John Lodepe Nakara

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 141 to 150 of 587.

• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Fighting corruption is not violating the human rights of people. If you saw the people who are involved in the NYS saga, they had small children who were being breastfed in jail. Denying a mother bail for three days is torture. The law must apply to everybody as a Member has said. In Turkana people are being killed everyday including yesterday. The MP for Turkana East, Hon. Ali Lokiru is on the mountain looking for the camels that were taken. What happened in Isiolo is just a community quarry between the Turkana and neighbours. ... view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I plead with this House to help us in Turkana County because the railway line and the pipeline are coming, but we do not have title deeds. Our land will go for free. I plead with the Departmental Committee on Lands to make sure that the people in Turkana County get title deeds so that they can benefit from land compensation. Thank you. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. The importance and magnitude of this programme can only be highlighted by the definition from the World Bank, which states that a feeding programme is a targeted social safety net which provides both educational and health benefits to vulnerable children. This definition alone tells us that this programme is very important because it is a right for every child in this country to be fed. We need this programme for the poor, orphans and children of single-parent, who drop out of school because of lack of food in their ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Another reason why we need this programme to be implemented in our schools is that it takes the burden off the parents. Some parents have up to, say, 10 children. They carry the burden of school fees, feeding the children and clothing them. In fact, some parents retain some children at home. That is why we are saying that we need to have this programme in our institutions. It also fights malnutrition among the school-going pupils. Most students, especially from ASAL areas, are affected by malnutrition. If we have this programme in our schools, malnutrition will be eradicated. It is ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: be done. We have other countries like Botswana, Chile, Brazil and Ecuador where the free feeding programme is provided in schools. By the way, some of them like Chile and Ecuador provide two meals a day to pupils. They run two kinds of programmes. There is one they call on- site meal, where you are given food at school and they also have a take-home ratio. In the evening hours, they give children food to take home. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: This country is rich. If we stop corruption and save the money that we are wasting on so many other things, we will be in a position to provide two meals for our children, namely, the on-site meal and take-away ratio. By doing so, this country will have energetic and well-built students who can advance in their studies. Members have spoken about the benefits of this programme and I do not want to repeat. However, allow me just to highlight a few. This programme will alleviate illnesses and consequences of childhood malnutrition. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: This programme will also encourage school attendance. I am from Turkana and when I was attending school in lower classes, I would look forward to food time. We used to go to school at almost lunchtime because you could get lunch and go back home. When we have this programme especially in ASAL areas where children walk many kilometres, school attendance and enrolment will go higher. The Member of Parliament from Migori has said that the Government of Kenya is implementing the free secondary school programme. We are saying there must be 100 per cent transition rate from primary to ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Yes. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. We appreciate what the Budget and Appropriations Committee has done. We now encourage county governments to make sure that these resources are distributed equally to all the constituencies or wards in every county. We need to encourage county governments to prioritise the needs of the counties. We should use our money in a way from which we can see the impact. We need to improve the lives of our people. We need to make sure that our people get services and development. We want to make sure that this money has gone to do ... view
• 19 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, let us not politicise this issue of sugar. This is a problem that affects all of us. view