Dr. Joyce Cherono Laboso

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for acknowledging the capacity of the Deputy Speaker as well as that of the Liaison Committee. Despite our capacity, we still insist that the Budget and Appropriations Committee must be formed, so that they can take over their rightful responsibility. view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: In seconding this Bill, I would like to bring forth some issues that were critical as we looked through the Division of Revenue Bill. As the Leader of the Majority Party has rightfully said, we have been apportioning finances to county governments and sharing between the two levels of Government. As you have rightfully pointed out, a lot has been transferred to the county governments. The public view and opinion is that there is little infrastructural development that can be seen despite the amounts of money apportioned to the county government. There has been a lot of discussion on the ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Senate and the county assemblies should focus on that area, so that we can have additional funds to share out. view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: There are many reports of misappropriation of resources at the county level at the expense of delivery of service. It is open in our media and we see governors being taken in and out of courts and facing impeachment instead of delivering service to the people. They complain why we question misappropriation of money. They say that the “child” learned from the “father”. We are against that because even if the “father” had some mistakes, we do not want them transferred to the “child”. Kenyans voted for devolution because they wanted services at the level they could reach. We want ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We also looked at the delivery we are getting at the county levels. For example, agriculture is fully devolved and with the funds allocated to the counties, we expected that we would have what used to be done by the national Government in terms of introduction of extension officers and more support to farmers, but unfortunately, practically, nothing has changed in terms of farmers getting more informed on how they can make billions from the funds they have. Hon. Speaker, some lessons have been learnt from devolution and the use of money at both levels of Government. There seems to ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The Division of Revenue Bill is based on the just concluded Budget Policy Statement (BPS). It is important to note the resolutions on the BPS that were made in this House a few weeks ago. It should be the guide. We have seen many changes in this Budget and we hope that what was presented in the BPS will guide what happens in 2016/2017, particularly in ensuring that the capital Budget is based on a reconcilable list of projects. This is an act of fate because we have passed many Budgets for development without clear ideas of where those projects ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I want to second and hope that this House will pass the Division of Revenue Bill. view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: 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. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Shall I do it from the Dispatch Box? view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 25(7) of the Public Finance Management Act and Standing Order No.232, this House adopts the Report of the Liaison Committee on the Budget Policy Statement and the Debts Management Strategy for the Financial Year 2016/2017 and the Medium Term, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 3rd March, 2016, and approves the Budget ceilings in respect of various votes and programmes in the national Government, the Judiciary and Parliament as contained in the Schedule. view