Naomi Jilo Waqo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to add my voice to this very important Motion. I also congratulate Sen. Omogeni for coming up with this very relevant Motion that touches on our counties. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: We all represent different counties and know what is happening there; the different challenges faced by our governors and their executive committees. Most of the time, some of these counties are not even able to pay their staff. My honourable colleagues have already mentioned the struggles that some of our counties go through. The Senate is mandated to protect the interests of counties and their governments. That is why I support this Motion and give my views on different areas. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when we talk of the infrastructure that is needed in different counties, we know that most of the counties that have been named under Category A and B have been marginalised in many ways, and most of us come from them. As we grew up, we know the challenges that we went through and some of our children are going through the same. That is why the Government needs to give attention and do proper planning and budgeting, not only to establish the infrastructure that is needed, but also have proper plans of growing that infrastructure. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: We know that many of the counties have rented offices. The other challenge they have is that they do not have sources of income. Some of them cannot even generate enough income. They, therefore, spend whatever little they get. Most of the time, as was said, even paying their staff is a challenge. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, there is need to have proper plans of growing the counties to the level that we recommend, and Senate has been given that mandate. When people do not have appropriate offices, we know that it affects even the performance of the personnel in office. We have given our counties a gift of devolution, but not prepared the devolution to work effectively. That is why we should recommend that the offices be effective if we want devolution to have some relevance on the ground and transformation taking place. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: As I said, devolution is a gift that God has given this country, and we cannot afford to waste that opportunity. I commend the Ad Hoc Committee that came up with these recommendations in the year 2015. I know that in Marsabit we have an office, but the challenges are still there. The offices should be provided and maintained for the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: counties to grow. If we do not do that, the resources that have been put there will go to total waste. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Earlier this afternoon, under Sen. Dullo‟s Statement, we spoke about this and debated about some of the counties that have been marginalised, where the students have been denied learning opportunity. I was not able to give my input on that. However, we know very well that most of the people who come from those areas have been marginalised and denied the opportunity for education and many other things. Now that God has put us in leadership, we are here to speak for the rights of the people, so that they can also be given equal opportunity. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: I, therefore, stand to support this Motion and suggest that the Senate comes up with an Ad Hoc committee. A fresh report can be tabled in this House so that we know the current status of the counties. Even for the counties that already have offices in place, we want to know the status of those offices; whether they are effective and accommodative enough to allow people to work well or they are offices just by name. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the idea of coming up with an Ad Hoc Committee to ascertain the status of the county offices and also see how we can grow the offices. This is so that in the next 10 to 15 years we can all look behind and say: “Yes, this is a real gift for Kenyans, and they have benefited.” view