Judith Ramaita Pareno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: way forward in as far as security issues are concerned. We should look out for all those things that he has promised that he will uphold. They are all good for this country. On extra judicial killings, he also came out strongly. The Committee did not mince its words. In fact, on the day of the vetting, some human bodies were recovered somewhere around Tsavo National Park. We told him that is what we are tired of in this country. Of course, as usual, we expected that he would say that he will handle it. We will hold him to ... view
• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I support it because to me, it is an extension or a further Bill that will realise public participation on matters that concern counties. This is a Bill that goes ahead to further bring to life the provisions of the Constitution in as far as public participation by the citizens is concerned. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Constitution of Kenya 2010 put the citizens at the centre of every development undertaken and every decision-making process. The citizens The electronic version of the Senate Hansard ... view
• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: have a say on everything that we do in this country because of the history that we had, as a country. It was felt that the citizens did not determine what was happening to them as far as the running of this country was concerned. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, public participation has led to development because when they participate, they own the projects and feel that they belong. They even monitor projects, report progress and evaluate decisions being made that touch on their daily lives. I, therefore, believe that this Bill will ensure that there is accountability. This is because ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support Sen. Sakaja on this Statement. This is not the first time that the Senator has brought this issue to this House. This is either the second or the third time. It is actually the third time. I ask that this matter be treated as urgent. It has come to this House for the third time with no tangible results. We all live in Nairobi and it is our right to have the representation that is stated in the law. We are supposed to have a governor and a deputy governor in ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute and to say that I fully support this Report of the Committee on Finance and Budget on the infrastructure projects of the county executive headquarters, chambers and the residences. I was looking at this Report and I think we have a long way to go when it comes to this devolution aspect. The other day the Auditor-General told us that some counties had spent zero on development and my county, Kajiado County was one of them. You will find in this Report, the observations of this Committee and ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: service to the public. We are not saying that we should not have residences for our governors and speakers. We are not even saying that there should not be chambers. We should have chambers, houses, residences but not at the expense of development. We should have these residences and the chambers but not with exorbitant prices. That is all that this Senate, the CRA and the mwananchi are saying. There was an outcry from the citizens because they were saying they want to see development. If only they had brought water, done roads, schools and dispensaries; and if these were ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, it is not in vain; it is all because of value for money and also for the citizens to see that there is value in what has been done. We do not want to see those zero developments. You build for yourself a very big house, make yourself comfortable in your residence and spend nothing on development! It should be the other way round. You had better have no house as a governor or a speaker; you had better not even have a good chamber if it means that my mother will get water or that lady ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: If children are suffering and cannot even have proper maternal health care; you had better do without a governor’s residence than to use this money to build for yourself a lavish house and leave those people suffering. The residence should be secondary. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: I am concerned about the contradictory circulars by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). We should not have this happening. We should not have the CRA saying that, priority should be given to development and then SRC says: “let us have houses”. Then they allow them to rent. We should not have that contradictory communication from the two Commissions. We should be able to guide our county assemblies and speak in one voice when it comes to development. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: I am happy that with these recommendations, we have merged both the concerns of the CRA and the SRC when it comes to how these things are supposed to be done. I am also happy that in the recommendations, we are asking that they rescind the earlier circular so that it gives these county assemblies time to digest the recommendations. It will enable them to comply and for us not to just rush into programmes and then money is released in a short time and then they are told they have not completed. That is why we end up having ... view