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.
26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to support the amendment with the proposed correction by Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo. We cannot allow assumptions in legislation. What is important is explicit and specificity.
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26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I support the amendment. We should go all length to ensure that security is guaranteed.
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19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 10 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (1) by deleting paragraph (d). I am sorry I had stepped out for a meeting. I missed my first two amendments. Paragraph (d) says “the user of the land.” This is a vague sub-clause that could be interpreted to indicate that one person’s name may go on a community’s registration certificate. The user should actually be the community. The remedy to that is indicated in my next amendment. Thank you.
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19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
I agree with the new change by the Committee Chair.
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19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
With the new change from the Committee Chair, I drop my amendment.
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19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I also said that there is a subsequent amendment from me, which I thought was going to solve the concern I had – the ambiguity and vagueness of the word “user.” It could be interpreted to be singular, an association or a group. So, I agree with the Committee Chair’s change. I dropped my amendment.
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19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 11 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after sub-clause (1) – “(1b) Community land may be registered in the name of– (a) a community; (b) a clan or family in accordance with the customary practices applicable; or (c) a community association in accordance with the document constituting the association.
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19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. We were actually struggling with who the users of the land are. I think this amendment brings home the fact that we are clear on which organisations or groups in the community would register a community land under their names. This to me would be a community, clan, family or community association. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 19 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (1) by inserting the words “to a community” immediately after the word “registration”.
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