Jonathan Lelelit Lati

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 411 to 420 of 547.

• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is only the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) that has assumed that a marginalized area can only be a county and that is why we have brought up this Bill. We feel constituencies are also areas referenced in the Constitution. I want to say that CRA erred in that respect by always thinking of counties as referenced area of the Equalisation Fund. The Constitution is very clear; it only refers to marginalized areas. I want to say that even within counties that are well developed, there are marginalized areas that exist within those counties. I have ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to say that the main principle behind this Bill is to extend the CDF success story. That is because CDF has done so well that we want to extend that story by putting the Equalisation Fund into use within the CDF framework. That is all we have. We have nothing against our counties or governors and we are not taking any money from the governors. At least, this time, we are asking everybody who is talking about the counties and the governors to give us a break because this is totally a national ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I want to end by thanking all hon. Members of this House for the bi-partisan spirit that they have exhibited in this Bill. The reason why you are doing that is because you care and you mind the marginalized areas of our country. We want to have good roads in northern Kenyan and all the other parts of our country that have been left behind since Independence. I want to thank all of you. I think this is a good spirit in this Parliament. I beg to reply. view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I stand to support the amendment because it looks like what we have in the nobel prize winning field. You have a field and you do not nominate your girlfriend. Thank you. view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move:- HAT, the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, Bill No.26--- This is a Bill to amend the Constitution of Kenya to allow the disbursement of--- I hope I am doing it right because this is my first Bill. view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill seeks to amend Article 204 of the Constitution of Kenya to take away money that is allocated for equalization--- view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, National Assembly Bill No.26 of 2013, be now read a Second Time. view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you. Next time, I am sure I will do better. This Bill seeks to amend Article 204 of the Constitution of Kenya to allow for the disbursement of the Equalization Fund away from the purview of the national Government, so that the funds can be distributed at the constituency level. The Equalization Fund is established under Article 204 of the Constitution of Kenya and under Chapter 12 of Public Finance. That Fund is among many other funds that are provided for by the Constitution. It is like the Consolidated Fund and the Account Revenue Fund. When the framers of ... view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: The Equalization Fund is a national Fund. We are not trying to take anything away from the governors. We are only trying to take the distribution to the constituencies. The framers of our Constitution had an idea to bring into par those areas across our country that have been left behind for many years. Those are areas that are marginalized. We want to have an equal country. It is a framework of 20 years and, hopefully, within those 20 years, the Equalization Fund will have brought the marginalized areas within our country to the levels that are enjoyed by the ... view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: It is very particular. If you look at what the framers were thinking about, they were thinking of improving the infrastructure in those areas. I have to stress that in areas like Samburu, there are no tarmacked roads. I am sure in many other marginalized areas, it is the same. So, I want to thank the framers of our Constitution for thinking so loudly and broadly of equalizing our country in terms of infrastructure development. The Equalization Fund is certainly new in our Constitution and in our country. But it is not a new item across the world. Australia, for ... view