Jonathan Lelelit Lati

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: The same thing happens when you get to Article 115(c), because it says “provide funds for county governments.” So you wonder; is this a national Government function or it is a shared function? It is a mix up and in our Budget we have two very important Bills; the County Revenue Bill and the Division of Revenue Bill. If any fund was to be established, it must be clear where funds are coming from in order to fund this trust fund, particularly the issue of Equalisation Fund where it is completely self-contradictory. Other than that, I want to say that ... view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Clause 9 establishes the Water Regulatory Authority and to me that is a good body because we then start managing and conserving water areas in our country. Clause 20 gives powers to that authority to conserve vulnerable water resources, particularly areas that are vulnerable or very fragile like the Mau Forest and many other forests around our country. There are many other small forests in other counties including my own county of Samburu. There are areas that need serious conservation of water towers to provide our people as far as water is concerned for many years to come. view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Clause 21 also provides for the protection of ground water which is very necessary with the kind of pollution that we see in ground water. We need to conserve 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
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: ground water for public use and public water aquifers. The Bill declares ground water conservation areas, which means with good research and knowledge of where ground water is, we need to declare those ground water areas as conservation areas just as we do on areas above ground. Clause 22 provides for establishment of basin areas so that run- offs and areas that get a lot of rain and water that collects in big pools or lakes also gets to be conserved. More importantly is the committee that is established to run these areas. It is the local communities or local ... view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, clause 61, basically says what has been said for so many years, the old adage that water is life. Water is life and every Kenyan has a right to clean and safe water. We need to actualize the provisions of Article 43 of our Constitution that every Kenyan gets clean water. If I was to tell you today how many Kenyans in rural parts of our country, particularly the pastoralist areas have access to clean water, you will be ashamed of being Kenyan. view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: We are way below any standard of development with the enormous resources that we have and I think we need to do things better in that area. I am particularly also impressed by clause 100 that provides for regulation; a regulatory regime for people who have licences to do water management. Their licences can be regulated and managed to make sure that they do not overstep some issues. That provides a stop-gap measure and protection for the people of Kenya to make sure that they are protected. view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support this Bill but I will bring amendments to make sure that the Equalisation Fund does not come here because it is unnecessary. view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, on this one, I truly hold a contrary view. In my lifetime, I have never thought that men aged between 35 years and 50 years would think they are marginalized in this country or in any other part of the world. Why do I say so? At the age of 35--- I am in that age group, and so I am not speaking from outside that bracket. I am speaking as a person in that age bracket. This is the prime age when as a human being should be working. You are done with school and I ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: It resembles the thing called “Maendeleo ya Wanamme” because men are not marginalized in this country. There are good reasons and intentions not just in Kenya for having affirmative programmes that target women and the youth; even in developed countries---The richest of countries like the USA have affirmative action programmes that are built around women and the youth. There is a reason for that. For many years, planet Earth has been male-dominated, and there is a reason why we want to uplift our womenfolk; we want them to also be in the achievement bracket where men are. view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: For the youth, it does not need to be said. There is a reason why our youth need some assistance. You are starting life as a youth and you need a head start, a helping hand to get you there. The moment you start extending this helping hand to every living human being, we will lose track of what we are supposed to do and the people who will suffer are the marginalized and the vulnerable ones like women and the youth. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view