Kabando wa Kabando

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• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Minister has taken a position that I thought 4008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 10, 2008 would be unpopular, that I was intending to take and I am taking now. I stand to oppose this Motion. Not with any malice, but just recently, we passed a Motion in this House to constitute a Select Committee chaired by hon. Kioni, to investigate the activities of militia gangs. These are organisations that are threatening security in this country. They include groups that are doing cattle rustling and those that are attacking businessmen in cities and other ... view
• 3 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Sessional Paper No.2 of 2008, whose time is really overdue. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. In view of the need to diversify our investments, as indicated by the hon. Members who have spoken before me, we need to reach out to those areas. It is a sub-sector that really needs a lot of capacitation. This Sessional Paper is very timely and deserving of our great support. One, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the need to ... view
• 2 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to make a very special request and invitation to all Members of Parliament to attend a retreat to be held on Friday, 5th December, 2008, from 9.00 a.m. to Saturday 6th December, 2008, at 1.00 p.m. The retreat is intended to address youth issues in the country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in collaboration with UNICEF, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports seeks to involve Members of Parliament and other stakeholders, to address issues of young people in this country. The youth in Kenya, who are aged between 15 years and 30 years, are over 14 ... view
• 27 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Twenty youth groups from Limuru Constituency have received Kshs50,000 each from the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) through the Constituency Youth Enterprise Scheme Fund (CYDEF). The CYDEF lends money to youth groups; individuals below 35 years and above 18 years of age. The youths in Limuru are also able to access loans as individuals, companies or groups from the financial intermediaries partnering with the YEDF and operating in the constituencies. Another Kshs1 million was allocated to every constituency in the Republic, including Limuru, for on-lending to youth groups. I am sure applications ... view
• 27 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Provincial and District Directors of Youth Affairs, in partnership with the constituency youth officers, have been holding the following fora:- (i) Career days to ensure that the youth are educated on opportunities available, both for enterprise and in general areas of employment. (ii) The youth has also benefitted from the youth market days, which have been held in all the provinces and in a significant number of districts. Again, this is meant to expose the enterprises that they are carrying out and to explore good connection with the possible buyers of their products. (iii) There have been ... view
• 27 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is no form of discrimination. In fact, the greater challenge for the disbursement of these funds is to access the intermediaries in the remote parts of this country. That is why I have said that we are exploring methods to ensure that the youth, including Muslims, particularly in the remote parts of this country, may access the funds through other more creative links in addition to the existing banks. We, as a Ministry, are not insisting that the connection will be with the commercial banks. It will also include, like I said, M-Pesa, Posta Pay and ... view
• 27 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the need for this YEDF to work with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) and SACCOs. Indeed, the Ministry was very involved in the launch of the Kinangop Youth SACCO. In fact, this is an initiative of the Ministry. I want to urge the rest of the Members to liaise with their constituency youth officers. We have posted a Constituency Youth Officer in each of the 210 constituencies to ensure that the fora created to connect the youths also include the role of the Member of Parliament. We want to utilise SACCOs in order to ... view
• 27 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the initial Kshs1 million per constituency has since been increased to Kshs2 million. This is meant to be a revolving fund. It is supposed to be borrowed and refunded. Every youth group is given a grace period of three months. So, there is some flexibility. I appreciate that the Kshs1 million is not sufficient. I appreciate the input of the Members when the Ministry's Vote was being discussed in this House. However, this amount needs to be enhanced in the next financial year. From the Kshs1 billion which was allocated last year, we have an extra Kshs0.5 ... view
• 27 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the last four months, we have been hosting district forams to educate and empower our constituency youth officers so that they can transmit more information to the youth and so that any borrowing from the Youth Enterprise Development Fund is devoid of exploitation that may have been reported in some instances. In that regard, I urge all Members of Parliament to ensure that they access the monthly report from their respective constituencies. If there is any case reported of any youth group, company or individual being taken advantage of by any intermediary, there is a strong ... view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Twenty youth groups from Limuru Constituency have received Kshs20,000 each from the YEDF through the--- view