Lucas Kipkosgei Chepkitony

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this very important Motion. In my view, we are talking about setting up an authority. That is a noble and correct step because we want to focus on what really matters. So far, drought and the problem of livestock owners is taken for granted and yet, that is their livelihood. view
• 22 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: However, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya, like the rest of the world, has been suffering from the effects of climate change. In this country, I constantly get a feeling that when we talk of climate change, we are talking about it in abstract. The effects of climate change are here with us. If anyone is in any doubt, they should actually travel around the country view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to contribute and support this Motion of Adjournment. This adjournment is going to give hon. Members an opportunity to be at their constituencies and participate in the development programmes. In fact, I feel we should have been given more time. Four weeks is not enough but somehow, we are grateful because we shall be in the constituencies to participate with wananchi in all the activities which are waiting for us. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to talk about the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). This is the only Fund which has performed in our constituencies. In my constituency, there is no any other Government development programme other than CDF. The only projects which are seen from the Government are through the CDF. Therefore, CDF is very important to my people. I would have liked to see it functioning better than it is doing at the moment. As it is at the moment, we only have 50 per cent of the funds. The remaining has not been disbursed and we ... view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Budget presented by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance was applauded by many people but somehow, he did not increase the CDF to more than 5 per cent. The CDF allocation is 2.5 per cent which is the minimum required by the law. I wish that he had increased the allocation of CDF to even 4 per cent. This is something that we need to pursue because we have been talking of doubling the allocation. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: I would like to comment on the report about CDF because, I think there is a plan to destroy CDF. There was a plan by a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) on the study of 23 constituencies and they made a conclusion that CDF is n not performing well. They picked the 23 which were known not be performing well. It was known in the last Parliament that the 23 constituencies were having problems but they picked on them and made their report. This was just to damage the other constituencies doing very well. I think that report should be challenged. They ... view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education:- (a) if he could indicate the current status on promotion of P1 teachers who have completed university education degrees in Bachelor of Education or other relevant degree in education, detailing the number of those promoted since 2008 and those due for promotion; and, (b) if he has come up with curriculum development for P1 teachers and other non post-graduate teachers who are interested in furthering their education to university degree level and whether there are incentives to encourage such teachers. view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the Assistant Minister for the answer. He says there are no incentives. Sometimes ago, teachers used to be given study leave with pay. Is the Ministry considering reintroducing this incentive to allow those who pursue degree courses in the universities to get study leave with pay? view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want the Assistant Minister to confirm or deny whether the teachers who attained the grade of C-(minus), went to a teachers college, graduated with a P1 and then they undertook a degree programme qualify to be promoted. The minimum qualification for a university degree is a C+ (plus) but the P1teachers got C-(minus) previously and went for P1 course are eligible for promotion after attaining a university degree. view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute in support of this Budget. I would like to say from the outset that the Budget Speech was good. It was positive in many ways. The Budget was drawn in light of the bad economic situation in the whole world. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance did a good thing to increase devolved funds to the constituencies. This is one of the best aspects of promoting development. What needs to be done is to put structures in place, if they are not ... view