Joseph Kirui Limo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I must have pressed the button when I was planning to present the documents. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to second. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to second. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to contribute to this important Bill. I did not get a chance to contribute the day this Bill was moved. I wish I had given the views of the Committee together with what we got from public participation. It is a timely Bill. It was brought to our Committee having been published on 18th June, 2019 and tabled in the House on Wednesday 3rd July, 2019. Subsequently, the Bill was advertised in the print media on Thursday 18th July, 2019. Pursuant to Article 118 of the Constitution, the public was invited to ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Bill proposes the ward to be the lowest level of administration for this particular Fund, but during public participation, we saw that the ward is too low and it will be too expensive to have too many committees operating all over the country where this Fund is designed to operate. So, we will be proposing an amendment to make the constituency the base of operations of the Fund. Therefore, there will be a Constituency Equalisation Fund Committee, which will then be liaising with the National Equalisation Fund Committee. You know very well that ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: in implementing the Fund or in ensuring that the Equalisation Fund is used for the intended purpose. Secondly, the Attorney-General also said that there is no requirement by the Constitution for enactment of this law, but he fails to understand that this is a law-making House. In any situation, we cannot sit back and say that the Constitution did not specify that we require this law. It is an addition. It is going to add value. It is also going to ensure that this is a standalone Fund, which is governed properly so that it avoids misconceptions in terms of ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there was no need of devolving Recurrent Expenditure and copying the national Government to county governments; from the office of the President to the office of the governor and from the National Treasury to the County Treasury. We devolved Recurrent Expenditure. In fact, currently, 85 per cent of the funds taken to the counties, on average, are Recurrent Expenditure. There is nothing allocated to Development Expenditure. So, if we are not careful, this Equalisation Fund will be used to fund Recurrent Expenditure. There was a time Kshs1.2 billion was used to hire choppers to fly cabinet ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Time is of essence. We only have ten years to show whether the Equalisation Fund is necessary or not. We should not allow our civil servants to misuse the Fund and then later on we say that it was not necessary to set it up. Money from this Fund will help marginalised communities. There are many communities which do not have classrooms. In fact, the former Commission for Revenue Allocation (CRA) Chairman, Cheserem, was seen crying in Kitui. He had gone there and found children studying under a tree. He cried. The problem is that he came back to Nairobi ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Currently, we appreciate what has been done. At least, some patches of Kitui, Machakos and Makueni are known to be hardship areas. Even in Kericho where I come from, there are hardship areas. So, let us support this Bill. It will ensure the administration of this Fund is clearly indicated. The administration of it will be by law. Anybody who will misuse money from the Fund will see the wrath of the law. Let us use this House to enact laws which will help our The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: people. Let us not use this House to support people who do not want to see the laws we make here implemented. They want to use memos to manage the Equalisation Fund! Let us stamp our authority by enacting laws. Let us support this Bill and ensure it is enacted and implemented. It will help our brothers and sisters living in marginalised areas and they will be brought up to speed to where God, the creator, wanted all of us to be. view