Jonathan Lelelit Lati

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: If you look at other countries which have equalization funds, countries like Canada have done it for so many years. Last year, Canada allocated US$14 billion of their Equalization Fund to territories and provinces that were not at par with the rest of the country. If you put into perspective US$14 billion, it is an equivalent of Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). That is a lot of money. If you look at it, if developed countries are still thinking about equalization, then there is good reason why the framers of our Constitution thought of Kenya as a country that requires ... view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: In my opinion, we even require more because half a percentage point is about Kshs3 billion. If you compare that with US$14 billion what Canada sets aside - and it is a developed country - it tells you that we need to improve on that. However, the framers did a good job by initiating that process. The Equalization Fund is in every other country 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
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: as developed as you might think. Belgium, German, France and UK have equalization funds. Even the United States of America has an Equalization Fund within the areas of native American reserves. Our country has just done something very good to bring us that aspect of the Equalization Fund. view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: However, if you look at who does the ground work in terms of who needs the equalization and who does not, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) under the Constitution is given that mandate to identify areas that need the Equalization Fund. I have to stress here that what CRA is supposed to do is not cast in stone. They are only supposed to recommend. If you look at Article 204 and all those Articles that refer to the Equalization Fund and CRA, CRA is only supposed to recommend. It is the National Assembly that is supposed to pass a ... view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: I have looked at what CRA has identified. It has identified 14 out of the 47 counties as areas that require the Equalization Fund. If you look at those areas, Turkana County leads in terms of the size of the Equalization Fund that was allocated. It has been given about Kshs271 million. Of the 14 counties, Lamu was given the least allocation of Kshs186 million. Then the list runs down from Mandera, Wajir, Marsabit, Samburu, West Pokot and all that. I want to commend CRA for doing a good job, but there is something seriously wrong with CRA in terms ... view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: So, the reason why I say that CRA is somehow “drunk” with counties is because when they were identifying those areas, they put the county as the area of focus. They could have put some marginalized areas even within a county that is not marginalized. That would have made a better aspect of the reference in our Constitution. The framers of our Constitution had that in mind. It is partly for that reason that I decided to bring up this Bill. This is because after the governors realized that the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) is using the county as ... view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: The primary objective of this Bill is to amend Article 204 of our Constitution, and take the distribution of the Equalisation Fund from the purview of the national Government to the constituencies. When you look at Part (b) of the Bill - and this is the emphasis – it states:- “ (b) by remitting the monies appropriated under Paragraph (a) to the respective constituencies of the areas identified under Article 216 (4) to be used by those constituencies for the purpose for which the appropriation was made in accordance with such fund as Parliament may establish.” What we are doing ... view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hopefully, after having a CDF model success story in many years, we will have marginalized counties being at par with the rest of the country. Before I conclude, I have to admit that I did not prepare very well. That is because I was just informed last night that I am supposed to move this Bill, which I am passionate about. I wish the Clerk’s office would have informed me earlier. I want to ask for bipartisan support on this Bill because I know there is a lot of sympathy for the areas of our country that have been left ... view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Before, I sit down, there is an able friend of my mine from--- I would have given someone who does not speak Maasai, but I was informed that I had to move this Bill today. I told the hon. Member to come and bothered him to wake up. view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: I will ask hon. ole Lemein to second. I am sure all other members will contribute. view