Jonathan Lelelit Lati

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: unemployment rate is approximately 40 per cent. A few days ago, we were told that we are one of the poorest countries in Africa. It does not sound good for the Government to continue clinging on selling things like sugar. Programmes that are run by the Government are riddled with corruption. It is long overdue for our people to benefit from the efficiency that the private sector provides, particularly considering that we have a large pool of human resource that is not employed, and that the production process in our sugar industry is not only low and very inefficient. I ... view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. My understanding is that the use of sirens is intended to allow any dignitary to bypass traffic and get to certain events or places because there is an urgent public need for him or her to be there. In my opinion, (e) and (h) should be removed. Why do I say that? Cabinet Secretaries are now ordinary people. It is not like when we used to have Ministers and Permanent Secretaries. It should be like that. For (h), retirement takes away the urgent need for dignitaries to attend to public needs. Why do we ... view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: seconded. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill because I think it is a very progressive one for our country. Clause 5 of Bill sets the qualifications for the Auditor-General. I find that to be very good especially in terms of academic requirements. A person with a background in finance and accounting is the kind of person you want in this area. What is striking to me is the need that the person should be a Kenyan. I find this out of place. If you want somebody who will look at how resources were used and knowing the ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Revenue Fund and only under the Controller of Budget should the money be released to counties for use. I think this law is good now that it places this power with the Auditor- General to try and help us collect enough revenue in the counties. The money will assist in development work and reduce the kind of expenditure that we have outside development in our counties. Hon. Speaker, Clause 10 is important because it talks about the independence of this very important person in our country. It states that, that person shall not be subject to direction or control of ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: We need an Auditor-General who is independent and impartial. He should help this country reduce the kitu kidogo attitude and make our country move forward. With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, let me first of all thank hon. Wandayi for bringing this thing to our attention. If you look at the casual nature in which this matter is being treated, it is very typical of all the matters that concern pastoralist communities. If children in Nairobi had not gone to school for one week, it is not hon. Wandayi who is in the Opposition who would have brought this matter to our attention. The President, the Deputy President and everybody in Government would be on their toes to make sure that those children go to school. We are ... view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Standard Eight students of that part of our country? We are tired. I think we need some seriousness in this matter. Thank you. view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to thank the Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Secretary (PS) for being here today to listen to us. It is a good thing. There are things that have never happened in our country that are happening this time. There is no time in the history of our country where kids in one part of our country spent weeks and now months without teachers and there is very little that the Government is doing. There is no time in our country where we have gone to campaign and won elections and a person elected the ... view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: how we are going to go to the next election if we remain without the laptops. What are we going to tell our kids? School fees guidelines have been given but nobody is following them. I do not want to say someone is sleeping on the job but I want to say that someone is probably taking serious issues about education for granted and we need to wake up. I hope the principals and the Ministry that is here today can hear us loud, particularly on the issue of laptops. I do not know what we are going to tell ... view