Ndiritu Muriithi

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• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the Motion. First, on the question of restructuring of the Provincial Administration, it is my view that, in fact, we should have the position of a county commissioner, so that the new structure can fit in with the new Constitution. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, one of my colleagues spoke about petrol and so on. I would like to say that it is not just the matter of petrol. In many places, you cannot, in fact, even if you had petrol, be able to traverse them. Therefore, the question of security roads is ... view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the Vote. view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: I just want to make one point about performance management. In the end, it is about whether we actually manage according to plans and targets that we set. Performance management is not just about Ministers and Permanent Secretaries signing performance contracts in a big ceremony. It is about whether those targets are, in fact, aligned to Vision 2030. view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have inherited a system where people in the Civil Service who do not perform are moved to other stations. This, therefore, compounds the problem. I think time has come for us to be able to bite the bullet. In management, there are rewards and punishment. There is no need of transferring an officer from one Ministry to another if he is not performing. It is better for such an officer to be dismissed from the Civil Service. This should apply to all officers who are not performing in all Ministries. Even if it is a ... view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to rise and support the adoption of this Report. I do so for four or five reasons and I want first to commend the Committee for the extensive work that they did. They went round the country and talked to, not just the young people, but many members of the society to look into that phenomenon. Of course, we, as the Government, accept the fact that there is a big youth bulge in this country. More than 15 or 16 million people are somewhere between the ages of 14 ... view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: I notice that in their recommendations, they have dealt at length with all the sectors. They have spoken about what should be done by the media, security organs, education institutions, politicians and in many spheres of our society. The question of young people and those groupings cut across all sectors. The Report talks about, for example, the need to reform or modernize our curriculum in schooling so that we also talk about social values and civic education. What is the responsibility of the individual, young or old, to the society? I would like to add that, in my view, we ... view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, up to now, it is presumed that the purpose of going to school is, in fact, for young people to get jobs. We would like to persuade citizens and all of us that getting a job is only one outcome of going to school. In fact, the bigger question is about making people effective as individuals, whether they are in the employment of somebody else or whether they are employing others. For us in my Ministry, the question of industrialization is very significant because it depends on expectations. The uptake of many Government programmes today is ... view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: If you look at the uptake of Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) and Women Enterprise Development Fund (WEDF), many constituencies up to now have balances. That question is linked to this issue of expectations. Do I go to polytechnic or Form IV in order to find a job? I know, and I am sure hon. Members will agree with me that, quite often, the kind of calls they receive from constituents say: “Look, hon. Member of Parliament, my son or daughter has finished school. She has a Form IV certificate. Can you do something about it?” This is what we ... view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. It is a great joy when the House moves with unity of purpose to do something worthwhile. There are many young Kenyans who have left this country under false pretences to seek gainful employment and other things elsewhere, only to end up in poor conditions as the Minister has described. I think this is fantastic and timely. In fact, I wish the House could find such unanimity on other things such as the Katiba and also other things that we are debating. I beg to support. view