Moses Lessonet

Hon. Lessonet Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Members might be thinking that I want to talk about the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) but today I have a petition. RE-OPENING OF KISII UNIVERSITY’S ELDAMA RAVINE CAMPUS

Hon. Lessonet Hon. Deputy Speaker, I stand to present the following Petition: I, the undersigned, on behalf of the Morgisis squatters and residents of Eldama Ravine Constituency draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Morgisis/Emngunguny area is located in Eldama Ravine Constituency, Baringo County; THAT, Emngunguny Scheme...

Hon. Lessonet Hon. Deputy Speaker, I stand to present the following Petition: I, the undersigned, on behalf of the Morgisis squatters and residents of Eldama Ravine Constituency draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Morgisis/Emngunguny area is located in Eldama Ravine Constituency, Baringo County; THAT, Emngunguny Scheme...

Hon. Lessonet Thank you very much for this opportunity, Hon. Deputy Speaker. It is true we did the First Reading of that Bill last week and also shortened its publication period. To enable us go to the Second Reading where we are today, we had to do the normal public...

Hon. Lessonet Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.34 of 2016) be now read a second time. This Bill is about sharing of monies amongst the constituencies. Its passage will enable constituencies to share monies equally...

Hon. Lessonet Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg Members to bear with us. We need this Bill to be--- The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Mbalu) : Hon. Lessonet, before you carry on, I must advise the House from where I sit. You cannot shout while in this...

Hon. Lessonet Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Thank you, hon. Members, for accepting to finalise this Bill. I want to give one minute to Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo and one minute to Hon. Lentoimaga. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Shebesh) : Hon. Gumbo, I doubt if you...

Hon. Lessonet Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank the hon. Members of this House for accepting to deal with this matter. I assure them that the intention of this Bill is not to disadvantage any constituency or county or Member of Parliament. This is an attempt to bridge the gap....

Hon. Lessonet Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 120, this House resolves to reduce the publication period of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 35 of 2016) from 14 to six days....

Hon. Lessonet Yes, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Lessonet Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts an additional list of nominees to the following 31 Constituencies Committees of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund, laid on the Table of the House today, Thursday, 5th May, 2016:- Mandera South, Lamu...

Hon. Lessonet Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I seek your permission in accordance with Standing Order No. 48 to move that the Motion be amended as follows:- THAT, the following additional 11 constituencies be part of that Motion:- North Mugirango, Buuri, Mwea, Gichugu, Garsen, Mwatate, Kandara, Mbooni, Samburu East, West Mugirango...

Hon. Lessonet Hon. Speaker, it should read 57 constituencies.

Hon. Lessonet The initial figure was 46 plus an additional 11, which gives us 57 constituencies.

Hon. Lessonet Hon. Speaker, in accordance with Standing Order No. 48, allow me to revise the number of constituencies. The new number should read 70 constituencies plus 46 constituencies plus an additional 11 and another additional 13 constituencies.

Hon. Lessonet Yes, Hon. Speaker. I can confirm that, that is the brand new list, which brings the total to 70. Thank you. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to)

Hon. Lessonet Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to make the following brief Statement. The CDF Board has so far deliberated on project proposals from 215 constituencies. Equally, the Board has received proposals from 61 other constituencies which it will deliberate on tomorrow, 13th November, 2015. I would like to...

Hon. Lessonet Yes, Hon. Speaker. For the 2015/2016 Financial Year, 173 constituencies have received a minimum of Kshs20 million. We have 102 constituencies which have not received their full allocations for the previous years and Kshs1.9 billion has been disbursed to them. So we still have another 117 constituencies which...

Hon. Lessonet Hon. Speaker, I promise to quickly convey that information to the CDF Board, so that it can promptly make the AIEs available by tomorrow. I will insist that they be available tomorrow.

Hon. Lessonet Thank you, Hon. Speaker. With regard to Cherangany Constituency, I want to tell Hon. Korir that we thought the practice is to disburse bursaries in January. Now that the year has come to an end, the CDF Board will make sure that there are enough funds in Cherangany...

Hon. Lessonet Hon. Speaker, I had a question yesterday before the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology. I have not heard the Vice-Chairman speak to it. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) , as usual, did not bring a comprehensive response to my question and he is not telling us when...

Hon. Lessonet We raised that and agreed with the Committee to that extent. I just thought it would have been part of his update, so that I could know when the question will be appearing next.