Joseph Kirui Limo

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• 30 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: We must find ways of surviving to ensure that the impact of COVID-19 is not serious, especially on the health of people and the economy. So, every measure that we take from now is not supposed to be punitive to the extent that it introduces another “COVID-19” to people. I have a concern with how we communicate. I would encourage the Executive to embrace a friendlier way of announcing measures. When the President announced these measures on Friday, they could have considered giving people enough time to reorganise the way they are living and their economy. For example, in the ... view
• 30 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: vehicles when they are locked in other parts? There will be a lot of expenses in terms of parking fees. Therefore, going forward, I would encourage the President to be consultative and to be giving reasonable timelines. He could have given people 72 hours. When he made the announcement on Friday, he could have said it will be effective from Monday so that it is reasonable and it cushions the economy. As we go to the financial estimates, I would encourage the national Treasury to look at how it can introduce several stimulus measures so that people on the ground ... view
• 30 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: to get small jobs that can give them money to sustain them moving forward. People in the villages are looking for ways of surviving. Lastly, let us encourage all Kenyans to take this immunisation seriously. I can confirm that many of us are vaccinated, especially MPs from Kericho. We took our COVID-19 immunisation in Kericho to encourage people that it is real. The COVID-19 vaccine should be free. If we want to avoid a situation where COVID-19 millionaires emerge again, we should avoid the sale of vaccines in this country. Thank you. view
• 18 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am rising to say that this is a House of order. We use records and practices. I know the issues that were raised last week. If those issues could have been tackled the way we have always done previously when there is a good mood in the House, we could not be at this point now. I sympathize with you that you are now being dragged to get involved in trying to cool the House. The mood here is what the Members are bringing from the ground where the members of the public are in ... view
• 18 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: We are not opposing the Division of Revenue Bill. We are expressing ourselves to the fact that the Government is not very serious about disbursing the NG-CDF. view
• 18 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Even the Majority Leader has tried his best to explain how it is being disbursed. As finance experts here, we are also aware that the Government disburses what it collects and, therefore, we look at the time. Looking at the time, we are at 75 per cent of the time and, therefore, we should also be at 75 per cent of disbursement. If we work on the figure, it is at Kshs190 million. What we should have done so that we do not involve the Speaker here is this: We should have had a K amkunji and discuss this. Then ... view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to add to the issues that have been raised about Cabinet Secretaries not taking this House seriously. I want to repeat what the Hon. Member who has just spoken has said. view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: It is now time we reminded Hon. Members once again that the House has all power equivalent to that of the Judiciary to take action on Cabinet Secretaries who do not take the House seriously. We have a situation where some Members are made to believe that we play second fiddle to the Executive. This is an independent House and we have clear roles we play in the House. One of the roles is to check on the excesses of the Executive and more so the Cabinet Secretaries. Other than attending the Committee meetings, you find some Members going to ... view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: I urge that, as a House, we must rise. We have even seen letters being sent to this House to the extent that the Cabinet Secretaries can break the law. For instance, once money has not been released by the same Cabinet Secretaries to funds which are ring-fenced by law like the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), they have guts to write to us that the money will not be provided. We forget that this is a budget-making House. We have the right to put any amount of money we need. We have to rise to the occasion and ... view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: We cannot play with our constituents. Remember, without anticipating debate, Hon. Speaker, as we debate the Division of Revenue Bill, we must take into account the fact that the most successful devolved fund is the NG-CDF and we must rise to the occasion and defend it in this House. 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