29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. As I make my contribution, I want to bring to the attention of the Members that, indeed, this Bill is long overdue. As a matter of fact, there is a lot of suffering in the counties. This is the only way money can go to the lower levels, especially now that the national Government has not been spending money on the lower levels. There is also the NG- CDF money which usually cushions the communities down where we come from, and the county money as ...
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29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly:
getting Kshs40 and Kshs20 million and Nairobi coming closer by getting Kshs2.1 billion. That is a question I wanted to bring for consideration of the House as we debate this Bill. Also, when you go to Section 5(i)(ii)(iii) and the last bit of it which says the conditional allocations amounting to Kshs4 billion financed by a grant from the World Bank for the Kenya Development Support Programme (KDSP) Level II grant shall be allocated among the county governments on the basis of the criterion which shall be determined as follows: “Allocation to the eligible county governments shall be on the ...
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7 Nov 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, I would like to start by joining my colleagues in sending messages of condolences to the family of the late Governor Dr. Wahome the Governor of Nyeri County. A person of that calibre is equivalent to the president of a county hence I send this message to the people of Nyeri County. On the matter of this climate change policy, I want to say that the matters of climate change can no longer be trivialised. Where I come from in Mwingi North, when I was growing up we had predictable seasons where we ...
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27 Sep 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, let me take this opportunity to congratulate you for being selected into the Chairperson’s Panel. I also want to take this opportunity to thank the people of Mwingi North for electing me as their Member of Parliament. I know there is a lot of expectation on my side and I am up to the task. As Members, we have allegiance to many different institutions, including our constituents, parties and party leaders. So, those of us who have remained in the Chamber, there was no specific mission why we had to walk away. So, ...
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