Dr. Joyce Cherono Laboso

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3801 to 3810 of 3818.

• 29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, many times, we sit here and complain. Once the whole process is over, we are brought a document but we do not understand whenever it is brought here. We only see figures allocated to the various Votes. I would like to request that the budgeting process be made more open. view
• 29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: For instance, if we had something like a gender responsive Budget, each of the different groups in the country would be targeted. That way, we would, for example, know the needs of women in this country and budget for them appropriately. We would equally know the needs of men in this country and budget for them appropriately. That way, even young men and young women would be covered. This document is so detached from reality that you cannot really understand what it is that you are allocating funds for. On top of that, we want a Budget that is pro-poor. ... view
• 29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for that protection. I was talking about making pro-poor budgets. This country needs to, seriously, address the question of the poor. We collect a lot of revenue in this country, but we hardly see where that money goes to. We are told that 97 per cent of the Budget, or thereabout, is supposed to be going to the line Ministries. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thinking of my own constituency, yes, money is going there, but it is very difficult to have tangible evidence of what that money is actually doing on the ... view
• 29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we will examine the Budget, we will not only look at the figures, but also what the money that has been allocated will do. I will continue saying that we must devolve funds. The Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) is a model that has worked. We must use the same model to devolve funds, even if it means 20 per cent of the national Budget going to constituencies. I believe they will be put to better use than they are in the current situation. view
• 29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, since I want to give a chance to my colleagues to speak, I will leave it at that. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Minister confirm that this Fund is actually being distributed equitably in the country? Could she confirm that the intermediaries that are being used are represented nationally and that the youth of this country are actually accessing that Fund equally? view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support, in the strongest words possible, this Motion. I think it is long overdue and welcome. I think we, as Members of this House, need to support our councillors. We need to see them as partners. We know that while we are here, in Parliament, considering the number of days that we spent here, they take care of all the work we would be doing at the constituencies. While we are there over the weekends, these councillors wait on us in terms of looking after the constituency. They attend all the funerals, schools ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I support this Motion. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to second this very important Motion concerning the tea industry. It is a timely Motion that is long overdue. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me begin by giving a personal experience. As you see me today, it is because my father decided many years ago that he was going to plant tea. My father said that he was going to plant tea so that Joyce could go to school. I have gone to school as a result of the tea bushes that my father planted those many years ago. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the tea farmers today. I do not think there is any one farmer who can tell you today that their children are going ... view