Judith Ramaita Pareno

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1801 to 1810 of 3416.

• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the information is that most of the times at this hour, it is the Madam Speaker who normally presides. That is what is causing the confusion today. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support the Disbursement Schedule, which has finally come after a long struggle. After the push and pull between the National Assembly and the Senate, finally we have the amounts that will be allocated. We are happy that we are finally there because counties will do what they are supposed to do. As per the provisions, once this Disbursement Schedule is approved, within seven days, we expect that the actual disbursement will be done. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue is not the passing of this Motion by this ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: We are already late in terms of implementing the budgets of the counties because we have taken so much time. The counties are being wasted and many projects have stalled because of either lack of money or the money is sent late, such that they are unable to finish what they are supposed to do in time. The last I heard, when we had the Report of the Controller of Budget on how the counties had been able to realize their budget, is that they do not even have records. This applies to many other counties; I am not just ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: I beg your pardon, Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: The animals are kind of equal, because what I know is that they have very good breeds which they sell. Many of us have bought them. However, in that report, they had not disclosed this source of revenue. I would, therefore, like to see more accountability, not just for the disbursed funds, but also for own-source revenue. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee made very good observations. We observed that the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA) provides that the National Treasury shall transfer the money within seven days. This is one such aspect that we should check to ensure ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: we will not feel as if there could be some favoritism, because if you do not give us the criteria, then what are you using to give these conditional grants? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, of course, the Committee also observed the rate at which the counties were using the money for construction of county headquarters. This was a big topic in this Senate. The county headquarters have been constructed year in, year out. A lot of money has been spent on them to the extent that the Controller of Budget and Auditor-General had to query it and even come up ... view
• 24 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. This is a Motion that I would not miss to contribute to. This Motion speaks for itself. The first paragraph of the Motion states:- “THAT, AWARE that Cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, Autism and other permanent motor and neurological disorders are birth defects characterised by, among others, disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, hearing loss, congenital heart defects, lower than average IQ, impairment in social interaction, and rigid, repetitive behaviors;” We are speaking about a group of persons who cannot perceive things in the right manner and in the manner that a normal person does; or a ... view
• 24 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, motor disorders are a serious challenge because we have very many people in the society that are of this nature. We cannot bury our heads in the sand and say that we do not know them. I wonder at what point we started neglecting people with such disabilities. If they were in the disability circle, they would be provided for, just like any other disabled person is provided for. We need to give support and recognise the caregivers of persons with motor disorders. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was part of that team that visited the prisons. We saw very interesting things in that prison. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: First of all, I applaud the Commander of the Prison and all those officers serving the people in that prison. We found a very interesting relationship between those officers and those that are remanded. We had songs and dances such as the one man guitar. We had entertainment and you could clearly see the relationship between the officers and those that have been remanded there is very good in terms of correctional services. It actually reflected an institute that is ready to correct these people and not to punish them as such. That is one positive side. However, we had ... view