Wycliffe Oparanya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 151 to 160 of 472.

• 24 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this particular information was communicated to the village elders before they were recruited. In fact, I remember issuing a Ministerial Statement in this House giving all categories of people who were to be recruited and details of their remuneration. Unfortunately, the village elders are being paid the lowest figure of Kshs400. The security officers are being paid in accordance with their ranks in the Civil Service. view
• 24 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a very good question. As I have said, this particular information was communicated to the village elders before they were recruited. They were informed that they were going to work for eight days and not even seven days as alluded to by the hon. Member. However, because of the budget constraints, we had to cut the budget across the line. That is how we ended up paying them for four days. view
• 24 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have stated clearly why there is a delay. I have clearly pointed out that we do not have any problem with 78 districts. We have already paid census officials in those districts. For the remaining 80 districts, we do not have adequate information. We have already formed a special committee to go out there, to those districts to see that we get the information as fast as possible, so that these particular officers or elders are paid. I expect to finalize this exercise by the end of December, before I officially announce the figures of ... view
• 24 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it depends how the hon. Member is calculating. These people worked for eight days and they are being paid Kshs1,600. So, I can confirm they are being paid Kshs200 per day. But I want to confirm also that we agreed with the village elders that they will be paid for the first four days for Kshs400. So, when they were being engaged, they knew the terms of employment. view
• 24 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Member of Parliament for that question. I have clearly said that we had a budget constraint, but if the Members of Parliament can assure me that I can bring a Supplementary Estimate, so that those elders can be paid for eight days, I am ready to do so. view
• 24 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot spend what has not been approved. So, I promise I will bring it here. If you will approve, then the elders will paid for the extra four days. view
• 24 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know the Member of Parliament brought a Motion here on elders to be paid and it was passed. I hope that will be adopted in the next Budget. But as it is now, it is actually unfair not to pay these elders the remaining days. view
• 24 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: I have assured Members of Parliament that I will try to make sure that they are paid. Unfortunately for security officers, this was co-ordinated by the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. This Question was received in my office on Thursday last week. So, we could not get a list of the 55,000 security officers who were involved. This was a countrywide exercise, but I promise to avail the list to the hon. Members as soon as I get it. view
• 27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had started seconding this Bill when I was interrupted. I rise to second it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the youth of this country comprise of about 40 per cent of the total population, which is about 15 million Kenyans. view
• 27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we shall establish the exact figure when we finish the census that we are undertaking. We have always said that the youth of this country will be the leaders of tomorrow. We have been saying that since Independence and we still say so even now. The youth of this country face many challenges. They face problems of unemployment, high levels of poverty, lack of finance and credit when they want to start view