Joseph Wathigo Manje

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: What is out of order is that if we continue this way, we will end up making a law that will put our country in jeopardy. For example, Clause 40, which we have just passed--- view
• 2 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, these are two parallel associations. He gave an example of the Judicial Service Commission, but there is a difference between a commission that is operating as a board and an Advisory Board. If this really is an Advisory Board, then the Auditor-General should not be on it. view
• 2 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if the first amendment went through then there will be no need of appointing the Senior Deputy Auditor-General as a member. This is because the Auditor-General will automatically be the secretary of that Board and the Office of the Auditor-General will be the secretariat. Therefore, it is not the Senior Deputy Auditor-General but the Auditor-General who will be the secretary to the Board. view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance. I want to say from the word ‘go’ that ranking is the universal differentiator. If you want to differentiate something you have to arrange it from the best to the worst, you rank it with other similar items. I highly support this Motion by hon. Chris Wamalwa. This is the right way to go. Opposing this Motion is like saying that being the last one is good. If you oppose this Motion, you must have an alternative. What is the alternative of ranking? If we do not rank our ... view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: idea of mixing students who have performed well with those who have performed dismally and taking them to schools like Alliance High School and Mang’u High School, is to bring down competition and lower performance in schools. It is in the public domain that private schools perform better than public schools in primary schools examinations. How else can you hold back private schools apart from doing away with the ranking part of it? view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Private schools perform better than public schools and how else can you hold them back apart from removing the ranking part of it? It is like we are trying to justify not working in schools. Private schools are doing very well in this country and maybe in future that is the right way to go. However, if we do not rank them then we are demotivating them and if they will not continue performing well then our country will not perform. There is a school that I started about four years ago which is seated right here and if we ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to air my views. I know that corruption is a major issue in this country, either real or perceived. I am a Member of this PAC and the Leader of the Majority Party has said that everybody in the Committee is perceived to be corrupt. It is only about four to six Members who were mentioned when they were trying to discuss among themselves about who is corrupt and who is not. We do not have very clear dispute resolution mechanisms in these Committees. When the Motion of no confidence with ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to contribute to this Motion. The TSC is an independent Commission on which I served as a commissioner before I came to Parliament. I know the work that will be done by these commissioners. I know they are capable because they have very good educational backgrounds. A nominee like Beatrice Adu has been a Provincial Director of Education (PDE) in various provinces in our country. So, she is well versed with educational matters. This list is representative of the regions that we have in the country. Hon. Speaker, being a Commissioner ... view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: that we will relieve some areas. The TSC is one of the biggest employers in the country. So, that requires real people who understand that undertaking. With those few remarks, I want to support this Report. view