Dr. Joyce Cherono Laboso

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 43 of 2013) and approved the same with amendments. view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon Speaker. I wish to thank the Leader of the Majority for bringing this matter to the attention of the House. You are aware that this is a matter that has really concerned us very seriously. As leadership in the House, it is a matter that is making us also feel very uncomfortable about being leaders in a House that is so condemned. This is a matter that we dealt with quite candidly while in our retreat in Mombasa. I believe that some of the measures that we recommended are going to help us look at this much ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to present a public Petition by milk farmers’ representatives on the eminent privatisation of the New Kenya Co-operative Creameries. The Petition reads as follows:- “I, the undersigned, on behalf of milk farmers’ representatives from across the country, draw the attention of the House to the following:- (i) aware that the Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) was established in 1925 to enable milk farmers to market their produce and grow their savings; (ii) aware that the majority stakes in the original KCC is held by small-scale farmers and estimated at a net worth of Kshs5 billion; (iii) noting ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: (ix) noting that the inalienable rights of farmers to retain their majority stake can only be protected through a proposed privatisation structure that would give farmers 85 per cent, the Government 10 per cent and staff of the company 5 per cent shareholding of the company, your humble Petitioner prays that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives:- (i) intervenes to have a special audit on KCC done by the Auditor-General, in accordance with Article 229, Section 5, to ascertain the circumstances that led to the collapse of KCC as well as the current ownership ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Report. It is very frustrating sitting in the Chair where you are and hearing Members of Parliament in most cases criticizing or refusing to acknowledge the reports coming from Cabinet Secretaries. Many a times, it seems like a waste of time. A chairperson of a committee comes here, promises within two weeks, and nothing happens. It has become like a song; I will bring the response to your statement. They come after two weeks or a month and after all that and even waiting for two months, the response that is ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: declared unsatisfactory. Members feel they are not satisfied with what the Cabinet Secretaries are giving and in most cases, you will find that it becomes like a waste of time. view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to ask: Is this really the way to go? Let the Cabinet Secretaries themselves, speak on behalf of Government. Since those are Members of Parliament, let them speak for themselves, make promises, resolve what they are going to do and do it themselves, so that we can hold them accountable for whatever it is that they are promising those Members of the National Assembly. view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The other thing that I find very important is that we are putting into effect Article 153 of the Constitution which says a Cabinet Secretary--- Please note a Cabinet Secretary and not the Principal Secretary (PS) or the Director. A Cabinet Secretary shall attend before a committee of the National Assembly or Senate. This to me is very important because, again, we have heard on several occasions where Cabinet Secretaries are sending junior staff to either committee meetings or sessions in Parliament. But the fact is that this is clearly indicated that it shall be the Cabinet Secretary who shall ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The other thing, hon. Speaker, is that this is going to be a Committee of the Whole House. I think Members are going to be engaged and will feel more fulfilled from the answers that the Cabinet Secretaries will be bringing. There will be, I believe, a closer working relationship with the Cabinet Secretaries, as Members have already indicated. Those people seem so distant; so far away from the Members of this House that we hardly have any relationship with them. It is not like in the past when Members of Parliament were also Ministers. So, this is another way ... view