John Lodepe Nakara

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• 14 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: We need to give exceptions to counties which are experiencing insecurity so that governors can help. I am very happy that some counties are now working on peace programmes. They are trying to bring peace between them and their neighbours. Some of them have dockets 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
• 14 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: of peace in their counties. For the protection aspect of the locals, they need arms and well trained security personnel. They cannot enforce peace when they have not been given authority to train personnel on the use of arms to avoid misuse of arms. As much as we go through some difficulties in implementing devolution, we are proud that devolution came during our time. We will live to remember it and it is a story we will pass to generations to come because devolution has done a lot. Finally, the issue of having a House Committee to oversee devolution is ... view
• 14 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you so much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to reply. First of all, I want to thank all the Members for their contribution. They have stated the reason why we should have this Committee in place. We have taken into consideration their proposals and their pieces of advice. As a Committee, I promise that we will go through those proposals and make necessary amendments. As the Members have stated, devolution is the heart of development and equal distribution of resources in this country. All of us will live to remember the Constitution that we enacted recently, which is progressive. ... view
• 14 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: that and those who are in charge of devolution will make sure that it has succeeded. We have a spirit to make sure that devolution takes roots for generations to come. With those few remarks, I want to thank all the Members for their contribution. On behalf of the Chairman, thank you. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. That amendment affects Clause 51 because we are trying to bring uniformity. If we go the TSC way, we shall have one recognised body yet in Clause 51 we are leaving every county to do its own way. That is why it was good for us to leave Clause 51 for uniformity purposes. A child from Turkana can get the same education with a child in Nairobi. There is a problem there. We are using the TSC in one area and again using the CEB in another area. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Yes, I do. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank my brother, Abdinoor Mohammed Ali, for coming up with this Bill at an hour like this when we have drought in our areas. I want to talk about the functions of the board that make me admire this Bill. First, the board will create a livestock and livestock products development and marketing board. We have some cartels in this business, who are not even the stakeholders in the livestock industry, who are buying livestock products at a cheaper price from the stakeholders and take it to other areas and sell ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Another benefit of this Bill that we want to bring to your attention is the empowerment of the pastoralists. Whatever we will get from our products will, in turn, improve the livelihoods of the pastoralists. Once their products are sold outside and they get money, they will be empowered economically. That will give them the purchasing power to buy the things that they need. For now, the pastoralists of this country have no purchasing power. They depend on handouts from the Government and yet, they have a resource which, if they used it very well, it can benefit them. That ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I want to bring to your attention that, as the stakeholders in this industry, we need to make sure that we must have two stakeholder representatives in the membership of the board, and it should be a rotational system. We must have, at least, two pastoralists from pastoralist areas or counties. They must be included in that board because they know the problems of pastoralists. The combination we now have is more of academic qualifications with no experience at all. You should have somebody who knows where the shoe hurts. Thus, you must put people who are purely pastoralists. Somebody ... view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The purpose of devolution is to decentralise development. As much as we considered the headquarters of the county, it is good to know how we can develop other areas so that development can be scattered across the country. There are towns which have been in existence for some time. We need to open up other centres in the counties to ensure that new town centres emerge within the counties. This is because we need to take services closer to the people. At times you find that development only takes place in the headquarters of ... view