Dr. Hellen Sambili

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 301 to 310 of 313.

• 10 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the allocation point was the headquarters as there were no district expenditure heads since the district offices were being established in the period 2007/2008. In view of this, the information on the 2007/2008 allocations is not captured in the 2008/2009 District Allocation Budget. In 2007/2008, allocations amounted to the following:- July 10, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1765 (a) Development Expenditure, Kshs 274 million (b) Recurrent Expenditure, Kshs696.7 million. With regard to 2008/2009, the allocations are as follows:- (a) Recurrent Expenditure, Kshs795 million (b) Development Expenditure, Kshs1.1685 billion. I do not know whether I have answered the hon. Member. view
• 9 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair to enable me to initiate debate on Vote 42, Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the youth in Kenya, aged between 15 and 30 years, comprise more than 30 per cent of the population, while those below 30 years old account for 75 per cent of the Kenyan society. Whereas they form a majority of the population, the youth are generally a marginalized group in the nation's political, socio-economic and development processes. Today, young Kenyans are confronted with daunting challenges, including the ... view
• 9 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: The third issue, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, is crime and drugs. Over 50 per cent of all inmates in Kenyan prisons are young people. They are, especially, young males who are aged between 16 and 25 years. view
• 9 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Yes, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I confirm that those documents will be there at the said time. I have civil servants from the Ministry. I apologise that these documents were not distributed. This Motion will be seconded by the Minister for Education--- view
• 9 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was talking about the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. I said that this is a Fund that was muted in the year 2006 as one of the bold and ratable intervention to address the youth unemployment and Kshs1 billion was set aside for the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. However, there was no organisational or legal framework in place to facilitate the immediate disbursement of the allocated funds. The Fund was gazetted on the 8th December, 2006, to provide for the necessary legal framework to govern its use and operations. The Fund facilitates youth employment ... view
• 9 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, because I will give this document to hon. Members, I will now summarise by saying that the Gross Recurrent Estimates for the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports during the year 2008/2009 amounts to Kshs4.096 billion. The details of that money is given in this document. I would like to remind this House that there were 11 million Kenyans aged between 18 years and 35 years. By 2012, that number will be 15 million. Therefore, we need to make corresponding investment and be able to deal with that very special portion of our population. With those ... view
• 11 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr, Speaker, Sir. In view of the fact that we will be required to line up to sign the condolence book, go and receive the bodies of our dear colleagues and make our contributions towards the support of our late colleagues, I want to beg that the Mover be now called upon to reply. view
• 30 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. The Question is asking for the amount of money that has been disbursed to the youth nationally through the Youth Enterprise Development Fund during the Financial Year 2007/2008. I will answer that first part. (a) A total of Kshs494,942,691 was disbursed to the youth nationally in the Financial Year 2007/2008. The second part of the Question is inquiring about the criteria that was used in disbursing the funds, and in the third part, the hon. Member is asking about the number of groups that benefited from the funds in Masinga Constituency. I ... view
• 30 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not get the second part of the question. The Youth Enterprise Development Fund, as we all know, was conceived in 2006 by the Government as a strategic move to arrest the problem of youth unemployment, which is a serious. Kshs1 billion was set aside in the Financial Year 2006/2007 to fast-tract this noble and timely initiative. Subsequently, this was gazetted in December, 2007 and the Fund was launched officially in February, 2007. I am just giving the background. This Fund is intended to support and encourage the youth to engage in business ventures so ... view
• 30 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to appreciate the support of the hon. Member of Parliament. The youth are the most important resource in this country. I am not able to say that we can suspend it. We will consult. I said that I am inviting all of us. This Ministry of Youth and Sports belongs to all of us. We need information from all of you. However, I am not able to say that we are going to suspend disbursement of money now. I think we will consult. view