Josphat Kabinga Wachira

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 981 to 990 of 1087.

• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: some extent made a good attempt to attend to some of the issues that were raised by the participants. view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I also want to join Members who have spoken before me in recommending that we amend the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, so that public participation can be done way ahead of this exercise, so that whatever the communities suggest may be put into consideration in the budget process. I was quite impressed by the current Budget proposals because Mwea Irrigation Scheme was identified as one of the facilitators of this economy, if the implementation and governance of the scheme could be looked at. I am particularly concerned that we have a mega project in the name of Thiba Dam. ... view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I commend the Jubilee Government which has made available money to compensate those communities, but the process has been slow at the National Irrigation Board. Three months ago, we negotiated for about Kshs200 million to be paid to farmers. That money was made available but three months later, only Kshs28 million has been disbursed. Yesterday, I had a meeting with the National Irrigation Board and I could not get a convincing reason why we cannot clear this amount so that this scheme, which is currently a Kshs7 billion economy…. With the Thiba Dam, we will be ... view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Another area I have discussed with the Departmental Committee on Lands, to whom I will be writing, is titling of land for the people of Mwea so that they can take ownership and use it for their economic advancement. view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Constituencies are units of representation but in a number of times we have used them as units of resource allocation. In this country, some constituencies are larger than others. My constituency, which is one of the most populous in Kenya, has about 200,000 people compared to other constituencies that have less than 50,000, yet the resources allocated are the same. We are creating disparity. In 10 years’ time, we will notice a big difference in …. view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with due respect to my colleague, he has referred to the Central Region as being favoured. That is a serious allegation and a bad one, given the atmosphere in the country. view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for protecting us against people who pop in and just press a button for a point of order for the purpose of contributing before others. I want to support this Adjournment Motion and in particular I would want to bring to the attention of this House… view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. You have saved us from the agony we normally undergo from some of the guys who walk in and they want to talk before... view