Dr. Julius Kipyegon Kones

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 561 to 566 of 566.

• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to bring a law here, we need to involve all the stakeholders. In fact, we are going to hold a workshop within this year to inform them that we are bringing to the House that Bill, so that we can have their input for it to be all-inclusive when it comes here. view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as far as the Question on Kapsinendet Secondary School is concerned I am fairly satisfied with the answer given by the Assistant Minister. However, I wish to May 7, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 905 get another confirmation from the Assistant Minister that enrolment figures do not determine whether a school will get the funds or not, and that every school will get funding. Secondly, there are new schools which got registration a month ago. Will they benefit from funding for the entire year? view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, actually, you will realise that our road network in this country is still in a very poor state. I think that nearly 50 per cent of our roads are in a very poor state. We have also said that we have a shortage of contractors, but if we could give them more time so that they work round the clock, we would be actually doing what this country expects us to do. In developed countries, actually construction of roads goes on throughout the day and the night. We are moving towards that direction. view
• 25 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance. I stand to oppose the Motion. view
• 25 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said, I stand to oppose the Motion for the following reasons. First, I am not convinced that we should adjourn because we have not gone back to our constituencies. It is not entirely true that we have not been doing that. Are there a few Members of Parliament who have not been doing so? Then, probably, they can be allowed to do that. Then, those of us who have been doing that can continue dealing with the businesses that are there. 418 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 25, 2008 Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are serious ... view
• 12 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my constituents for electing me during the last General Election and to assure them that I will serve them to the best of my ability. Let me join hon. colleagues in supporting the Motion which is the President's Speech. In my view, what happened recently has exposed two key issues which we must address as a House and as a Government. One of them is the gap between the rich and the poor. This gap has widened. Although the violence was triggered by the ... view