John Krop Lonyangapuo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 931 to 940 of 1215.

• 26 Jun 2014 in Senate: Since he is not in, we can wait for Tuesday, next week. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in Senate: Yes. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me join my colleagues in lauding and thanking Sen. Amos Wako and the Committee that sat to look at the statutes and came up with the relevant amendments as stated here. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are lauding the Committee for looking at these seven Statutes. Considering that we have gone into devolution there are many things that will require the expertise of Sen. Wako in interpreting the new law and anchoring it very well. You can already see some of the challenges that the Senate is going through. Since we are privileged to have ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Wetangula should wait for his time to speak. I want from the outset to congratulate Sen. Mohamud for pointing out this at this time. As a country, having enacted the new Constitution four years ago, everybody must have basic human rights as stipulated in Cap.4 of our new Constitution. Allow me to read Article 53 (1) (b) which states:- “Every child has the right to free and compulsory basic education” This applies to every child in Kenya including the areas that the Mover has stated. Article 54 (1) (b) states:- “A person with any disability ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, as I rise to second this Motion, I want to thank my colleague Sen. (Prof.) Lesan who is a specialist in the field which the Motion is touching. The subject that we are discussing today is very important to the lives of the people of Kenya and to the world in general, noting that we have gone into counties. I remember not long ago in the previous session, we talked about a Motion where the Government was asked to see how it can establish at least a referral hospital in each of the former provinces. At the ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to move:- THAT, aware that research is a mystified domain which remains a preserve of selected Government agencies, academic institutions of higher learning and a few other organizations; concerned that even in the said institutions of learning, research is usually introduced at post-graduate level; further concerned that research has not been prioritized and very low funding is channeled towards it; the Senate calls upon the National Government to:- (a) take deliberate measures to cascade research to lower levels of education right from early childhood education level; The electronic version of the Senate Hansard ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in Senate: Thank you very much. I thought I mentioned Cap.111 and not Cap.11. I said that they need to be amended so that they capture research as a driver for what is presented inside. If we go that direction, we will get a clear policy that is specifically dedicated to driving this nation. Research is the engine behind which every developing country can anchor itself. Lastly, I went to Singapore and I was very surprised the way their syllabus is taught in the nursery school. Every child is supposed to discover something. Somehow, they spent money on research and that is ... view
• 24 Jun 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I want to laud my colleague, Sen. Wetangula, for moving this Motion of adjournment because of the problems that are in our country, Kenya today. I rise to say that this is not a political matter where people may think that it is affecting the people from the Opposition or the Government side. This is an issue that all of us, as Kenyans, must come together, because we have never seen this happening before and so it calls upon all of us to be extra vigilant. The kind of killings that ... view
• 24 Jun 2014 in Senate: . These are elders who are depended on by some communities more than some of the security organs that we have on the ground. The Kenya Police Reservists (KPR) are also depended on more in some areas. As we find a solution, we need to zoom down and see how we; the communities in Kenya, can sit together and suggest what security measures we can put in place in our communities. Personally, in the North Rift and the pastoralist areas, we want to depend on elders as well as the KPRs and so we have no choice. We cannot say ... view
• 24 Jun 2014 in Senate: Initiative and so far, we have not received any information on how it is working. I visited some of our offices in some remote areas where some of these problems occur and whereas we blame them here, they do not have fuel for their vehicles, besides some vehicles having broken down. How can we assist them? I am told that this time round we have given them more money and I am hoping that with the money that has been given, security measures can be enhanced. As we face these challenges, we need to think afresh how our children in ... view