Joseph Wathigo Manje

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: I thought I am alone within a perimeter. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand corrected. It is that I had assumed that there is nobody near me. As I was saying, if we want to make progress in this country, we have to take resources where they are productive. If you look at the allocations, you will find that NIS is budgeted to receive about Ksh42 billion; the Ministry of Interior is to receive Ksh132 billion and Defence Ksh127 billion. The total is about Ksh300 billion. If you check the production part of the economy like agriculture and trade, enterprise development is allocated only Ksh3.1 billion; ... view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: should have planners in every ministry and come up with master plans for every ministry such that they will be operating and acting according to the master plan with very little deviation. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: At times, we find auditors are not given good money. The amount allocated to the auditor and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission is about Ksh5 billion and Ksh3.6 billion respectively, yet we want them to safeguard our kitty. We should take resources where they are required. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I support the Kenya National Library Service Bill (National Assembly Bill No.5 of 2020), which is repealing the Kenya National Library Service Board Act (Cap. 225). The Bill has come up at a time when KNLS is a body corporate that manages library services in the country. There comes a time when a country has to be developed by creating The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I support the Kenya National Library Service Bill (National Assembly Bill No.5 of 2020), which is repealing the Kenya National Library Service Board Act (Cap. 225). The Bill has come up at a time when KNLS is a body corporate that manages library services in the country. There comes a time when a country has to be developed by creating The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: a reading culture and acquiring information. That is why we have this Bill that will give a legal framework to realise that. It is very important that the Bill establishes a national body that has been given the mandate to collect and store information in the country, such that if you want to refer to any information, you can walk into that library and get the information. Compliance and reading materials in our schools should be controlled by the library. It will also promote research. If you want to do any type of research, you can go to a library. ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: a reading culture and acquiring information. That is why we have this Bill that will give a legal framework to realise that. It is very important that the Bill establishes a national body that has been given the mandate to collect and store information in the country, such that if you want to refer to any information, you can walk into that library and get the information. Compliance and reading materials in our schools should be controlled by the library. It will also promote research. If you want to do any type of research, you can go to a library. ... view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would like to ask the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Planning the following Question: (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the fate of the 550 Central Bank of Kenya employees who voluntarily retired under the Bank’s Voluntary Retirement Scheme in 1997 and who were eligible for deferred pension for staff below 55 years of age in line with the retirement terms? (ii) What urgent measures is the Ministry undertaking to ensure the prompt payment of the deferred pension and other benefits to the former employees of the Central Bank of Kenya who ... view