Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 821 to 830 of 1775.

• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 48 be amended in sub-clause (1) by- (a) inserting the following new paragraph after paragraph (c)- “(ca) such number of village units in each county as may be determined by the county assembly of the respective county”; and (b) inserting the following new sub-clauses immediately after sub-clause (2)- “(2A) In establishing a village unit under sub-section (1)(ca), a county assembly shall take into account- (a) population size; (b) geographical features; (c) community of interest, historical, economic and cultural ties; and (d) means of communication. (2B) A county assembly shall enact legislation to provide for the delineation and establishment ... view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: This is just in satisfaction of Article 176(2) of the Constitution, which reads that:- “Every county government shall decentralize its functions and the provision of its services to the extent that it is efficient and practicable to do so”. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT Clause 52 of the Bill be deleted and substituted with the following new sub-clauses- view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 84 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (1) by inserting the words “village administrator” immediately after the words “ward administrator”. view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to join my colleagues in condoling with the family of Mr. John Michuki. Apart from the firmness which we have heard about, he was also a very interactive and sociable person. When Mr. Michuki was Minister, he was able to make proper appointments in the Ministry. I was one of the lucky ones when I was on sabbatical from this House. He appointed me into one of the corporations, that is, the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) where I served for five years. He was also very friendly. He has been able to demonstrate ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: With those few comments, I want to wish him well and to rest in peace wherever he goes. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to support this very important Bill. I want again to congratulate the Deputy Prime and Minister for Local Government and his team. I also want to thank the Committee under Mutakha Kangu which came up with these three very important Bills. Hon. Members have already contributed on the County Governments Bill and now we are on Intergovernmental Relations Bill and after this there is a Transition to Devolved Government Bills. All these Bills are related. The essence of these Bills is to put into effect what the Constitution ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the aspect of devolution has been with the people of Kenya for a long time. They have been yearning for this for a long time. One of the things they thought would be eliminated through devolution is to remove responsibilities and powers from the top and bring them down to the people at the grassroots level. I only hope that what we have seen in this country for many years in form of corruption, we are not devolving it down. Therefore, that requires that we must have proper structures, proper units and proper methods of ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: This is an aspect that needs to be addressed. Clause 11 of the Bill talks about the functions of the technical committee which shall be responsible for the day to day administration of the activities of the summit and in particular facilitate activities of the summit and implement the decisions of the summit, take over the residual functions of the transition entity established under the law relating to devolved governments after the dissolution of such entity. I am looking at a situation whereby this will involve all that goes on that has to come from down and then it gets ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is something that I noticed here in this Bill. It says:- “If a county assembly fails to enact any particular legislation required to give any further effect to any provision of this act, a corresponding national legislation, if any, shall, with necessary modification, apply to the matter in question until the county enacts the required legislation.” I was looking at this and I think there is a blank here. This is because in case there is no relevant national legislation, then there is a vacuum. So this is an aspect that needs to be ... view