Josphat Kabinga Wachira

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 761 to 770 of 1087.

• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: how long those services have been in the hands of counties and ask ourselves whether they have the capacity or whether we have capacitated them to manage health services. When we talk about early cancer screening, do our 47 counties have the capability and capacity to provide those screening services? As a House, are we providing them with enough budgetary resources so that they can provide the services we are recommending? We have made many recommendations through such Motions in this House. Most of them are passed, but they are not implemented. They are not given any budgetary allocation and ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this Bill. At the outset, I support the Bill. By establishing a drought emergency fund, we are simply saying that as a country, we want to be prepared. We do not want to start running up and down looking for funds when things happen in our country. It is, therefore, an important fund that will enable the country to respond in a timely manner whenever we have emergencies. My only pain is that we are using the word “drought” and not “disaster emergency fund”. There are different ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this Bill. At the outset, I support the Bill. By establishing a drought emergency fund, we are simply saying that as a country, we want to be prepared. We do not want to start running up and down looking for funds when things happen in our country. It is, therefore, an important fund that will enable the country to respond in a timely manner whenever we have emergencies. My only pain is that we are using the word “drought” and not “disaster emergency fund”. There are different ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, can you protect me from my brother here? view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, can you protect me from my brother here? view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I think what my brother here intended to do is to interrupt me so that I do not hammer the point but I will do so. I mentioned that Kenya is no longer in 1965. We are now talking about a new Kenya where resources are devolved to our 47 counties. We realise that some of these issues like disaster are important but our governors do not allocate enough resources that can help in times of disaster. I am delighted because we will establish a basket fund. It is a fund that is associated with ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I think what my brother here intended to do is to interrupt me so that I do not hammer the point but I will do so. I mentioned that Kenya is no longer in 1965. We are now talking about a new Kenya where resources are devolved to our 47 counties. We realise that some of these issues like disaster are important but our governors do not allocate enough resources that can help in times of disaster. I am delighted because we will establish a basket fund. It is a fund that is associated with ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: for a common purpose. Therefore, this will enable our international partners, local partners and the governors whom we have in the counties to put in money that can be used when we have disasters in our country. view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: for a common purpose. Therefore, this will enable our international partners, local partners and the governors whom we have in the counties to put in money that can be used when we have disasters in our country. view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I want to also take note that even as we talk about disasters and droughts in the historically known areas and counties…. One of the speakers before me mentioned that our country has changes because of climate change. Some of the areas that we thought were food- sufficient are now starting to face problems from time to time. I look forward to the operationalisation of the rules and regulations that will guide this fund so that they can also cover the areas that are not historically known to be disaster prone. In the same way, some of the counties that ... view