Judah ole Metito

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Entries 241 to 250 of 1895.

• 5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Appropriation Bill (National Assembly Bill No.15 of 2017). The Appropriations Bill has two columns. One is for Recurrent Expenditure and the other one is for Development Expenditure. Let me talk about the national Government money. We have county governments, the Legislature and the Judiciary, each being independent and interdependent of each other. I will briefly rush through some votes of the Central Government on development. The first one is Vote D63 on education and Kshs6.292 billion has been allocated to it without mentioning the AIA of Kshs114 million. This ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: Kitui County. I think what is required now is to boost the numbers that the Jubilee administration has already done more than ten times what has been done since Independence. Together with the Last Mile Programme, we need to provide enough transformers not only to public institutions like schools, community boreholes and health facilities but also to target the common mwananchi in areas where these long lines have been put by the Rural Electrification Authority (REA). There is need for provision of adequate transformers on the ground. I will now move to Vote D1161. This is to do with agriculture. ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: Most importantly, I can see there is also an Executive order to release Kshs1.2 billion for the miraa sector. The livestock industry seems to be forgotten too much and it contributes about 12 per cent of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). A lot needs to be done to revive it. view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: Finally, on commissions, when we were debating the Budget before we talked of the Appropriation Bill, I talked a lot about the need to streamline our commissions, make them lean and efficient, but a lot of money has been given to them from D1252. Let me talk about D2031, which talks about the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The Motion has been turned down on regulations to operationalise the Elections Act, but the IEBC, in the new Act, knows that every polling station needs to have not more than 700 voters. They have been given a budget and it ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 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
• 28 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, which I am also a member, I wish to appreciate the contribution of hon. Members to this Report. I am sure their comments will go into adding value to the Marrakesh Treaty as negotiated by the ministry. I am very sure those inputs will add value to that Treaty. Therefore, I beg to reply. view
• 28 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. I have few points to make. This Budget is programme-based and it will be effective as from 1st July this year. I, however, note that there are some few things that it needs to address, for example, the wage bill. When His Excellency the President was addressing this House a few days ago, he talked of a very expanded or near-boiling-point wage bill with regard to public servants. It is time we addressed that problem. It has been said that there was a presidential taskforce on parastatals. This is the ... view
• 28 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: It is time to bite the bullet and think of abolishing some of the elective offices. That proposal should come from the socio-economic audit. Apparently, many offices in the public service have duplicating roles. We need to see how we can streamline and abolish some of the elective offices. If we manage to do so we will have in place a lean, efficient and, perhaps, a well-paid public service. In the Budget, we need to expand and implement some of the capital projects that in the short-term seem to be very expensive yet in the long-term, I believe, they would ... view
• 28 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: did not go on strike. They were getting their dues. I know health is a devolved function but we need to look into the issues of personnel and maybe centralise that factor. With regard to the proposed reductions and increases of allocations, allow me to talk about the proposed reduction of the amount of money allocated to the State Department for Interior. This is an electioneering year and a lot of issues with respect to security are going to come up. I can see we have reduced the allocation to the National Police Service. Money meant for police modernization has ... view