27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to support the Chair on this. I think there is an attempt by the Senate to give some powers or roles to the CoG. This is because some of these functions are purely for the national Government and this will bring complications and unnecessary bureaucracies. We want the CS to have more powers to make decisions that will move our irrigation schemes forward.
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27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I think this is another case of the Senate not understanding the running of the schemes. This particular clause was intended to reflect the current situation where farmers contribute some money that is added to whatever the Government is giving to maintain the schemes. When they remove the cost-sharing aspect, they are now running away from the current situation and bringing a case where farmers would even go for loans, which is not the intended purpose of this particular clause. I support the Chairman.
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27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second.
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26 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
(Mwea, JP): Thank you,
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26 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
to support the Report of the Departmental Committee on Lands. I want to commend them for taking time to go through the Senate proposed amendments. Going through the 89 clauses that were proposed for amendments by the Senate was not an easy task for the Committee but they did it. It is worrying that the Senate can
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