Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: We have been told about Beatrice Marembo Ado. We found that she has adequate experience in teaching. That is quite a plus for the Commission. Finally, the person who got the highest marks is Albert Ekirapa. He happened to have got a job with the County Government of Busia. But when he was asked by Members who were vetting him which job he would take, he appreciated that the TSC job came with a bigger responsibility than taking up a job in the County Government of Busia. We, therefore, congratulate them and hope that they will help in dealing with ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I also want to thank mhe Gumbo for bringing up this issue. It has been with all of us, but it required one of us to bring it up. It is important that we have the Kamukunji tomorrow, so that we can air our views. This could be an eye opener and our colleagues here will float their ideas. In 2003, the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) came into existence. It is now 12 years and a lot has been achieved. The biggest problem now is that we are trying to do a comparison. Somebody made comments ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: carefully. I am happy because we have talked about the issue of the Senate. Those who were in this House that time will know that we agreed that Senate was going to be part of Parliament. view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Article 6 of the Constitution talks about the two levels of Government being distinct, but interdependent. The court said that CDF must fall within the county government. They are forgetting that there is the national Government. The court did not look at the position that we have got the national Government, which also has got functions. The court wants to put us together with the county governments without knowing that the Constitution provides for functions which are to be carried out by the national Government. Members of Parliament deal with issues of education and security. There are other matters that ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: All of us live in the constituencies and counties and we see what happens. It is interesting to note that some of the governors now that they like crowds, go to education functions just to sit there. They are not attending to hospitals where people are dying day and night. It is a matter that we really need to consider. We had a meeting and we said that the money allocated to the CDF is not a lot; it is only two-and-a-half per cent of the national revenue. Compare that with the over 40 per cent that we are giving ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I support, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to support this important Bill. This Bill comes in as a process where we started off much earlier when we had supplies offices and, later on, because of the complexities of the nature of procurement or purchases, we had to have in place the 2005, Act - that is now being repealed by this one. It is a process of trying to perfect what has already been in place. The Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Bill, 2014 looks fairly detailed. That is the best way. There are many aspects ... view
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: very short time. For example, you would give notice seven days and within fourteen days, you are awarded. However, because we are dealing with international tenders, we had to combine and look at both the local situation and the time it would take if you advertise internationally, for the procurement entities to go through with the process because of communication. However, with the way communication has now been made much easier through digital communication and so on, it should, therefore, be easier for us to even shorten the time. That is because you can communicate digitally and the information is ... view
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: (a) if the person is a natural person, to a fine not exceeding Kshs4 million or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to both; (b) if the person is a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding Kshs10 million.” I was thinking that this should have been pro-rata, where we can quantify the kind of offence. For instance, if somebody cheats in a tender of Kshs10,000 and another one cheats in a tender of Kshs10 million or Kshs100 million, the penalties should be different. That is probably what we need to look at and see whether ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I just wanted to inform my colleague. view