Rose Nyamunga Ogendo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: our counties. If you look at the parameter that is used for the allocation of resources in the counties, you will see that 45 per cent is population, while the land acreage is 8 per cent. Poverty index constitutes 20 per cent. That does not make a lot of sense to me. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: In my view, the poverty index should be given a higher percentage. That is because if you look at a place like Kakamega, you will find that a lot of money has been set aside for rural electrification, loans and grants. However, you will realize that any time there is a problem of drought and food shortage in the country, Kakamega does not feature anywhere. It is not that I am against that county as such but I am against the parameter that has been used. I think the poverty index should be given the highest percentage because that is ... view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other thing is that other than just giving the governors money, they should get 45 per cent or more than that but we should not leave it at that point. They should be taken to the next level. If resources have been allocated to any county, the most important thing in my view is that before the next budget is prepared, it should be very clear to everybody in any county how that money was spent. I know the Auditor-General does his work. I also know that the Controller of Budget is also doing her ... view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: For example, right now, we know that allocations have been done in Kisumu County. We know that there are very many roads, classrooms and other things which are supposed to be done. However, before they give us the budget for next year, we have to go through it to make sure that whatever was budgeted for and allocations made should have been completed. If it is not completed, the county government should tell the county citizens: “We were not able to do this project because for this reason. This is the money that was allocated for this and it has ... view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: On the Senate, in my view, it should not sit in the management of the county government boards. That is because the Senate is an oversight body. Definitely, if I play my oversight role, then I should do my work. If the Senators want to be governors, they can view for that next time. However, let them do their bit. They cannot sit in the management boards, allocate resources and, at the same time, audit and play an oversight role. That does not make any sense to me. In my view, governors should be put on check and they must ... view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker. I also stand to support this Bill. I think that most of the time when people talk about protection of victims, normally we only refer to things like domestic violence and rape; we do not look at the bigger picture. I think that this Bill looks into many issues that should be raised like protection of the victims, fairness to the victims, compensation and many other things. But the most important thing in this Bill that I would like to support is the fact that there should be creation of the fund to assist the victims. ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: It is already mentioned that there are so many Kenyans who cannot afford insurance. There are some who cannot afford it, and there are some who are not even aware that generally you can insure yourself against many ills. Many people who are affected by crimes are not able to support themselves by, for example, taking cases to courts and following them up to the end. Some of them cannot even report crimes because they think that they will not be compensated. Even if they are compensated--- There are times when somebody is, maybe, sexually abused, but because of fear, ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I also support the Motion as amended. First of all, it is important to realize that, for several years, the development of Kenya as a whole has been sort of skewed to the extent that some areas have been more developed than others. So, if we decide that we transfer all the medical facilities to the counties at the same time, it will mean that some counties are going to be left behind in terms of giving medical services. That is because those counties have challenges. If you take Kisumu, for example, which is my county, ... view
• 19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I would like to thank the Chairlady very much for the response to the question that I had put earlier on. The only thing is that this question was put when we came back for the second Session. It has taken very long. It is over three months. However, I really appreciate the work that they have done. It is very well done except that I need to raise a few issues. My concern was not only Kisumu County but it was the general performance of the whole country. view