Hon. William Kipkemoi Kisang

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• 11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: The Committee also seeks to ensure that funding is based on performance, completion levels, absorption capacity, contraband funding among others. We reviewed the performance of 2018/2019 and took care of the absorption rates to ensure that those whose absorption rates were more than 80 per cent got more funding and those whose absorption rates were below 50 per cent had some reductions. Policy recommendations are also critical to ensure that programmes and projects are well executed and emerging challenges such as risk of contractors not being able to deliver on time are curbed. The Committee also noted that the process ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: that we get interns. This is so, so that we can get more of them and get double portion of the money by private sector putting additional resources. Such funds are critical to funding innovations and securing digitally enabled jobs. That should be the way forward instead of subjecting the Ministry to budgetary allocation cuts. Indeed, in its submission, the Ministry projected an annual funding requirement of Kshs1 billion for the next five years. The private sector will also put in a similar amount. These are IBM, Google and other big industries in our country. Moreover, I know that the ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Ajira Platform Fund will be instrumental in the wider mechanism of the disbursements of the stipends to ensure support to programmes and projects that are in line with the Fund’s objectives such as securing digital enabled jobs and support oriented standards. This will also ensure sustainability of the fund’s programme, especially the counterpart funding from the private sector. We intend to build up this fund by allocating it Kshs1 billion every year to Kshs5 billion. Our youth do not have to migrate to cities to look for work as they will be able to work ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Finally, I laud the Committee’s recommendation on ensuring that the Controller of Budget reports on both financial and non-financial programmes of actual targets and outright achievements. This will give a complete picture of how the various programmes are performing within the financial year and ensure that accounting officers are answerable to Parliament on quarterly basis. This is a good thing and we wish that the county assemblies take the same route. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You know that when one is speaking time moves fast. Our county assemblies across the country should put the county executives to task and report to them on quarterly basis so that money is put into good use and performance is enhanced. It is important for all the MDAs to report their A-in-A in the budgets. With those remarks, I support the proposals. 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
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I also rise to oppose the amendment by the Member of my Committee. If you look at the current Constitution, lawyers have given themselves a lot of work in many commissions and so this is another opportunity for another lawyer to try and create work for themselves. A chair can be from any profession. You do not have to have knowledge in law because you have expertise within the institution that should be able to guide the chair in this particular area. view
• 3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: view
• 3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Report of the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation on its consideration of Senate Amendments to the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2017. view
• 3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, on a point of order. view