Losiakou David Pkosing

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: The reasons of the Committee are as follows: That this was carried in our initial Bill, but did not go through the Senate. We had proposed that all director-generals of those entities serve five years in our 2017 Bill, but that was opposed in the Senate. It passed through this House with the approval that we move the term of the director-generals of KURA, KeNHA and KeRRA from three to five years. That passed in this House and the Senate. It is only because of those clauses that were of concern to the counties that Senate did not agree with ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Secondly, it is meant to treat what we see in the engineers and in the road sector as apathy in terms of succession. One of the director-generals had actually acted for more than five years. Why? Maybe, one of the reasons is that they were trying to reach the requirement of age for that 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
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: person to qualify to become a director-general. We thought that is punitive and a bit discriminatory and actually designed for some few people. We said we cannot do that as a country. We better move all of us together differently. If you leave it at 15, it will be 48 years. If you remove five years from 48, you still qualify to be a director-general at 40 years for either the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA), the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) or the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA). That is more reasonable than waiting until when you are 48 ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: To manage succession is very critical and that is the reason why Parliament exists to be able to stabilise institutions. Improper succession management in institutions leads to chaos, anarchy and lack of motivation. Engineers then might be very demotivated. For you to wait until when you are 48 years to ascend to become a DG makes people feel that actually, there is no need to be in that place. They look for other professions. That is why when Kenyans were proposing to open the director-general from only engineers, some of the reasons they were giving were: “How can you wait ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Those at the national level are called director-generals (DG). At the constituency, they are called regional engineers (REs). Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, any other clarification? I follow your instructions. view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: That proposal has not reached me. Maybe it is on the way coming. view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you know I am loyal to you. Can I now sit? view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I hope you are giving me an opportunity to reply. view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: I am on the Floor to reply. Therefore, I beg to reply. As I reply, I want to thank Members. I really thank this House for the great support they have given us as a Committee. I want to really thank them. Two, I assure the Members who have made contributions that I have made notes so that we can do a follow-up on the other issues. They raised issues like what happened with the bond. I assure the House that we are having a roundtable The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified ... view