A niece of the late Robert Ouko, she was interested in politics in 1992. She recalls how she realized where her fate was in 1990s, when she followed her family discussions on political developments in the country. She used to follow keenly political activists like Paul Muite and James Orengo since she had an interest in people’s rights and justice. She gained experience in developing a solid manifesto and campaign structure during the campaigns of her husband Eric Nyamunga, former Nyando MP. In her manifesto, she promised economic empowerment for the youth and women, adult education for women, mentorship for girls and sports opportunities in the county.
16 Feb 2022 in Senate:
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16 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Why would we acquire chicken, eggs and cereals from Uganda when we can produce our own? That is my problem. The problem is that we are not thinking outside the box and we are not looking at what we have. We should assess and exploit what we have. We must have infrastructure in place so that we process our natural resources and develop them. The moment we do so, we will create employment for our people. If we develop an economic zone, for example, in the lake region, there will be many jobs for our youth. This is because it ...
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16 Feb 2022 in Senate:
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16 Feb 2022 in Senate:
The second part of the Bill deals with resource development. That is contained in clauses relating to the obligation of county governments, management of resources by counties and the country as a whole. In Part VIII, county governments are expected to carry out an assessment of all the local resources and put infrastructure in place, so that people can tap into them. That is another requirement. County governments will be required to formulate, implement and review objectives, policies and strategies for integrated management of resources. It will not be a one-man show because it will require all of us to ...
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16 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, in the event of disputes over resources, the Bill proposes that the affected county governments shall resolve them in accordance with Section 34 of the Intergovernmental Relations Act, 2012.
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16 Feb 2022 in Senate:
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16 Feb 2022 in Senate:
I have had meetings with many stakeholders and we agree that this Bill should have been here in 2020. However, that did not happen at that time because of the advent of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. However, we have really engaged stakeholders. We have put in a lot of input from many stakeholders and the bottom line is this this Bill be enacted immediately because it is important.
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16 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, concerning the County Integrated Plan, the Bill states that each county government shall make provision of the inclusion of sustainable management and development of county resources in respective County Development Integrated Plans formulated pursuant to Section 108 of the County Governments Act, 2012.
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16 Feb 2022 in Senate:
I believe that in every county, there is an integrated plan and when the resources are realized they should also fit within the plans. Any governor who takes office must be having an integrated plan indicating what he wants to see in place in the next five years or 10 years. So, the resource development should be plugged into that plan. This is because there is no interference between the integrated plan and any other development of the resources that we have.
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16 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, the third part of the Bill contains clauses on Regional Economic Bloc. In Clause 8 the Bill states - “County governments may enter into agreements for the establishment of economic blocs where they have shared geographical region and for the enhancement of trade and economic development.” Once this is done we are going to have inter-trade whereby these counties can be producing this then there are exchanges because I believe we need all the resources in Kenya even before we talk of external market. We should also, first of all, satisfy our local market before we look ...
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