Mary Emaase Otuch

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Members may I draw your attention to page 22 of the Budget Policy Statement Paper. I beg to move deletion of the recommendation (f) on page 22 of the report and substituting thereof with the following new paragraph--- view
• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: 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
• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I kindly seek for your protection because the consultations are too loud and yet these amendments are very important. view
• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I beg to move the deletion of recommendation (f) on page 22 of the Report and substituting therefor with the following new paragraph:- view
• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: “(f) that the following provisions be transferred as conditional grants to the county government:- view
• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: (i) provision towards revamping youth polytechnics amounting to Kshs1.4 billion to be shared equally among all counties; and, view
• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: (ii) provision for supporting service delivery in Level 5 hospitals amounting to Kshs3.74 billion.” Insertion of the following new paragraph (g):- (g) That the following provisions be ring-fenced and be included in the share of national Government:- (i) provision of Kshs5 million per constituency towards completion of the centres of excellence under the Economic Stimulus Package and, (ii) provision of Kshs7.3 billion for the Rural Electrification projects under the Rural Electrification Authority.” Hon. Speaker, these amendments do not in any manner interfere with the vertical distribution of resources between the two governments; that is the county and the national Government. ... view
• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: If you look at the second provision, you will find Level 5 hospitals, what previously used to be called “District Hospitals”. If you look at these hospitals, you will find that there is a very negative picture painted about them out there. This is because of the inefficiencies and poor service delivery associated with these hospitals. Most of the workers in these hospitals are overworked because of poor staffing. There are very few employees and there is less bed capacity in some of the hospitals. Therefore, we are saying that this money goes to the county governments because this is ... view
• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: 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
• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: If we go to the new paragraph that we are introducing, you will find that there is a provision for Kshs5 million per constituency towards completion of centres of excellence. I want to be very categorical and specify that this is for secondary schools. Almost in every constituency, there is one or two centres of excellence. Therefore, this money is meant to go towards completing some of those programmes. Of course, we are aware that the ESP had very many other functions when it was established in 2009. We have construction of schools and some programmes for primary schools. However, ... view