14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker.
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14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
It was not working.
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14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
I hope I will not be required to move again. All the same, I am capable of moving everywhere. As I stand to second the Bill by Hon. Njagagua, I thank him for the work he has done. You know, coming up with a Bill and pushing it to this level is not easy. Therefore, we need to thank him especially recognising that Private Members’ Bills are very few. It is because it is not very easy. They are still in the pipeline. The county pension scheme came to our Committee last year. In line with what we are required ...
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14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
In all these forums, most of the stakeholders made presentations which were varying in nature. One thing which every representative of these organisations supported is that the county assemblies and executives or the county governments must have a coordinated pension scheme. It is conventional for every organisation to indicate in an appointment letter the terms and conditions of service, including but not limited to the fact that one will be a member of a specific pension scheme upon being confirmed permanent and pensionable. Unfortunately, almost all the county governments in Kenya do not have the leeway of indicating that an ...
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14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
I respect Hon. Kajwang’ because in the 11th Parliament he was sitting where you are seated. Therefore, I do not expect that he will have forgotten about Private Members’ Bill. As I second, the formula is very clear and we are talking on what we saw during public participation. When we looked at the councillors who came before us, we did not want our current MCAs to go through that. We do not want our current Members of Parliament or any member of the public to go into a situation where they suffer. I want to make it very clear. ...
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14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
and we really sympathised with that. We cannot bury our heads in the sand and leave the confusion to go on. Their different views were pulling in one direction depending on where they belonged. Therefore during public participation we realised that unless this House stands and makes laws for posterity, we are going to have problems. Currently, the council of governors is asking why the National Assembly and the Senate are pushing them into a scheme they do not want. As I finish, I want to say that in the Committee of the whole House we have the option of ...
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14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker.
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14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you know I really respect the Leader of the Minority Party, but on this one, he cannot come and intimidate us and impute improper motive on my Committee that we let the House down. Our work is to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
process every Bill which comes to us. Therefore, you cannot dictate to us. In fact, if there is anybody who has failed this House it is you because you as the HBC failed to bring this Bill ahead of the other one. Therefore, do not impute improper motive on my Committee.
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14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
I concur with the Leader of the Majority Party. Let us request the Chair to do a further amendment to make it “sub-county” instead of reverting to district which is already obsolete.
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