Hon. William Kipkemoi Kisang

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• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Statement that the Member seeks is serious because without communication life becomes difficult. As we all know, people across the country now transact mobile money services through communication networks. It is only that the Statement request has just come in. We have a retreat with the State Department of Broadcasting and Telecommunication tomorrow. We will endeavour to give them the information. However, I am promising that we will report back to the House in the next two weeks. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this ... view
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I am sure Hon. Abdi Mude will be okay with that. Are you satisfied? view
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. As the saying goes, tough times call for tough actions. When we were growing up in the 1970s and in early 1980s, our homesteads used to have great grandparents, grandparents, fathers and mothers, siblings and grandchildren. Because of modernisation and urban migration, most of those who are well-off have moved to urban centres and those who are left at the villages are those who are not doing very well. With time because of scarcity of land, it is only the older generation that is left in the village. ... view
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: The Bible says as soon as you are 70 years old, anything above 70 is bonus. There are many people who are enjoying their bonuses but we want them to enjoy the additional bonus in style by being happy so that they die happy. I remember my grandmother passed on when I was in the university in 1990 at 103 years. She asked why she was being left behind but she was very The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: happy because there were those who were taking care of her. We want the same system to continue so that those who are old are there to tell young people stories, talk about marriages and community culture. We are basically losing our culture because the youth are not staying and engaging closely with the old. view
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I was very sad when I watched news this week about Kilifi and Kwale counties. Even if you are not old but you have grey hair in that community, they believe you are a witch. I do not know how the youth believe that if you have grey hair, you are a witch. It is very sad. There are very many people who are being killed on suspicion that they are witches in parts of Kilifi and Kwale counties. It is very sad. They need to know that as you start greying, you are gracing well, you need to be ... view
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I also wanted to talk about the inspectors. In the Bill, the county governments will employ inspectors to visit homes, assess and do monitoring and evaluation. I know most counties are suffering because of what they call wage bill. There are some counties that are paying up to 90 per cent of the revenue they get from national Government and the revenue that is generated locally and they cannot afford to hire additional staff. view
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I support what my colleagues have said. Maybe we need to anchor this under the National Government Constituencies Development Fund so that at least we ensure we employ a social worker who is going to visit their homes; somebody who has knowledge in counselling so that it becomes viable. Otherwise as soon as we say it is going to the counties, basically, it is going to die. I tell you for sure that it is not going to succeed. It is important as I had said earlier to tell people that old age is not a disability and we are ... view
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: As a Committee, we received the Bill that is next on the Order Paper the other day but we did not get any report from the ICT Committee of the Senate. You heard what Hon. Millie Odhiambo said about for this Bill. There is no report at the Table Office. So it is important that as the National Assembly, when we get Bills from the Senate, we do public participation so that we engage the public afresh. I beg to support and end there so that my colleagues can have some time to also support the Bill. view
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you. view