Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would also like to join my colleague, Mr. Okemo, in congratulating the Minister for a good job. I hold him highly, as far as Ministers are concerned, in this Ministry. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Development policies of Kenya are driven by the objective of 2030. Our key objective, from what I have read from Vision 2030, is to accelerate the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to ten per cent. This is a rather ambitious plan but attainable in this Ministry because of the ability to plan the way forward for our country. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would also like to join my colleague, Mr. Okemo in talking about the CDF. In northern Kenya and my colleague, Mr. Chachu, will attest to this--- I was elected in 2006 and since then, the CDF funds have transformed Laisamis Constituency which I represent. I can say that between 55 per cent to 70 per cent of people now have clean water. I think we will do much better with proper planning and increased CDF allocations. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: There is also the issue of the percentages allocated to different sectors in the CDF. Education is allocated between 0 and 15 per cent across the board, in spite of how much the hon. Member would like to use. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have told our children to go to school. What we have told the Minister is to give different constituencies their specific needs. For me, my students can go to school if they have enough bursary. Only 50 per cent of the students in my constituency get bursary funds because we do not have enough allocation. So, ... view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Your time is up! view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Proceed, Mr. Nyamweya! view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: All right, hon. Nyamweya! Go on! view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Your time is up. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, since there are no more Members who are willing to contribute, I will now call upon the Mover to reply. view
• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government has created a lot of administration units across this country. The reason for this is for people to get services. That is why we have all these new districts. What is this Ministry doing to make sure that these services are decentralized to the man in a village between Wajir and Laisamis, so that they do not have to waste their time coming all the way to Nairobi? view