Dr. Naomi Shaban

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The larger Marsabit has not been included in the implementation of the Cash Transfer to Older Persons Programme because of the following reasons:- view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: 1. The Cash Transfer Programme to Older Persons was started as a pilot programme and thus not every area could immediately be included. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: 2. The Government’s allocation provided to the Ministry for implementation of the cash transfer programme to Older Persons in the Financial Year 2010/2011 is Kshs530 million. This money is not sufficient to cover all areas in the country. To improve the situation, the Ministry is in the process of preparing documentation for justification of additional funding. We have already put up our proposal that the Treasury should give us more money. (b) Once additional funds are available, Marsabit will be considered along with other regions. We are also progressively increasing staff capacities as well as embracing more efficient delivery mechanisms ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. But I also want to mention that in the larger Marsabit, Moyale has been covered. The rest of Marsabit has been left out. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are covering only 44 districts in the whole country because of the amount of money that we have been given from the Treasury. The programme districts were selected depending on their vulnerability. I do agree that North Horr is one of the places which should have been considered first. The indicators used to determine district vulnerability, included poverty index, HIV/AIDS prevalence and regional balancing, among others. The district statistics offices provide data for selection of qualification of the locations for implementation. The eligibility criteria is on household with an older person of 65 years and ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when it started, we covered three districts only. That was the initial pilot programme. But as the money was being increased, we kept on scaling up. As we are scaling up, we hope that it will be universal. I just want to give an example of the Orphan and Vulnerable Children Programme which started with 300 households and, finally, now we are covering over 115,000 in the whole country. So, slowly, it grew from Kshs4 million up to now we are at Kshs2.7 billion. As it is, we are at Kshs530 million and for two consecutive ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I have mentioned that we wanted it to be regional. So, we covered Coast, Western, Nyanza, Eastern, North Eastern, Rift Valley, Central and Nairobi provinces. In fact, Nairobi is the only one that has a bit more than the others because it has got a larger population and more districts. But we have covered Lang’ata and Starehe to the tune of 1,300 old persons. All the rest of the districts are only getting 750 older persons being covered. Please, bear with us. So we are hoping that as money is being increased, we should ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, we are already getting assistance from the Members of Parliament. We have met the Departmental Committee on Social Welfare and they have prioritized our case. They are busy helping us to lobby for more funds. After we put in the request that the Kshs530 million is not enough and they need to add the money, we are also asking to be given a little money to open a national council for the older persons, so that they can be able to deal with their affairs. So, we are already at it and I am ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as much as I do feel that the people of North Horr should have been prioritized, unfortunately, if the money is not increased, I view
• 12 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the onset, I would like to congratulate hon. Kapondi, who has come out clearly to fight for the outlawing of the FGM. It is not easy, coming from the community he comes from and even the seconder, to have stuck out their necks that way. I want to congratulate them. All the Members who have contributed have pointed out the importance of conserving what God has given. God has created a woman, a very beautiful person and people have decided to go on and, as one of our colleagues has said, ... view