Godana Hargura

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 791 to 800 of 903.

• 19 May 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, these funds are supposed to assist the elderly who in most cases would not travel. We have been having a lot of problems at the county level. Wherever we go, the first question from the public is why these funds have to be issued at the Post Office only. In my case, I have the largest county in the country. Some centres are even 600 kilometers from the county headquarters where the post office is located. Yet an elderly person is supposed to travel that distance to collect the money. If you decide to assist somebody, do ... view
• 19 May 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. It is very sad when we have any Kenyan claiming that health is better off at the national Government. This is because in the last 50 years, in some parts of this country, there has been no health facility which has been constructed by the national Government. In my county, most of the health facilities were actually done by the missionaries. It is now that The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 19 May 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, initially, they were not even there. It is now that we are trying to attract them and we are facing that challenge. We are better off and we are working on that. I am sure the county governments are working around that to see how to attract, especially students to those remote areas. Anybody who is coming up with that suggestion--- view
• 19 May 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I fully disagree with other leaders who come up with those kinds of suggestions. We need to know the reason behind it because I do not think it is somebody just thinking straight. It must be some other reason. Like it has been said, we had the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.9 of 2013) (KEMSA) in this House, which we rejected. We knew it would centralize services--- view
• 19 May 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, county governments should be given time and enough funding since that is where the challenge is, so that we can effectively develop the health sector at the county level. view
• 19 May 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank the Deputy Minority Leader for bringing up this issue, because it is important that we correct some of the perceptions which are being created in the public. As public leaders, when you decide to take an elective position, of course, you will be open to any manner of scrutiny and criticism. You cannot run away from it. But what we are asking is for the media to be responsible and put facts clearly, so that the public will have a proper understanding of what they are being asked and ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the National Government Coordination (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No. 30 of 2014) whose main amendment is the introduction of a village elder for every village unit which is actually an extension of Section 15 of the main Act which seeks to add an extra office or structure under the National Government Coordination structure which is already up to the sub-location level. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, at the village level, we have many elders. Traditionally, chiefs have been consulting many elders. Coming up and selecting one of ... view
• 9 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I support this Bill with amendments by the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget. From the Bill, you can see that the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) had proposed Kshs282 billion for the counties while we have the Division on Revenue Bill indicating Kshs258 billion. The CRA has been doing some good work but they should have come to us, we discuss and support them on this, so that they are not arm-twisted the way it is always done where their figures are always reduced. The shareable revenue is ... view
• 31 Mar 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to note the President’s Speech, which was delivered to Parliament on 26th March, 2015. I would like to give my comments on the areas which require to be highlighted. he first part of the speech talked about the economy and how well we are doing; the energy sector and how we have increased the power generation in the national grid by 30 per cent; the need for us to go for green energy, the main one being geothermal The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The National Drought Management Authority Bill (National Assembly Bill No.42 of 2013) talks of an authority which is supposed to be dealing with droughts management which basically applies to the ASAL areas. We have had many of these authorities; the Arid Lands Resource Management Programme (ALRMP), the Ministry of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands. We now have the authority under the name which is referred to in this Bill as the former authority which was created under Legal Notice No.171 of 2011. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this issue of authorities, drought and arid ... view