Joyce was born in abject poverty. In 2012, she suspended her PhD studies to concentrate. In 1985-1996 she participated in the translation of the bible to Turkana language. Previously, Joyce worked with the United Nations Children and Oxfam Kenya and was actively involved with the community. She puts education empowerment on top of her list in her quest to transform Turkana County. She also believes that without security, there cannot be any development and therefore has been very vocal on issues of security in her parliamentary debates.
23 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:-
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23 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Article 113(2) of the Constitution and Standing Order No.150, this House adopts the Report of the Mediation Committee on its consideration of the Natural Resources (Classes of Transactions Subject to Ratification) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.54 of 2015) laid on the Table of the House today Tuesday, 23rd August, 2016, and approves the mediated version of the Natural Resources, (Classes of Transactions Subject to Ratification) Bill.
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23 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Yes, I have, Hon. Deputy Speaker.
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17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this chance. I rise to support the adoption of the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Government of Kenya Accounts for the year 2013
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17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Report indicates that the Ministry of Education, Research and Technology has pending bills to the tune of Kshs17 billion. I wonder how those bills can be accounted for when teachers are perennially on strike for salary increases. How do you account for small discrepancies that could have been dealt with internally? This is reflected in the Report.
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17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Worst of all is the unaccountability for donor-funded projects. One of them is GoK/UNICEF Education for Young People Programme where, out of a total of Kshs213 million expenditure, 96 per cent is not supported by any documents and, hence, it is really difficult to know the propriety of the total amount. The Government of Kenya Water and Sanitation Programme (GoK/WSP) Programme which provides food assistance to schools in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) and for disadvantaged urban children, millions of shillings are not accounted for by the education officers. Exaggeration of enrolment in schools is part of the wastage of ...
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17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Over Kshs297 million for the sanitary towels programme was paid to suppliers, but there were no returns from the education officers. This is very disastrous and unacceptable. For goodness sake, we are talking about children. We know the commitment and vision of the Jubilee Government on education. They have reduced examination fees, increased capitation, increased free primary school funds and have increased the Higher Education Loans Board
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17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
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17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
funds. Those are some of the commitments that the Jubilee Government has put in place. The monies are being misappropriated by public officers who are employed by the same Government. We are just wondering whether this is not jeopardising or sabotaging the efforts of the Jubilee Government to provide Kenyans with what they promised in the manifesto in education, energy, social protection, devolution, health and many other big projects that the Government is putting in place.
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17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
With those few remarks, I wish to support the adoption of the Report.
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