Johana Ngeno Kipyegon

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me inform the Member for Garissa Township Constituency and the Leader of the Majority Party that I campaigned for KANU because it is part of the Jubilee Coalition, of which I am a member. By the way, if there are ills and evils which were committed in this country by KANU, it was because of the Members who are in the Jubilee Coalition right now. At that time, KANU, under the chairmanship of Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, almost brought this country to its knees. The Secretary-General was Hon. William Ruto. Therefore, it is only fair to ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I firmly support this Bill. I thank the initiator because of the time the Bill has been introduced in the House. I also thank you, Hon. Speaker for allowing that and facilitating the initiative, so that we can stop these complaints. We have been told that there has never been enough time to go through and discuss this Bill. At the same time, the time when money is to be released to counties has been addressed so that these people will stop excuses of delays. Also, if we were to have disagreements between the two Houses, ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We must also look at the money allocated to the national Government. We allocate 30 per cent of the money to the counties, but 70 per cent remains with the national Government. It is upon this House to look at how that money is spent, so that we do not only look at the money sent to the counties and chasing governors up and down. We should also look at how the money that is allocated to the national Government is spent. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We have had a lot of uprisings in the Coast, Rift Valley and the northern part of this Republic. The reason why these counties are rising up against the Government is because, for the last three years, the national Government has not accounted for the money that has been allocated to it. For example, money allocated for roads only benefit a particular area. People from the counties and villages are wondering whether we have been budgeting money for roads. So, as Members of this House, we should not concentrate too much on the counties and leave the national Government to ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I urge the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury to put in place measures on how this money will be determined by the national Government. We have had a problem with the counties. Some county governors have gone to court to stop construction of most of the roads which initially were run by KeRRA. I wish the governors who have gone to court including my governor to stop the construction of KeRRA roads can understand that in this Bill there is an allocation from road and fuel levies of 15 per cent which should go towards the construction of county roads. ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I wish to say that it is our responsibility as Members of the National Assembly and MCAs to oversee the money that is budgeted in both levels of Government. We should not be so sycophantic to the Government that we do not see how both the national Government and county governments are wasting taxpayers’ money. I support the Bill. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to contribute to this matter. There are Motions in this House which urge the Government to a particular course of action. Those Motions should be done away with. They cannot be implemented. It is an exercise in futility in this House. We end up lacking time for very crucial Bills or Motions which need to be implemented. One is told that he or she only has two minutes to speak. We waste a lot of time discussing Motions which “urge” the Government. We need to differentiate. Motions which “urge” the Government ... view
• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also wish to add my voice to the debate on this Sessional Paper, which is a foundation of the values and principles of governance in this country. Just like my great predecessors who have spoken to this issue have said, Article 10 of the Constitution was crafted in a way that we can all get guidance on the principles and values that are meant to guide our nation. This should put our values to use and make us understand the reasons why we need to have national values and principles of governance. We are having ... view
• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: taken, so that this country can go back on track. The national values that bring us together are peace, equality, love, democracy and patriotism, among others. When you look around the country today, are we at peace with ourselves? When you listen to statements made by politicians in rallies, you hear one making a very injurious statement and the following day, another one is replying with the same injurious statement. We are leading this country in the wrong direction. We expect our children, who watch and listen to those statements on television, to uphold those values. How do we expect ... view
• 24 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would also like to contribute to the petition on swimmers and squatters. Just as my friend said, as a country, we have a very serious deficit of ideas on how to deal with most sports, which normally earn this country a lot of money and give it a good name. Yesterday, some sportspeople had to occupy Riadha House simply because of the mismanagement of this area. The concerned Committee should largely look at exactly why we have this serious problem in the country. The problem of corruption must be addressed. I am happy that the President ... view