Josphat Kabinga Wachira

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 661 to 670 of 1087.

• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will try to be receptive to the Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairman. I rise to support the Report. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: The BPS is a very important document for it is where the Government reflects its strategies, policies and priorities that will inform the Budget Estimates that we expect in April. Therefore, the expenditure in this document, right from the time data is collected from the various departments at the local level to the time we have public participation and the various Committees undertake to present to the BAC for the report to be prepared, should be taken seriously. It should live to its purpose. It is unfortunate that today we are discussing a Budget Policy Statement that will inform the ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: The issue of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) spending money and presenting that in supplementary estimates is a practice that we need to watch and be careful about. It causes the MDAs not to be serious in the budget-making processes. We also see cases where when the Budget is approved, we are ready for its implementation, but disbursement of funds from the National Treasury is either delayed or completely non-existent thereby causing us to have outstanding bills. That is why this country cannot settle. Right from the BPS to the Budget Estimates, to the disbursement by the National Treasury, there ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: If I may jump onto pending bills, I am persuaded that some people use them as cash cows. Pending bills involve huge amounts of money. There are people who take advantage of them by pushing for payment for some people and there are cards involved. I am persuaded that it is high time this country came up with an independent body that will look at pending bills and also monitor MDAs to ensure that pending bills do not exist and where they exist, payment is done by that independent body. That way, the idea of people having to push for ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: The theme of the BPS is to “Harness the Big Four Agenda for Creation of Jobs and for Economic Prosperity”. If we were to live to that, then we would see the BPS pointing to some economic areas that are going to create jobs. It is high time, again, MDAs made quarterly reports on how they are creating jobs and how many jobs they have created and given to the youth. This is why I support the internship programmes by the Public Service Commission. This is one area that we need to put a lot of money in. So far, ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Another area that we need to look at is the attempt to balance between the provision of services as a social commodity and as a business case. Business case here means putting money where it will come out in a big number. This is more in areas that generate income. Agriculture is an area that we really need to look at. Sometimes I get worried when I do not see a lot of focus in that area. When I go to my place in Mwea, I see farmers struggling to do rice farming with no help. There are no agricultural ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just want to make one comment. As we seek statements from the Kenya Government, it is important for us to also hear from other regional bodies. We spend a lot of resources on some of them. We need to know how they will coordinate just in case this region is hit by the coronavirus. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this Report. I really want to support the Report because it is well researched and to the point. When we talk about the Uwezo Fund, which I would want to concentrate on, it was basically designed to contribute to the Vision 2030 to enable women, youth and PWDs to access funds. It was launched on 8th September 2013 by His Excellency the President and was implemented under Legal Notice No.21 of 2014. You realise that this Fund is characterised by a number of things and challenges. ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: It is also good to note that the officers who sit in the Uwezo Fund offices in the constituencies are very demotivated. They are just earning salaries, but are helpless. They do not have money to move around to execute their mandate. The other challenge that needs to be addressed very quickly, and I am glad it is in the Report, is the issue of having to peg the performance of some groups on other groups that may not be performing. This is very discouraging for the groups that want to move on and have shown a lot of improvement ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: We need to understand why we cannot move on as fast as possible despite the fact that some of us are putting in much efforts to ensure that the Fund succeeds. The Fund can succeed and it must succeed. If the Uwezo Fund does not succeed, there should certainly be another fund at some point to replace what it is doing. We must enable our people, more so the youth, to find linkages into the 30 per cent preferential Government contracts and procurement opportunities. This will be very important so that the money can quickly multiply. view