John Lodepe Nakara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Sometimes, it may not be a mistake of the applicant but a mistake of the High Court. Maybe they have many cases to go through and because of that reason, they delay to hear the appeal. So, it is good to give a grace period so that the applicant can appeal again than just closing it because it may not be the mistake of the applicant. Sometimes, the High Court has many things to do. view
• 28 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. We need to make this penalty very harsh so that we do not allow criminals to play with the lives of the people and interfere with their businesses. Although the penalty is a bit lenient, I support it. I wish the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information could have raised the penalty to discourage crime. Thank you. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. My fellow Hon. Members have already spoken on the importance of this Bill. I want to identify with one important function this Bill will bring; that of protecting ownership of indigenous seeds and plant varieties. God has blessed this nation with indigenous seeds and a variety of plants all over. One of the things I have learnt from Asian countries is that they love and are proud of their original products wherever they are. If this Bill is going to protect ownership of our ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: protect our seedlings from being moved by wind. This Bill is going to help us protect this copyright and benefit from our indigenous seeds and trees. On the issue of Plant Genetic Resources Research Centre, this is one of the issues that this Bill has clearly stated. This centre is going to encourage research. One of the things that we are lacking in this country is research. No institution of higher learning can bring benefits to the country unless we have researched. Research can make us discover many things that can make our country grow. As a result, we can ... view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I support. I wish the regulation would specify the amount of fees to be paid, so that we do not burden poor people who are looking for jobs. view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I suggest that you balance the number of Members supporting the Motion with those who are opposing it, so that we can have a lively debate. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this Bill. The first thing that has brought light to this Bill is the Equalisation Fund, which is 0.64 percent of the revenue collected nationally. This money will be shared equally amongst those counties which are yet to develop. This is one of the good things that the Government has done for those counties which are still behind in terms of development. Although this money has been withheld for a long time, we are happy that it has eventually been released. Some counties have lagged behind in terms ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Counties like West Pokot, Samburu and Turkana have been affected by wars. The security agencies need to be supplied with security operation vehicles. Helicopters should also be stationed there so that in case of an emergency, security personnel can reach the people very quickly. We are also happy that, in the national interest, the NYS is being re-engineered. We want to see the NYS being spread to all the counties so that they can help with implementation of projects. We need to encourage our young men and women to work hard and gain experience. Despite the fact that there has ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: It is my hope that as we take the laptops to various schools, there will be electricity so that they will start operating. In some schools there is no electricity. I want to challenge the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum to make sure that all schools are connected so that by the time the laptops get there, there is electricity. On the issue of welfare, we are very happy because disability and urban food subsidy has been taken care of. On child welfare, there are some children who are orphans; they need to continue with their education and lives. They ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: personnel. It is another thing to have drugs yet you do not have personnel. On cancer cases we need to have specialists in those hospitals so that when cancer patients go there they get proper treatment. That is why we need to support this Bill. On the issue of compensation to health facilities, there are some hospitals that charge a small fee for drugs and this is discouraging. The county government must make sure that when a poor person goes to hospital with no money they get treatment because the Government has provided this grant to all the hospitals to ... view