James Kimaru Bett

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Public Service Bill 2014, which sets a broad framework on how public officers will conduct and regulate their professional standards in delierying service to members of the public. I want to say that even as we legislate, the most important thing, because we are a civilized society, is that we need to conduct ourselves in a civilized manner; even if we come up with good rules and regulations, we need to have good ethics and execute our duties to ... view
• 12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Clause 6 talks about proper utilization of public resources. This refers to both fixed and current assets by way of cash; resources of the Government at national, county and State corporations should be applied in the most efficient and effective way, so that we do not incur losses. This is so that we remove this concept of believing that public money is there to be misused. This means even assets like vehicles--- Some people use Government vehicles and maybe vandalize them, because to them it is not an issue. This is a very important clause and the law itself should ... view
• 12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Clause 6 talks about proper utilization of public resources. This refers to both fixed and current assets by way of cash; resources of the Government at national, county and State corporations should be applied in the most efficient and effective way, so that we do not incur losses. This is so that we remove this concept of believing that public money is there to be misused. This means even assets like vehicles--- Some people use Government vehicles and maybe vandalize them, because to them it is not an issue. This is a very important clause and the law itself should ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I wish to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology regarding payment of hardship allowances to teachers by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). Hon. Speaker, over the years--- view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I wish to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology regarding the non-payment of hardship allowances to teachers by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Three weeks are okay, hon. Speaker. view
• 1 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill, which establishes an Authority to co-ordinate development of policies on national qualifications. I want to say that our communities are investing heavily in education. Others are even sending their children outside the country. There is pressure to expand teaching and learning institutions; that is secondary schools, tertiary institutions and universities. People are really struggling to increase their chances of promotion and employment. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is through this Bill that most of the challenges we have been facing have been addressed, especially on situations ... view
• 3 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I also wanted to know from the Committee whether HELB can be asked to decentralize its services so that not all applicants come to Nairobi. We can have decentralization according to counties, so that the applicants can easily access the same services in their respective counties. Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker--- view