Johana Ngeno Kipyegon

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 871 to 880 of 1032.

• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I must thank the Members, especially on the Bills that deal with budgets, and which will actually enable either the functions of the counties or the constituencies to move on, although there are some other Bills that never went through. Some of these are Bills which affect my constituency; an example is the one on the Equalisation Fund, which you referred to public participation; I must congratulate you for that. This is because this is the time when we can actually consult our constituents and county residents on this particular Bill; they should be in agreement with us. view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I believe that Members who come from marginalised areas will be in total support of this particular amendment. This is because for a long time our communities who are in marginalised areas have never had access to enough resources due to one reason or another. This one will go a long way in actually helping these particular communities and areas, which have been marginalised for a long time to try and equalise with other areas in this country. Hon. Speaker, I believe during this recess period we will take time, as members of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there are two views which I think are actually in public domain as we speak. There is the question of referendum by the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) members. There is also the question of a referendum by the governors; and we will try to harmonise them, and look at their merits and demerits. According to some of us, we will want to look at it from a very balanced point of view, so that we do not engage the public and this Republic in unnecessary politicking. I believe that, as Members of this House, we will ... view
• 11 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the last time I was on the Floor I was actually almost winding up. I was supporting the issue where the Mover has proposed that a Committee of the House possesses the powers of a High Court. My biggest worry was that we always assume that the Constitution and the Standing Orders give us the same powers as those of the High Court. In the real sense, how to exercise those powers is what is not purely specified in that Article of the Constitution. This Motion is timely because we are now going to have a real discussion ... view
• 11 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: When we talk of the powers of the High Court, we know very well that there are certain levels of the court. When a case is within a jurisdiction of a certain court no other court is allowed to hear the same case. Sometimes when we have issues in the Senate, the National Assembly or in a Committee of the House, we hear of certain court orders which are issued with the aim of barring the House from discussing that issue. Sometimes those orders are meant to overturn the issues that are being discussed in this House. I believe that ... view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I wish to also declare that I support this particular amendment because of several reasons that I feel are not actually taking the right course in this House. Cabinet Secretaries are people who are supposed to be answerable to the nation and especially to the people of this Republic. In most of the cases, you will realize that the only time the Cabinet Secretaries interact with the country is when they are addressing a Press conference, which usually takes something between five to ten minutes. That is not enough to comprehensively answer the questions and the ... view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: When we have these people in this House, that is the only time we can interrogate and get to know where the problem is. We can also remove the question of arrogance, like some of the Members have complained about. When they appear here, they will know who exactly they represent in this country and who they are answerable to. That is the only time they can reply to the issues that affect members of the public. That is also another opportunity we will give to Cabinet Secretaries to actually show us or the country how they are doing their ... view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, when we also have these people in this House we will also--- You know Cabinet Secretaries are not like Principal Secretaries. I mean, when you look at the process of appointing them, the Cabinet Secretaries are more political than the Principal The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Secretaries and this is why they can reasonably represent the Head of State and the Executive on issues which touch on politics. view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, sometimes, we also have complaints that these people are not answerable. They behave like technocrats. These positions of Cabinet Secretaries have political roots and, therefore, these people should be exposed to political problems facing this country. We cannot leave political solutions to Members of Parliament and at the same time the Executive, that is, the President and his deputy. These people are also supposed to be carrying that political responsibility because even the process of appointing them is political. This is the time we can make them answerable. view