Joel Onyancha

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 71 to 80 of 86.

• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Thimlich Ohinga is a national monument gazetted in 1981, and classified as a cultural landscape under the care of the National Museums of Kenya (NMK). It is situated 46 kilometres from Migori Town. The monumnet is manned by nine full time staff of the NMK, who live within the site headed by a site caretaker. The staff are responsible for routine maintenance, including enclosures, walls restoration, fence stabilisation, traditional Luo homestead houses repairs, landscaping of the site and vegetation control within the stone enclosures. Their efforts are ... view
• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in 2006/2007, the Government, through my Ministry, allocated the NMK Kshs2.1 million to continue restoration of works at Thimlich Ohinga and from Government funding, a number of activities have already been carried out on this site. So, we shall continue funding the NMK which oversees some of these sites. view
• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the Questioner but we shall continue looking into this. We shall definitely give some funding to that site. view
• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, I do not think I want to respond to that because I have not said that. view
• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am responsible for my answer which I gave here. So, I do not wish somebody to put words into my mouth. view
• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have already funded this site and part of the funding has gone into making the staff available that will be collecting some revenue from tourists and other people who visit this area. So, we have put programmes in place to be able to collect revenue to continue improving this site. view
• 15 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. From the outset, I support the Motion. July 15, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1819 The 2008/2009 Budget underscores employment creation for the youths as a key cornerstone for the development agenda of this country. The reason is that it was realised that the youths can be a source of social instability if their agenda is not addressed. We are likely to suffer a huge economic burden on the youths, both in the household and in the nation at large. Therefore, I want to ... view
• 15 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I do not wish to go against your ruling, but what you are ruling on is provided for in our Standing Orders that the only Members who can speak from the Dispatch Box are Ministers or Shadow Ministers who are not there! It should not be any other Member. view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Question has been misdirected to our Ministry. The Department of Adult Education has never been under this Ministry. So, I am asking that you order that this Question be directed to the appropriate Ministry. I am made to understand that the department is now under the Ministry of Education although, previously, it was under the former Ministry of Culture and Social Services, whose predecessor is the Ministry of Gender and Children Affairs. view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view