Wycliffe Oparanya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to thank all the hon. Members of this House for overwhelmingly supporting this Ministry's Vote. All those hon. Members who spoke, except one, supported the Vote. I am happy that hon. Members have recognised the challenges facing the Ministry. Of course, they have come up with quite good ideas, which will help my Ministry's officials to improve the way we plan and do other things. I will respond to some of the specific issues raised by hon. Members, starting with the CDF. Hon. Members have rightly said that we ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if I would not have waited to distribute the CDF until I get the Kshs1.6 billion, obviously, you would roast me here. You would be asking where the Kshs11.6 billion is. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, coming to the poverty index, the poverty figures were calculated in the year 2006. Mr. Oparanya was not in the Ministry of Planning and National Development then. When these figures were released sometime last year, I was not the Minister. They were released based on district poverty index. Obviously, we require the poverty index figures at constituency level, it ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: I, therefore, said that for the sake of harmony, let us maintain the status quo . We used the October 22, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2951 figures of 1999 as projected because of two things. One is because we are going to do a census next year. Therefore, we shall have more accurate population and poverty figures. Secondly, the method used then to calculate the poverty index--- We discovered that some areas get relief food. However, when calculating the poverty index, they used calories consumed. Therefore, if you have been given relief food and you feed on those calories, do we ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: until a census is done and a proper method of calculating the poverty index is adopted. I do not understand how the Office of the Prime Minister, therefore, comes in. It is very unfair. I would want you to look at the minutes of the day I met the Members of the Committee. We have to take the business of this House very seriously. All said and done, let me move to some of the specific issues raised by Members of Parliament. Under the CDF, the issue of lack of well established institution mechanisms, administration weaknesses, poor planning linkages and ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to draw the attention of Members of Parliament that we have other funds in my Ministry like the Community Trust Development Fund, which you can access. Usually, it is advertised through newspapers and if you do a proposal and they feel that a proposal is the right one, they will give out the funds. So, there is no discrimination at all, Dr. Khalwale. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Vision 2030 is a development blue print for this country, which is being implemented by the Ministry. We are at the early stages of implementation of Vision ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, a sum not exceeding Kshs6,776,467,850 be issued from the Consolidated Fund to complete the sum necessary to meet expenditure during the year ending 30th June, 2009 in respect of:- Vote 06 - Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if you look at the end of it, we have clearly shown which other donors are funding us. It is clearly shown that IFAD is one of the major donors. We also have the European Union (EU). So, the money for the community trusts comes through the EU and those other projects come through IFAD. Those are the major donors. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, if I can answer the question on Vision 2030 first, we had requested for Kshs500 million for its implementation. But because the Ministry of Finance thought that the implementation will be delayed and come towards the end of the financial year, it only approved Kshs37 million. It approved Kshs37 million on condition that there was one donor who had already committed to give us Kshs100 million. That is the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). So, UNDP has committed to give us Kshs100 million. In the Vote, we have Kshs37 million. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I cannot see it. What is the number of the Head? view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it must be under a Head. Is it Head 207, 208 or 211? I do not see the Kshs300 million the hon. Member has talked about. view