Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 551 to 560 of 1730.

• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Nyandarua County to his county and he has not even told us the reason. Two, if it is the issue of county headquarters, I am sure the Ministry had good reasons to allocate Kshs300 million. Maybe, it is near completion. You know that our Governor is one of the most high-fliers. He was the Head of Government and Public Service and now he is in a “carton” in form of an office which is really demeaning. It is important that we allow the allocations as they are. Let those county headquarters be developed. With the money which has been allocated ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Let me have a quick one on this, and add on to what my colleagues have said. I want to speak more to the Committee. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: This is one area - even as we support that devolved functions must move with funds - which the Committee seems to have gone asleep. In my area where the Ministry has had one or two boreholes, we have seen the county government owning them. That is a clear route that can be used for corruption. We want better monitoring of those resources. What has been done by the national Government, let it be clearly labeled as such. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I rise to support this Vote as it is, but I want to say one thing about the Ministry. We are aware that a Government Circular was issued to the effect that all ICT equipment must be bought through this Ministry for all Government ministries and agencies including constitutional independent offices. If we are not careful, this is a source of trouble. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: First, it is not going to be efficient because we already have complaints from some organisations. Secondly, we have independent offices such as the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). If equipment that will be used for the 2022 elections is bought through an executive order, I think we are already courting disaster and trouble. We need to allow independent constitutional offices to operate independently including being allowed to use allocated money for whatever they intended that money for. This is an intrusion of that independence. I think the Ministry needs to rethink that approach. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I believe this is where we also have the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC). If I am wrong, I need to be guided. We have members of staff of these corporations who have gone without salary for the last six months. I do not understand what these corporations do with the budgets that they are allocated. If they have not paid for the last six months, there is something very wrong. However, even as I support this Vote and allocation, a country without a national broadcasting institution is poor. We leave ourselves at the mercies of private investors. It is important ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am happy that you have said Washiali and not yourself because I cannot disagree with the directions that you were about to give. There is a tendency in this country where many of the institutions that were previously vibrant have become rubberstamps. I sympathise with my Whip because the time that is given to this august House to discuss anything is too short. You wonder why you never went elsewhere to do something else. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Washiali is used to this. He does very well and it is part of his script. I ask for his indulgence that when Members have time to ventilate on these issues, let it be. If it is not said here, where else do you want Members to go and say it? The issue of limiting the time for Members to contribute to these issues is not very useful. I sympathise with him because he has been sent to ensure that we pass it by a given day. However, let him allow us to exercise our oversight and legislative mandate without ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Instead of the Majority Whip whipping us to finish, he should whip the chairs to come to the House. view