with a few amendments,especially on the requirements of the national Government to oversight the county government, so that we do not come up with a good of legislation which will unnecessarily be contested by the county governments trying to avoid being oversighted. I hope the sponsor will take that into account, so that we can have a good piece of legislation. view
• 3 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view