Robert Mbui

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• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: the governors and MCAs. That is where many counties are missing the point. When you are elected as an MCA, you are supposed to carry out your responsibilities as per the law, and the governor and his government are supposed to do the same. Unfortunately, from where I come from, Machakos County, you find there are so many complications and fights on a daily basis. Some of them are brought by the fact that the Executive arm of government has absolutely no respect for the legislative arm. I am happy because this Bill is here to give direction, so that ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: the governors and MCAs. That is where many counties are missing the point. When you are elected as an MCA, you are supposed to carry out your responsibilities as per the law, and the governor and his government are supposed to do the same. Unfortunately, from where I come from, Machakos County, you find there are so many complications and fights on a daily basis. Some of them are brought by the fact that the Executive arm of government has absolutely no respect for the legislative arm. I am happy because this Bill is here to give direction, so that ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: I am also happy to note that much as a county government can be suspended, within a short time, any Member of the Senate can table a Bill and terminate the suspension. This means that a county government can have problems. However, if the Senate is convinced that they can be overcome, they can terminate the suspension and the governor, the deputy governor and all MCAs can go back to work. This is an excellent Bill. I am very happy to see the Senate finally doing the job of the upper House as they are expected to be. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: I am also happy to note that much as a county government can be suspended, within a short time, any Member of the Senate can table a Bill and terminate the suspension. This means that a county government can have problems. However, if the Senate is convinced that they can be overcome, they can terminate the suspension and the governor, the deputy governor and all MCAs can go back to work. This is an excellent Bill. I am very happy to see the Senate finally doing the job of the upper House as they are expected to be. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity to also contribute to this Report by our NG-CDF Committee on the Constituency Digital Innovation Hubs. The idea of these hubs is excellent. Ideally, they seek to mainstream ICT at the grassroots. For any country that seeks to develop and move into the future, which is actually digital this is an excellent idea. We also know that it will support entrepreneurship because it provides the youth with working spaces where they have free Wi-Fi so that they can communicate effectively. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: However, the issue that my colleagues have raised and I want to raise too is the problem of implementation. The issue that we have in this country is that we come up with brilliant ideas but implementation is done wrongly many times. In this concept, for example, just like the Laptop project, there was no consultation. You cannot imagine how people sit at the Ministry and make decisions on how they will have four ICT hubs in every constituency in the country without consultations. On the expenditure of NG-CDF, consultation is a must. It is clear in our NG-CDF Act ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: When these ICT hubs are put up, there have to be people to take care of the equipment, people who will ensure that they maintain the equipment, that will pay the bills for electricity and if there is any training to take place, those trainers have to be paid. The NG-CDF Act is very clear that you cannot spend money outside NG-CDF itself on recurrent budget. So, I am wondering how it was going to be implemented. You can set up the equipment or put up a hall, but after that, what does NG-CDF have to do with them? Will ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is something that needs to be thought through so that we can move forward. It is a brilliant idea but the implementation has to be changed. I support the Committee’s recommendations to make it optional and have further consultations. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view