Mathew Lekidime Lempurkel

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: compensated and bought land. The same thing is happening because some communities are arming themselves against others. Sometimes they displace them from their land. Today, as I speak, some people in Laikipia cannot access their land because it has already been taken by others. I would like to tell Members of this House that this issue is very serious and we need to establish this fund so that these people can change their way of life. The only way of changing their way of life is by giving them education, water and roads. We have policemen who cannot access these ... view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. The NGCDF has done marvellous things to this country especially in my constituency. Since Independence we had never had a constituency of Laikipia North but when I came to Parliament, the kind of work that NGCDF has done is marvellous. We have seen NGCDF building schools, classes and hospitals among others. So, I am wondering about those people who always go to courts over NGCDF. The wonderful thing about the NGCDF is that we have the project committees formed by members of the communities who can engage with ... view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: go to a village where there is a chief’s office, you will see the various developments done by the NGCDF. In my constituency, the NGCDF that has a budget of Kshs100 million, 90 per cent of it goes to development expenditure and 10 per cent to recurrent expenditure. It has done a lot compared to the county government that has a budget of billions. In the county budget, about 80 per cent goes to recurrent expenditure and only 20 per cent goes to development expenditure. We should also have county boards just like we have the NGCDF boards so that ... view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I rise to support the amendments because the communities will be able to manage their own land especially grazing lands. If you look at the Constitution, you will find that the issue of the community land is vested in the county government. So, I want to urge my colleagues to get rid of this fear of the county government and the national Government because on the county government, we still have the representative from this community. I rise to support because it is giving a clear way on how the community will utilise their ... view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I rise to oppose simply because in the county level we have the registries. We cannot just register a community in a name and put a certificate in a name. It will bring discrimination in the country. So, we need to have a single document or a single title for the registration. view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: So, I oppose. view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to contribute. Being a Member of this Committee, I rise to support this Bill. As a Committee, we have gone through this Bill. It is very important to this country, bearing in mind that all 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
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: developed countries like America, Italy and Switzerland did proper planning. We need to do proper planning in our cities, towns and also in rural areas. Fifty two years after Independence, our headquarters, which is Doldol, is not planned. I want to urge Members to read this Bill well. As a Committee, we have gone through this Bill and have stipulated the functions of the national Government, the Ministry and the county Governments to make sure that this country has proper plans. This is because today in Nairobi, when we have an emergency like an accident we do not have proper ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: If you go through this Bill very carefully it stipulates clearly how we should plan our towns, cities and rural areas; we have a lot of migration from rural areas to towns. This Bill states clearly that it is the role of country governments to make sure that--- Population is increasing and development increasing in rural areas. Without proper planning we will always have problems in this country; that is the reason a few years ago you saw the Government demolishing structures to pave way for a railway line, a road or another public facility. view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: It is very important for Members of Parliament to read this Bill. I believe that it is a good Bill that will reverse the injustices committed in the past. We know what happened when planning was being done by local governments, especially at the county level; we had a lot of corruption; they passed their own bylaws, just woke up one day, sub-divided land and allocated plots to themselves. Our Committee has gone round the country, and still has pending cases and people fighting over land. This Bill makes it very clear how county governments will plan urban areas, roads, ... view