Joyce Wanjalah Lay

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity. I would like to thank hon. Mbadi for recognizing the need to cushion the low income earners by increasing the list of goods and services such as supply of electricity through the Rural Electrification Authority (REA). It is high time we realized that electrification is not a cost to the Government, but a source of revenue. When we electrify the rural areas, we stand to develop through creation of industries which will create jobs to our people in the rural areas. Therefore, being exempt from the VAT charged on the supply of ... view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity. I would like to thank hon. Mbadi for recognizing the need to cushion the low income earners by increasing the list of goods and services such as supply of electricity through the Rural Electrification Authority (REA). It is high time we realized that electrification is not a cost to the Government, but a source of revenue. When we electrify the rural areas, we stand to develop through creation of industries which will create jobs to our people in the rural areas. Therefore, being exempt from the VAT charged on the supply of ... view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I can see the excitement and the mood of the House. But this Clause is specifically on giving notification; you are notifying your spouse that you are going to get married and that you are bringing another wife. Also, it is going to safeguard your family and your property and everything else. There are cases where husbands die and two or three more women come up to claim the properties. They also come with children. But just because nobody was given any notification that there is a second wife to be brought into the ... view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you so much, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am also opposing that--- view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for recognising gender. My colleagues are complaining about it. I take this opportunity to oppose the Bill. It is very clear that the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has the mandate of handling everything that is contained in this Bill. We have the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) and the Commission for University Education. All these institutions should be able to handle what this Bill envisages to do. If it is a matter of standards, they should be able to handle the same. I can see that the Government is engaged in double ... view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: So, in my view, we need to, first of all, reform our education system. After we do that, we can then talk about having the proposed qualification framework because we will make sure that everybody qualifies for admission to university. We should have a smooth transition for our children right from primary school to Form Four. Forth Form education should be basic education for our children. Therefore, the architects of this Bill have a good idea but its timing is not right. We really need to sort out our education system before we talk about putting in place a qualification ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Asante sana Bi. Naibu Spika kwa kunipatia fursa hii. Vile vile, ningependa kumpongeza mhe. Sakaja kwa kuleta Mswada huu hapa Bungeni. Kwanza, ningependa kumshukuru Mhe. Rais Uhuru Kenyatta kwa sababu wakati alipotoa hii asilimia thelathini ya utaratibu wa kupewa zabuni alisema ya kwamba hii nafasi ipewe vijana, wamama na walemavu. Hii inamaanisha ya kwamba Rais anaitakia heri nchi hii na pia vile vile anawatakia heri wanawake, vijana na watu ambao wanaishi na ulemavu. Kwa hivyo, ninashukuru sana kwa sababu mhe. Sakaja amekubali kwamba tulete mabadiliko ya kuhakikisha ya kwamba wamama pia wamewekwa katika hii nafasi. The electronic version of the ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Ukiangalia katika Kifungu 27(1), kinasema kuwa kila Mkenya ako na haki ya usawa. Ako na haki ya kulindwa na pia ya kupata manufaa katika nchi yetu ya Kenya. Kwa hivyo, jambo kama hili litaleta manufaa hasa kwa vijana wetu ambao hawana kazi na ambao wanajiingiza katika mambo ambayo yanahatarisha maisha ya Wakenya wenzao. Pia, wanaingia katika mambo ya mihadarati. Kwa hivyo, nafasi hii ya utaratibu wa kupewa zabuni italeta nafuu katika maisha yao. Vile vile, nikiwa mmoja wao ambao wanatia mkazo katika mambo ya elimu, kunao wengi ambao ninawasomesha kupitia kwa hizo fedha. Ni vizuri watoto hawa wakimaliza kusoma wawe ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Vile ile, jana tulipitisha Uwezo Fund. Kwa hivyo, Uwezo Fund pamoja na nafasi hii ya zabuni inaonyesha kwamba matatizo kama ya njaa ama umaskini, kukosa karo na kukosa kazi yatakukwa historia. Kwa hivyo, ninamshukuru sana mhe. Sakaja na ninatumaini ya kwamba tutatengeneza Kipengele cha 39 ili tuweze kuongeza wamama na walemavu. Asante. view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish the whole House, including you, a happy new year. Thank you for the opportunity and I hereby stand to oppose these amendments. Right now, there is so much unrest in the country. Kenyans are so frustrated and part of the frustration is insecurity in the country. I have just received a news alert that they are going to demonstrate on 13th and one of the issues that they are raising is insecurity in the country. Another issue that they are going to demonstrate about is the mutilation of the Constitution. We have ... view