Joseph Kirui Limo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Another thing which I want to talk about is the Equalisation Fund. This is a very important Fund in this country because the drafters of the Constitution were actually looking at the disadvantaged areas. The Constitution requires that we actually allocate more funding to areas which are disadvantaged because of historical issues. It is stated in the Constitution that allocation be done to marginalized areas. view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: One big mistake which CRA did was to pick several counties and say they are marginalized areas and then what has happened is that some of the counties which were left out have marginalized places. There are patches in the counties which were not taken into account, which have been disadvantaged. Therefore, if they are left, then they will be very poor for many years to come. Therefore, it will not serve the purpose of the spirit of the Constitution. view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: The CRA should actually relook again at the way they distributed the Equalisation Fund, so that it covers patches of areas in counties which were left out including and not 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
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: limited to counties like Kitui, Machakos and Kericho. According to many Members and citizens, they think Kericho is a good area but there are several areas in Kericho which are hardship areas and look like Kitui. If you visit a place like Sigowet/Soin and Kipkelion, you will really wonder whether they are in Kericho and we need this Equalisation Fund there. view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: I want also to comment that TSC has actually received a better portion of the revenue, but I hope in the details, it includes payment for promotion of teachers. We have heard a lot of complaints that teachers have applied for promotions for a long time and they have not been promoted. We know they are playing a key role in this country; building capacity. Therefore, we need to really motivate them by giving them more positions and promotions. view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: As I visited most of our schools especially during recess, I noted that there is a lot of increase in enrolment, which is good. But, the problem is as much as we are building classrooms using CDF and other funding, we cannot really enhance quality of education, if we do not employ more teachers. Therefore, I urge the Government to really look at putting more funding into recruitment of more teachers. view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: When it comes to the issue of electricity, I want to comment that REA has done a good job, especially in distributing electricity to primary schools in preparation for the noble laptop project. We want to encourage the county governments, now that we are sharing 50 per cent with them, to really distribute this electricity especially to areas where productive activities will be taking place. We need electricity for water projects and in the processing factories that are put up by farmers. I want to also recommend that the Government relooks at the way distribution of electricity is going on ... view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: I want to also comment on youth polytechnics, which we have allocated a lot of money now. I want to encourage the county governments to put a lot of money in one place at least. This will create an impact instead of dividing it into small bits. I want to really appreciate the allocation of Kshs.5 million per constituency for the Economic Stimulus Programme. I want to urge all Members to put this money into at least one big project--- view
• 3 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to know what action the Board will take because most of the students who have unfortunately joined university and have not attained the age of 18 years have actually been denied loans throughout. That is a very serious issue. We tend to think that there should be an alternative way of entering into a contract through guardians. Secondly, as soon as the students finish university, other than the interest which the Member has mentioned, there is a high penalty which is being charged per month. It is actually becoming punitive and in most ... view
• 1 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important debate on the Speech by our President. First, I wish to congratulate the President for obeying the Constitution by appearing in this House and addressing the nation. I also thank the President for thanking - you know it is always good to appreciate what people have done - this House. The whole membership of this House was thanked for supporting the Government for the last one year. I think that is very important. Hon. Deputy Speaker, one notable and very clear achievement of this Government ... view