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REPUBLIC OF KENYA
UASIN GISHU COUNTY ASSEMBLY
THE HANSARD
Thursday, 9th
August, 2018
The House Met at 12:40 PM
[Deputy Speaker (Hon. Hosea Korir) in the Chair]
PRAYER
COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR
NEED FOR SPECIAL SITTING
Deputy Speaker: Honourable Members, I would wish to take this opportunity to invite you
to this special sitting that was requested by the Leader of Government Business, honourable
Josphat Lowoi, and the request, honourable Members , was granted and the sitting was to
begin from 12.30 PM and we wish to seek your indulgence.
Honourable Members, we will have the proceedings until we conclude the business of the
day. This special sitting, honourable Members, is pursuant to standing Order Number 26 part
1, part 2 and 3 and 4 and we will be able to conclude this session, honourable Members, as
soon as we finish what is in our order paper.
VISIT BY SENATE TECHNICAL TEAM TO UASIN GISHU ASSEMBLY
Honourable Members, I would wish also to bring also to bring to your attention that within
our public gallery we have a parliamentary technical committee team in view of, honourable
Members, of you are aware that from 24th
September to 28th
the Senate will be having their
sittings here within Uasin Gishu County assembly. I would wish to recognize, honourable
Members, the following people from the parliamentary technical team:
Mr. Boniface Lenairoshi (Principal Clerk Assistant - Head of Delegation we will be
appreciating the parliamantary way honourable Members, we also have;
Mr. Washington Otiato (Media Relations Officer), Mr. Martin Mukabi (Procurement
Officer), Ms. Ruth Nang‟ole (ICT Officer), Ms. Josephine Karani (Head of Parliamentary
Broadcasting Unit), Mr. Fredrick Ouma (Technical Producer).
(Applause)
Thank you. We want also to recognize;
Ms. Farida Ng‟asura (Head of Audio Recording, Mr. Robert Masongo (Ag. Deputy Catering
Manager).
(Applause)
Thank you. We also have:
Mr. Johanna Ruto (Sauce Chef).
(Applause)
Mr. Eric Ogollo (Protocol Officer), Mr. Leakey AKanga (Security Supervisor), Mr. Richard
Kemboi (Security Officer), Mr. Julius Mutuku (Production Engineer), Mr. Eric Kipng‟eno
(Secretariat – Technical Team)
( Applause)
Thank you and feel welcomed to Uasin Gishu County assembly. Honourable Members, I
would wish also to do some three communications.
REPORT FROM VISIT TO THAILAND BY CEC LANDS
We are in receipt of the City Resilience Programme and there is a team that went and
attended a City resilient programme in Bangkok, Thailand. That was last month and the head
of delegation was the CEC Lands, Housing and Physical Planning Urban Development and
they have submitted their report which I commit to the committee - both the committee of
Lands, Housing and also the committee of Urban Development to go through this report and,
if deemed necessary, they can still table it to this honourable House for possible adoption.
WORK PLAN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS
Honourable Members, we are also in receipt of the workplan from the department of Lands,
Housing and Physical Planning for the Financial Year 2018/ 2019 and this, honourable
Members, is still deemed committed to the committee on Lands, Housing and again to Urban
Development Committee.
INVITATION TO LAUNCH OF INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME AT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
Honourable Members, there is an invitation from the second arm of the government, that is,
the executive arm. This is invitation to the launch of the County internship programme.
Allow me, honourable Members, to do this communication as it is.
„You may already be aware that the County government of Uasin Gishu has been running the
process aimed at establishing the County internship programme to assist young Kenyans of
this County by way of engaging them in assignments to occupy them and, at the same time,
provide a work place training to enhance their skills gained during their formal learning
process. This is in line with the spirit of the programme team capacity building for a secured
future‟. Having finalised the establishment of the same, honourable Members, the County
government has scheduled to have the launch of this programme officially which will be
officiated by His Excellency the Governor at the County headquarters ground on Friday 10th
August 2018 at 9.00 AM. The purpose of this communication, honourable Members, is
therefore to request and to convey invitation to the office of the honourable Speaker with the
Leader of Majority and the Leader of Minority and the Members of the assembly to plan and
attend.
INVITATION TO THE DISBURSEMENT OF ECD DEVELOPMENT
Last communication, honourable Members, is an invitation to 2017/ 2018 disbursement of the
ECDE development fund ceremony. We are kindly invited to the above mentioned occasion
which is currently running, honourable Members, that is on August 9th
2018 at Social Hall. I
think probably immediately after this, honourable Members, we can still proceed to that
ceremony. Otherwise I wish you a nice deliberation as we begin what is next on our order
paper. Thank you.
PAPERS LAID
Deputy Speaker: Honourable Member for Langas.
Hon. Muya: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker Sir. Allow me on behalf on the Committee
of Budget and Appropriation to table papers in relation to proposed County Annual
Development Plan for the Financial Year 2018/ 2019, Mr. Speaker.
(Hon Francis Muya, vice Chair, Budget and Appropriation Committee laid the report on the
Table)
Deputy Speaker: Thank you, honourable Members. Those papers are deemed tabled and I
think, Serjeant- at-Arms, you can have those papers being circulated to all Honourable
Members.
NOTICES OF MOTION
THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ON THE PROPOSED
COUNTY ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FY 2018/ 2019
(Hon Francis Muya, vice Chair, Budget and Appropriation Committee)
Deputy Speaker: Honourable Member for Langas!
Hon. Muya: Mr. Speaker, again allow me to give a notice of the following Motion:
That this County Assembly do adopt the sixth report of the committee on Budget and
Appropriation on the proposed County Annual Development Plan for the Financial Year
2018/ 2019 dated 4th
July 2018 and tabled on 9th
August, 2018 with or without amendments.
Deputy Speaker: Thank you, honourable Muya. Honourable Members, that Motion will be
moved as scheduled on our order paper.
MOTION
THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ON THE PROPOSED
COUNTY ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FY 2018/ 2019
(Hon Francis Muya, vice Chair, Budget and Appropriation Committee)
Deputy Speaker: Honourable Muya!
Hon. Muya: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Again on behalf of our able Chair, whom
we have been with since morning, but because of this commitment of this able committee,
allow me, Mr. Speaker, to move the following Motion and to read the report that is before us.
Mr. Speaker Sir, the Motion reads:
That this County Assembly do adopt the sixth report of the committee on Budget and
Appropriation on the proposed County Annual Development plan for the Financial Year
2018/ 2019 dated 4th
July 2018 and tabled today on 9th
August, 2018 with or without
amendments.
Mr. Speaker, the report is detailed and lengthy, but because that is why we are here, allow
me to go through it so that we can internalise and even every Member to be able to give their
input in the due course.
The report is on the County ... on the cover page is the County government of Uasin Gishu
County assembly Second assembly First session 2018 Budget and Appropriation committee
being a sixth report on the proposed County annual development plan financial year 2018/
2019.
1. PREFACE
On behalf of the Members of the Committee on Budget and Appropriation and pursuant to
the provisions of standing order No‟s 42 and 185, it is my pleasure and duty to present to the
House, the Committee‟s report on the Proposed Uasin Gishu County Annual Development
Plan FY2018/2019.
2. COMMITTEE SITTINGS
The committee held its sittings on different dates dated 30th
and 31st May, 2018, 1
st, 2
nd , 3
rd,
4th
, 8th
, 11th
, 12th
, 13th
16th
, 17th
, 18th
, 19th
, 20th
, 21st and 22
nd June, 2018 and again on 3
rd,
,30th
, 31st July and 1
st August 2018 to deliberate on the Proposed Uasin Gishu County
Annual Development Plan FY2018/2019.
3. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Mr. Speaker Sir, the committee on budget and appropriation as constituted by this
Honourable House is comprised of the following Members:
1. Hon. Jonathan Ngetich - Chairperson
2. Hon. Francis Muya - Deputy Chair
3. Hon. Josphat Lowoi - Member
4. Hon. Zipporah Maiyo - Member
5. Hon. Isaac Kemboi - Member
6. Hon. Amos Kiptanui - Member
7. Hon. Patrick Bundotich - Member
8. Hon. Hillary Rono - Member
9. Hon. Joseph Korir - Member
10. Hon. Hellen Jeptoo - Member
11. Hon. Sarah Malel - Member
12. Hon. Nicholas Lelei -Member
13. Hon. Hosea Korir - Member
4. COMMITTEE MANDATE
The County Assembly is a creation of Article 176 of the constitution of Kenya. The
Constitution under Article 185 provides that the legislative authority of a county is vested in,
and exercised by the County Assembly. In order to give effect to Chapter 11 of the
Constitution, Parliament enacted the County Governments Act (No. 17 of 2012) (hereinafter
referred to as “the Act”) to provide for County Governments‟ powers, functions and
responsibilities to deliver services. The Committee is responsible under Standing Order No.
191 to:
a) Investigate, inquire into, and report on all matters relating to the mandate,
management, activities, administration, operations and estimates of the assigned
departments.
b) Study the programme and policy objectives of departments and the effectiveness of
the implementation
c) Study, assess and analyze the relative success of the departments as measured by the
results obtained as compared with their stated objectives
d) Investigate and inquire into all matters relating to the assigned departments as they
may deem necessary, and as may be referred to them by the County Assembly
e) Make reports and recommendations to the County Assembly as often as possible,
including recommendation of proposed legislations.
f) Study, assess and analyze the County Fiscal Strategy Paper which sets policy
priorities for the County Government.
5. LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Mr. Speaker Sir,
Pursuant to Section 126 (1) every county government shall prepare a development plan in
accordance with Article 220(2) of the constitution, that includes:-
a) strategic priorities for the medium term that reflects the county government‟s
priorities and plans;
b) a description of how the county government is responding to changes in the financial
and economic environment;
c) programmes to be delivered with details for each programme of-
(i) The strategic priorities to which the programme will contribute;
(ii) The services or goods to be provided;
(iii)Measurable indicators of performance where feasible; and
(iv) The budget allocated to the programme;
d) payments to be made on behalf of the county government, including details of any
grants, benefits and subsidies that are to be paid;
e) a description of significant capital development;
f) a detailed description of proposals with respect to the development of physical,
intellectual, human and other resources of the county, including measurable indicators
where those are feasible;
g) a summary budget in the format required by the regulations; and
h) such other matters as may be required by the constitution or this Act.
6. PUBLIC SERVICE MANAGEMENT
Strategic Priorities
Mr. Speaker Sir, in the department of public service management the department intends to
undertake the following capital projects in the FY 2018/19: Equip the staff gymnasium;
construct an Archive; equip the 3 sub- county service centres; construct and equip a legal
library; and construct and equip a Resource Centre as indicated below:
Summary of the Capital Development
[Hon Muya]: Projects for the Financial Year 2018/2019 – public service management, sub
programme.
Deputy Speaker: Order, Honourable Muya!
Hon. Muya: Yes!
Deputy Speaker: I want to give you direction that you just give the strategic priorities
because Honourable Members have the other part.
Hon. Muya: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Taken. I know I had initially stated that the Report is
detailed but I take your direction that I give only what the priorities of every department are
because we have this Report with us and that will really save on time. I stand guided.
Deputy Speaker: Proceed.
Hon. Muya: Honourable House through Mr. Speaker, I would like to take us through page
number five; on seven that is on the department on Devolution and Public Administration and
these are the strategic priorities of the department.
The department intends to undertake the following capital projects for the Financial Year
2018/2019. They intend to complete and equip Sub-county offices for Ainabkoi, Kapseret
and Moiben; construct and equip Sub-county offices for Kesses, Turbo and Soi; construct
ward offices for 24 wards and purchase vehicles for 24 wards.
The detailed Report on what they intend to do as read is included on the below Report which
Members can go through at their convenient time because all of us have gone through this
Report. I was just reading to make sure that we have done what we are supposed to do.
Now I take the Whole House to page number six on the department of Roads, Transport,
Energy and Public Works. This being the backbone department of the whole county these are
strategic priorities by the department. The strategic priorities for the department include:
improvement of access to Transport and Infrastructure in the County, in order to enhance
safety in transport sector, improve access to office space and occupational safety to enhance
capacity to prevent and respond to fire disaster and other emergencies and carry out
emergencies awareness campaign. It will undertake the following programmes in Financial
Year 2018/2019 as indicated below. This being the backbone department, I will urge all
Honourable colleagues to keenly go through the said works as intended by the department at
your convenient time because this is where the life of common mwananchi is being touched
or addressed at. It will be good for you so that when you are doing your oversight role, you
know what was supposed to be done where.
I now take the Whole House to page number eight on department of Water, Environment,
Natural Resources, Tourism and Wildlife Management. The department intends to do the
following in their strategic priorities, including and carry out energy planning, regulations,
operations and development and expansion of rural electrification, implement water pollution
control and carry out water and sanitation services, implement county water conservation and
forestry policy, have efficient solid waste management programme - as you know the
department had taken a delegation all the way to Sweden and we are underway to implement
the same - increase access to clean and portable water, increase access to clean energy,
increase available water volumes through storage, as you are aware we have been hardly hit
by water shortage necessitating the company by the name ELDOWAS, which is 100% owned
by this County Government to do water rationing but the department is trying to increase the
available water volumes through storage and recycle solid waste.
It will undertake the following programmes in Financial Year 2018/2019 as indicated below.
Again I really request my Honourable colleagues to take their time, go through and see one
by one the programmes that are intended to be done. Otherwise under the leadership of the
Budget and Appropriation Committee, we have gone through the same together and it is for
the benefit of your consumption of what is intended to be done in the various programmes as
it has been indicated so that when you are doing your oversight role you can know what you
are overseeing.
Mr. Speaker, allow me now to take the House to page number… the department of Water
has so many programmes; you can see that is in page number 8,
9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 and 20. That is why I am inviting other Honourable
colleagues to take your time, go through all those pages to see each and every programme as
it has been intended by our able department- the department of Water, Environment, Tourism
and the like.
I invite now my Honourable colleagues to page number 21 where we are going to go through
the department of Health Services to see what they have put as their strategic priority. The
strategic priorities for the department of Health Services for the coming Year that is Financial
Year 2018/2019 include: completion of the Sub-County Hospital to enhance access to quality
health care, ensure adequate supply of medical equipment and drugs to all health facilities
and improve mobility of health field officers.
In particular the department will undertake the following development programmes as
indicated below. Again this is one of the very important departments in the county
government of Uasin Gishu and it will be prudent for Honourable colleagues - though
previously together we have gone through the programmes - but individually you need to go
through the amended and approved Annual Development Plan (ADP) and see critically what
is going to be done where and especially from our various wards. We have Sub-county
hospitals, we have ward health facilities by the name health centres, dispensaries and the like,
and this is all going to be done so that we can improve the health services in our county
government of Uasin Gishu. You all know that when we are going to have a healthy
population it will be very easy for us to serve them. You can go through page number 21,
page number 22 and partly page number 23 and we see the programmes that are intended to
be undertaken by the Committee of Health Services for your own consumption.
Honourable Speaker, allow me to invite my Honourable colleagues to page number 23 so that
we can see the strategic priorities that have been put by the department of Trade, Investment
and Industrialization. The department strategic priorities include: improving development of
fair trade practices, promoting development of sound cooperative societies, providing low
interest funds to cooperatives and SMEs, developing and marketing county tourism products
and enhancing market infrastructure development. The department‟s strategic priorities for
the implementation are presented under each major area of intervention below. This is
another department that, with devolution of government, the county government of Uasin
Gishu intends to energize more or to put more energies on this department because the only
way to empower our people is through making sure that they have a conducive environment
to do their businesses, to empower them financially and more so to encourage our people to
do any kind of trade, whether big or small by us as a government providing for them the
necessary environment for them to do so. Therefore because we agreed that we are not going
to read everything, I also invite Honourable colleagues just to affirm what we have gone
through together that you see what is intended to be done by Trade, Investment and
Industrialization department. In pages number 23, 24, 25 and 26 this is for us to equip
ourselves or to internalize what is supposed to be done in this department for us to be able to
do our over sight role so that by the end of the Financial Year, we will be able to know what
has been done and what has not be done.
Mr. Speaker, allow me now to invite my whole colleagues and the whole House to page
number 27 on the department of Education, Culture and Social Services. This is a department
that has been partially - not fully devolved to the county governments and we have strategic
priorities for the department. The departments strategic priorities for the Financial Year
2018/2019 have been indicated to include: ECD infrastructure development, preservation of
the county cultural heritage and improve the live hood of people living with disabilities, that
is, PWDs and the aged; and to enhance child rights, care and protection and enhance access
and equity of education for disadvantaged and vulnerable children through provision of
bursaries. These are to be implemented through the following programmes as shown below.
Again this is a department that has really touched our county or the residents of Uasin Gishu.
Through this department we have seen all what has been done here but in this Financial Year
the department would want to scale it or do it in another level to make sure that it continues
serving the people of Uasin Gishu in the said works more so in the PWDs. We all know that
disability is not inability and the county government of Uasin Gishu is trying to address
critically this area to make sure that they have been addressed or they have been brought
together. It is only the other day that the county government through the CEO, the Governor
of Uasin Gishu H.E. Jackson Mandago with the help of the County Public Service Board,
brought people living with disabilities as employees or employed around 40 and above in
number so that they can feel part and parcel of the County government of Uasin Gishu.
Members, again you can go through page number 27, 28 and partly number 29 and see what
exactly the department intends to do in the Financial Year 2018/2019.
Mr. Speaker, allow me to invite my Honourable colleagues to page number 29, to the
department of Youth, Gender and Sports. This is a department under the department of
Education but they have specific works and these are the strategic priorities of the department
including: to enhance access to technical education and self dependency by youth through
training and improvement programmes, and develop sports through promotional sporting
activities. The programmes to be implemented are as indicated in the table below. We know
that this is the County of Champions; we are known country wide and worldwide that we are
producing different talents called… you can name them- athletes, volley-ballers, footballers
and therefore this is a department that we are putting more energy to make sure that they
address this and give a platform to our youth who have various talents so that they can be
exposed out there, so that their talents can be utilized by the whole country and the world at
large. It is so unfortunate that yesterday we lost one of our athletes by the name Nicholas Bett
through an accident who was taking 400 metres hurdles. May our God rest his good soul in
eternal peace. This is a department that we would like to put more energy. We have seen for
example the national men volleyballers Team almost the whole team comes from a particular
ward in this County by the name Kipkenyo. We salute them because we have seen us
producing very good volleyballers and it is only through financing or empowering this
department for them to make sure that they give the best to our youth. I also invite our
Honourable colleagues to individually internalize what the department needs to do in page
number 29, page number 30, page number 31 and partly page number 32 so that they can
have the programmes in their fingertips, So that when it comes to our oversight roles we
know what was to be done where, what has been done and what has not been done so that we
can put the second arm of government on toes in delivering what they have intended to do.
Mr. Speaker, the next department is the department of Livestock Development and Fisheries.
As other departments, the department has strategic priorities and the department comprises of
four directorates and two namely; livestock production, veterinary services and fisheries
directorates. The department main strategic priorities for the Financial Year 2108/2019
includes: disease control, improve dairy genetic pool of the county, improve livestock
production and productivity, improve value addition and marketing, increase fish production
and productivity. These are to be implemented through the following programmes as shown
in table number 310 one below. Uasin Gishu being the bread basket of this nation, the
department of agriculture was sub-divided into two - the department of Agriculture and the
department of Livestock Development and Fisheries but on this particular we have seen the
County government before trying to maximize or to reduce the issue of natural use of bulls by
having enough budget on the issue of AI services. This is going to serve Mwananchi in two
ways. One, to better the breeds by coming out of the old way of the normal cows to the
improved AI services and two to make sure that the milk productivity has been scaled up
because previously our old ways of doing cattle keeping was just to have a good number of
herds of cattle but we have gone a new way of Kilimo Biashara making sure that with two,
three cows we can produce better than an old farmer who was keeping 15 cattle so that we
can see whether we can be able to catch up with the Githunguri dairies and the likes. The
Committee of Livestock have visited the Ole Ngishu Dairy Farm, the Kiambu Cattle Keepers
and we would like to advocate the same in our farmers to make sure that we have bettered our
Livestock keeping and the likes.
On the Fisheries, though explained on the table below, the department has partnered with
University of Eldoret with the issue of production of fingerlings so that it can be distributed
to our various farmers who would like to do fish farming and therefore, Mr. Speaker, I am
just saying this because I want to reduce my time of contributing too much by the end of this
report.
Mr. Speaker, what the department needs to do is indicated below in pages; that is pages as
numbered below up to page No.39. All these, the department tries to show what they intend
to do. So, Mr. Speaker, allow me to invite my Honourable colleagues to page No. 40 where
I want to take them through what the department of Cooperative and Enterprises
Development intend to do.
Mr. Speaker, the strategic priorities of the department include; to provide low interest funds
to cooperatives and enterprises development. The department strategic priorities for the
implementation are presented under each major area or intervention below. Mr. Speaker,
Members will remember that the Second Government of Uasin Gishu split Cooperative and
Enterprises department from Trade so that this department can deal and empower
cooperatives better because it is out of cooperatives or through cooperatives, our parents were
able to come together, buy land, start farming and we want to scale it up to other level so that
we can see through cooperatives by the help of the County Government; can we do the value
addition because it is very wrong that every year our farmers are crying of the poor prices or
low prices of their products. But through cooperatives we want to empower them and even
teach them how they can do value addition to their products by financing them and giving
them know-how or a way to do it. This is found in page numbers 40, 41, 42, and partly page
No.43.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to urge Honourable colleagues because this is where most of us
fall, because though as Honourable Members, most of them are Members in different
Cooperatives. We would to know these issues in our fingertips so that when we go back, we
can be able to spearhead the whole process because all what we want is to help the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of the County; Honourable Jackson Mandago in making sure that
we empower our people by doing what is right for them for them to avoid the dependency
rate of our people, because you find that Honourable Members or elected leaders have been
serving Mwananchi in day to day life. But when we empower them, this issue will be a thing
of the past.
Honourable Speaker, allow me to invite my Honourable colleagues to page No.43 and go
through the department of ICT and E-Government. Mr. Speaker Sir, in the department of ICT
and E-Government, the department has strategic priorities for the Financial Year 2018/2019
as included below: develop policy on automation of the County function, to support the
development, implementation and maintenance of ICT system of ICT system in the County,
to enhance information security of County ICT system, to promote efficient and effective
operation and usage of ICT system within the County, to encourage and support innovation in
technology development that contributes towards jobs and wealth creation, to facilitate
efficient and economic use of resources, to ensure that technology does not become an
expensive venture to the County, to facilitate the development of ICT skills, to support ICT
system in the County, to promote efficient communication among the County staff and
stakeholders and to promote information sharing, transparency, accountability within county
and towards the general public and other stakeholders.
Mr. Speaker Sir, the following summary of capital projects for the Financial Year 2018/2019
is to be implemented as shown below. Again, Mr. Speaker, I said that I am saying what I am
saying because I would like to reduce my time that I am going to take in explaining further.
In the department of ICT and E-Government, we have moved steps as a County Government
of Uasin Gishu, to name them; the department of Health, we have Health facility where we
have automated the services fully and we have seen the time that is being saved through the
improvement or installation of the ICT programmes in the said department. The same, we
have seen how the information dissemination in the County has become possible, though
being… but through ICT, it has been made possible that in every Sub-County, we can get
what the County Government or the Executive intends to do within a day. This shows, this
just tells how we need to empower the department.
Mr. Speaker, I want to…we who are privileged to go to Singapore; this is the way to go; the
automation, the digital way of doing things. There are countries where even farming; they are
using robots to make sure that when it is milking time, they have put things in place, without
only one person, is able to coordinate all those things and things happen. That can only be
possible when we empower the department of ICT and E-Government. I know we have a way
to go but a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and that is where we are
starting to empower this department so that we can see in the near future, even everything,
even controlling our traffic, it can be done through traffic lights and this comes through ICT.
It is possible because in Singapore, you do not find a policeman on the road, they have very
many vehicles but they are being controlled using traffic lights without using human resource
that is policemen in their roads. Therefore, it is good to go this way and make sure that we
empower ICT and E-Government to make sure that we do what we can though a young
country.
Mr. Speaker, Members can go through to page No.44, 45, and partly 46 and internalize what
exactly needs to be done in the department of ICT and e-Government for them to have an
easy time when it comes to doing oversight. Mr. Speaker, I now invite everyone to page No.
46 where we are going to look into the department of Lands and Housing. Mr. Speaker,
remember in this second Government, the department of Lands and Housing has been divided
into two; there is another department by the name Physical Planning and Urban Planning that
has been hived from the department of Lands and Housing.
Mr. Speaker, these are the priorities; strategic priorities the department needs to undertake.
This is by digitizing of land records; procure land for public use, complete the County spatial
plan and physical development plan. Additionally, during the Financial Year 2018/2019, the
department will prepare a County Investment plan, renovate and maintain county houses and
construct administration block for the housing section. The table below indicates the capital
projects to be undertaken by the department.
Mr. Speaker, Eldoret Town, in particular was meant to serve around 50, 000 population of
people but today as we are speaking, it is housing more than a 1, 000, 000 people at a given
day. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, this is a department that we saw it wise to relieve so that it can
deal with the lands and housing issue. It is so unfortunate; the housing that we have today is
very old because they were done so many years back by either the defunct County Council or
the Municipal Council of Eldoret. But it is a high time housing being part of the agenda 4;
therefore as a County Government, they would like to put more effort in making sure that we
do a lot in this department. There are intentions to partner with the Central Government
giving lands, what we can demolish we demolish, we come up with high-rise buildings so
that we can house more resident of Uasin Gishu using the same spaces that we have before
even thinking of adding more but the department is still thinking of doing the land banking as
it has been indicated so that the same can be done. It is possible, in a small country like
Singapore, everybody is housed, very few have their individual plots but 95 per cent of the
population of Singapore is being housed by the government. What have they done? They
have come up with modern housing unit in high rises. In fact we do not have a building in
Eldoret that can be equated or compared with the housing section that I saw in Singapore, so
it is possible. We need to partner with the national government and support the vision of the
president of Kenya Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and his deputy William Samoei Ruto, who is our
son here, in making this agenda of housing our people possible, and they can start with Uasin
Gishu County. You can see what they want to do in page No.47, 48, and 49. I invite Members
to go through so that they can internalize and get to know exactly what the County
Government of Uasin Gishu or the department needs to do in the said department.
Mr. Speaker Sir, allow me to invite Honourable colleagues in page No.50 in going through
the department of Physical Planning and Urban development. This is a department that we
separated from the Lands and Housing section so that we can…because we realized or the
County Government realized this is where we have a lot to do and therefore this is a
department by its own and, Mr. Speaker, this is what the department is putting as strategic
priorities to do in the next Financial Year. Thank you, Honourable Amos.
Hon Kiptanui: Point of information!
Hon Muya: Mr. Speaker, the department intends to complete the County Spatial plan and the
Fiscal Development Plan. The table below indicates the capital projects to be undertaken by
the department by the department in the Financial Year 2018/2019. You will all know or
realize that the World Bank intends to put so much money to a tune of over sh600, 000, 000
in our County budget in making in making sure that the issue of Physical Planning and Urban
Development is realized putting in mind that after Nakuru, Uasin Gishu or Eldoret might be
the next city in our country. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, there is a lot that is going to be
undertaken to this programme and to this department and the programme has been indicated
below in page No.50, 51, 52, 53, 54 and partly page No. 55.
Mr. Speaker, I invite Honourable …you can see the many pages that include this department.
You need to take your time, go through, whatever you have gone through together is not
enough, take your time as a Member so that you can internalize what the County Government
of Uasin Gishu intends to do through this department so that it will be easier for us to do our
oversight role.
Finally, Mr. Speaker, I invite all Honourable colleagues to page No.55 on department of
Economic Planning. In this department, they have strategic priorities and these include:
preparation of the Second Generation County Integrated Development Plan which is ongoing,
ten-year sectorial plan, departmental strategic plan, County Statistical Abstract (CSA) for
2018 and County Indicator Hand book for tracking implementation of second generation
CIDP among other policy documents such as CFSP, CBROP, and CDMSP. In particular, the
department will undertake the following programme in Financial Year 2018/2019 as shown
below.
Mr. Speaker, the department of Planning, does not have any other work to implement. They
have just a core mandate of planning. A wise person says if you fail to plan, you are planning
to fail. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, we have really empowered this section because we do not
want to fail as a County for them to do all these planning in making sure that everything is in
place. A few, as they have indicated; the second generation CIDP is almost coming to an end,
it has gone even the first public participation for the Wananchi to know whether what they
said has been included. It has been taken to people living in Nairobi and elsewhere to put
their input, it has been brought to this County Assembly in a different session for us to put
our input. Therefore, it shows how this department is key in making sure that they put
planning in place, in making sure that indeed Uasin Gishu remains the Champion, not only in
sports and other issues but in everything.
Therefore Mr. Speaker, I invite Honourable colleagues to go through what has been
indicated. The department intends to do and because I do not want to take too much time, I
tried to explain as I was reading so that I do not take much time in explaining.
I want, as a Deputy Chair of Budget and Appropriation , I want just to put this or to bring
this to other Honourable colleagues that with new regulations there is no way the county
budget that we passed in this Honourable House will be actualized by the COB Controller
Of Budget if it is not in line with two documents, that is, the County Fiscal Strategic Paper
and the Annual Development Plan. Therefore, I want to give my Honourable colleagues that
this document is very important because, as we are speaking, even the county Assembly
we have not received our money. Therefore our operations have been grounded similar to
the executive , the reason this document has to accompany our budget for the COB to be able
to release the funds for the various programmes for this county.
Therefore having said much I am kindly requesting this Honourable House to pass this
document with maximum speed and with minimum delay and if possible, Mr. Speaker,
once we do this we ask or urge the office of Serjeant- at- Arms to take it to the other arm of
Government with full uniform so that they can see that we have done our part and it will be
good for us.
Therefore may be to conclude, the committee having considered the views of the sectoral
committee as well as the County executive Member of Finance Economic Planning, we
urge the House to approve the proposed County Annual Development Plan Financial 2018-
2019 with amendments.
In the department of Water, Environment, Natural Resources, Tourism and Wildlife
management, Mr. Speaker Sir, the community water projects were totalling or adding up
sh82, 100, 000 but if you spread across the wards or 30 wards that we have in this county
at sh3, 000, 000, it will not be enough. thus the committee agreed to , one, reduce sh6,
000, 000 from completion of intake water and pipeline at Kipkabus Water Project, that is,
Cheboen Dam from sh6, 350, 000 to only sh315, 000, 000, being a line item which can be
considered when we do our first supplementary budget. Two, reduce one point nine million
from construction spring communal water point and conservation from two million to
only one hundred thousand. Being a line item , this will make or will give us around sh7.9
and when you add up this with what we had , that is, the sh82, 100, 000, we get a total of
sh90, 000, 000, that if divided to the 30 wards, every ward is going to get a community
water projects of their choice of sh3, 000, 000 per ward . The community water projects
have been mentioned for the 30 wards from Cheptiret Kipchamo , Megun Ward
Kapseret/Simat, Langas, Kipkenyo, Moiben, Karuna / Meibeki , Race Course , Segero
Barsombe, Sergoit, Ngeria, Tarakwa, Soy, Tembelio, Tulwet/ Chuyat, Kapsoya,
Kamagaut, Kimumu , Ainabkoi , Tapsagoi , Huruma , Kaptagat, Moi‟s Bridge, Ngenyilel ,
Kapsaos, Kuinet/ Kapsuswo, Kiplombe, Kipsomba, Ziwa and finally Kapkures Ward. All
the 30 wards have been allocated around sh3, 000, 000 so that they can have community
projects of their own so that it can be win-win situation and, Mr. Speaker, I am urging this
Honourable House to approve this Annual Development Plan with those small
amendments. Otherwise all other departments were in line with the county Fiscal Strategy
Paper and in line with budget that we passed in this Honourable House and I am therefore
urging and requesting, on behalf of my Chair and behalf of my able committee of Budget
and Appropriation, to pass this ADP so that the COB and the executive can actualize what
we passed as the county Budget.
Therefore, Mr. Speaker, having said much, I kindly ask a Member from Budget and
Appropriation Committee by the name Honourable Amos, Member representing
Racecourse Ward to second the motion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Deputy Speaker: Thank you. Honourable Member for Race Course.
Hon Kiptanui: Thank you, Honourable Speaker, for giving me this opportunity and I stand
to second this report which is meant to adopt this County Annual Development Plan for
financial year 2018- 2019 and I want to appreciate the committee and also our vice Chair
who stood on behalf of the Chair.
Mr Speaker, I just want to say that much has been said. the document is self explanatory only
that I want to say the approval of this document will assist this county to draw funds from
the ex-chequer , since it is a requirement under principle Financial Management Act 2012
that every county should come up with Annual Development Plan which prescribes the
number of programmes to be executed through the funds that we approve as per the
budget.
Mr. Speaker, I want to give assurance that this document has been aligned to the budget
that we passed before the end of the financial year and it is my humble request that now
when you look at this document, it has a number of programmes which are so good and if
by the grace of God they are going to be implemented timely, it will indeed transform the
line of people of Uasin Gishu and I want to acknowledge in the past one year we didn‟t
do a lot because of the obvious issues that we are all aware but, Mr. Speaker, I want to
believe that this time around God is going to be with us.
Deputy Speaker: Order, Honourable Member! What are the obvious reasons?
Hon Kiptanui: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to say that we all came from rigorous
elections. That is what I mean, Mr. Speaker. That is why we were not able to achieve much .
So, I want to say that let us humbly approve this report and it is now because the ball will be
in the court of the executive to implement budget for Financial Year 2018-2019 in line
and in accordance with the County Annual Development Plan Financial Year 2018-2019
approved by this House today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and I do second.
Deputy Speaker: Thank you, Honourable Member for Racecourse. A motion has been
moved, Honourable Members, and I therefore I propose a question.
(Question proposed)
Deputy Speaker: Ensuing debate, Honourable Members.
Honourable for Sergoit.
Hon Keitany: Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir, for this opportunity. I stand to support this
motion or the report and I want to say that this being the first Annual Development Plan
that I am in and I am supporting, I want to say that it is my wish that what we have passed
today and what we have read is going to benefit all the people of Uasin Gishu county.
Apart from the water community projects which have clearly stated the amount that are
going to be allocated in every ward , most of the projects have not been stated the amount
and the places which the projects are going to be done. It is my wish that when the
executive will be implementing, let them distribute everything fairly. I am saying that
because I have seen in the department of agriculture they have already set aside around
sh15, 000, 000 for the pesticides and what I can remember, as I had said before the other
time, Mr. Speaker Sir, 2016-2017, they allocated around sh17, 000, 000 for these projects
but what I can remember, Mr. Speaker Sir , what was distributed in my ward was not
even more than sh100, 000 and when I did simple mathematics, sh17, 000, 000 if you divide
by the 30 wards I was supposed to get not less than sh500, 000 and Sergoit Ward being
among the largest wards in Uasin Gishu county and I think it is the third largest ward, I was
even expecting to get even more than five hundred, Mr. Speaker Sir, but I am not saying
that I should be given more than that but I am saying that let it be given fairly to all wards.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir.
Deputy Speaker: Honourable Member for Soy.
Hon Talam: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise to support this important document
so that it can go in line with the budget. I want to say that this is a document that we do not
need to hesitate; we need to go through the document and probably see areas of concern.
Like me I am standing here, Mr. Speaker, because there is a spelling error in the
projects concerning my ward and I am worried if the cheque will be issued, it will go to the
wrong place. So, I want to make that correction while I say I do support this important
motion that we do adopt this report without any further delay.
I have an observation to make again that we have seen some programmes that have been
put together like in the department of water and the areas to be done are not clearly
indicated, reflecting our various wards so in future we have to take concern of such
because we do not want situations where money is put in that pool and at the long run it
will benefit some few areas or some few sections of this ward. So, that one is what I want
to say that in future we have to see the projects captured so that each and every Member
here can a know what is to be done in his/her ward .
While concluding I want to say the project in Soy Ward we have ... that is page 59. In Soy
Ward we have Kesogon Primary to benefit under this scheme. That one is correct and then
on page 60 at the top we have a dispensary known indicated Chebesta. It is not Chebesta;
it is Chobosta; Chobosta not Chebesta. That is the correction I wanted to make, Mr. Speaker
Sir , and I stand to support. Thank you.
Deputy Speaker: Honourable Member for Huruma.
Hon Chomba: Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. I also rise in support of his report brought to us
by our temporary Chair Honourable Muya.
(Point of order)
Hon Kiptanui: Point of Order!
Deputy Speaker: What is out of Order, Honourable Member for Racecourse?
Hon Kiptanui: Is it in Order for the Member to call another Member temporary Chair, while
we know in absence of the substantive Chair we as the committee we elected him to
present this report? He should withdraw.
Deputy Speaker: I think Honourable Member for Huruma, you are out of Order. He is the
substantive Chair for this session and for this motion. Proceed. Just apologies and proceed.
Hon Chomba: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am still learning Honourable Chair for Budget
Honourable Muya. Mr. Speaker Sir, this is a very good report I hope it is just going to
remain as just a report because where we normally fail at the end of the day is when it
comes to the implementation part of it . Otherwise if it happens exactly the way it is in this
in this report come 2022, all the elected Members in this House will be back in this
House , all the nominated Members in this House will be back in this House and maybe we
give an extension of another five years to our Excellency the Governor Jackson Mandago.
So, it will be a win-win situation .
So I support, Mr. Speaker Sir.
Deputy Speaker: Honourable Member for Huruma, your sentiments are a bit
unconstitutional particularly on the period for the Members and His Excellency the
Governor. Nonetheless, you have made your submission.
Honourable Member for Ngenyilel.
Hon Singoei: Thank you, Honourable Speaker. I stand also rise in support of this report. I
support this report because it has been said by the Chair that we must pass it so that the
Controller of Budget will release the funds. Honourable Speaker, I want to….
(Point of order)
Deputy Speaker: Point of Order. Order, Honourable Member for Ngenyilel! What is out of
Order, Honourable Chomba?
Hon Chomba: Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. Is our very Honourable Chief whip telling us
that he is being forced to pass this report by our Budget Chair?
Deputy Speaker: Can you substantiate that or you are still building your case?
Hon Singoei: Honourable Speaker, I did not say anything. I said I am supporting this
document because we were asked by the Chair because the Controller of Budget requires us
that we do pass this Annual Development Plan. While the Chair was presenting this report, I
looked at the dates when the committee sat and on this it says that the committee held its
sittings on 30th
and at 1st May, meaning, Honourable Speaker, they might have received
this document earlier than that. I am yet to find the date in which they received or when
this report was committed to this committee and Honourable Speaker they have sat from 1st
for very many days from 1st up to 22
nd of June and then they did not sit until 3
rd of ... I want
to believe it is July 31st
30th
at first and they sat on 1st of August.
Hon Sing’oei: Honourable Speaker, we passed our budget around 30th
June; I will be
actually wrong if I state the correct date because I don‟t have it with me but I think we
passed the budget minus this document. We are very able Members and very senior
Members in this committee. I looked at the names, and these are very able people. This
document was not passed in this assembly up to this day today, and when we actually passed
the budget I expected the Chair to apologize to this Assembly, but it has taken a special
sitting for us to come and sit and this is a very important document that the controller of
budget did not approve our budget and this is until this document is passed.
Honourable Speaker , I took it as an insult from the Chair ,when he was actually presenting
this report that he was not even able though he said he Is standing in for the Chair to
apologize for them ignoring to bring this document even having sat from May to this
honourable House to be passed so that as we pass the budget it should also accompany it. We
should not take this for granted; we should not take this lightly because this is a very grievous
mistake that this committee did. I have stood here to say I am supporting this because we
must do it otherwise, honourable Speaker. I would even have wished that these Members be
surcharged for sitting for many days and not bringing a very important document to this
House for the House to approve. It is a shame that a committee of very senior honourable
Members like his can let us down and call us while we are on recess. We were on recess
visiting our people and trying to see what is happening in the roads.
(Point of order)
Hon Kiptanui: Point of order!
Deputy Speaker: What is the point of order honourable, Member for Racecourse?
Hon Kiptanui: I am rising on a point of order because I am a Member of this committee. Mr
Speaker, is it in order for the Member to continue insulting and demeaning and also
questioning the competence of the senior Members of that committee? Looking at his
remarks it seems he has no confidence in the report and it seems he is doing it just for public
relation, I don‟t know to please who. If he is dissatisfied with the report why doesn‟t he
oppose? The issue of time is a non –issue; what is very important is the content of the report.
When we sit or the number of days they are irrelevant.
Deputy Speaker: Honourable whip
Hon Singoei: Honourable Speaker, that kind of behaviour is what actually caused this
document to be delayed ... that kind of response. They are not even still remorseful that the
Members have actually agreed to come and sit on a day they were not supposed to be here
and passed something that should have been done long time ago. They are not giving us even
a reason why it took this document, this document was sitting in their cars, this document was
sitting somewhere and when the Controller of Budget realised that even this document did
not pass the assembly, we were now called on a special sitting and told so that you can feel
happy your ward is given sh3, 000, 000. Honourable Speaker, this is a joke! And I want this
committee to stop that. I am not saying this to please anybody. I am saying this so that we
do the correct things the correct way. We cannot continue working like this! The committee
must...okay if they must stand on a point of order to just make me look like I am bad, this is
already bad. So, honourable Speaker, I want to say that let this be the last time we are doing
this. Let us pass document when they are supposed to be passed so that at least when we pass
the budget, we are given the money.
With those very many remarks, I think the Honourable Chair who was here presented what
should have been presented long time ago. It was good. I commend him because he did a
very good job but this should have been done long time ago.
Honourable Speaker, I support. Thank you.
Deputy Speaker: Honourable Member for Ainabkoi/Olare. I have seen you, honourable
Member for Kimumu, then we shall conclude with one Member
Hon Hosea: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for allowing me to support this motion. I want to
congratulate the Chair for having time to go through the document. Despite the fact that, I
also support what the chief said. This committee has actually made quite a lot of mistakes -
not only this one and we do pass budgetary issues very late. When things are committed to
the House it is good for us to digest so that we don‟t go through such. Nevertheless, protect
me, Mr. Speaker..
Deputy Speaker: Proceed, honourable Member.
Hon Hosea: Nevertheless, I support the motion but on some issue as well there is a project
that has been mentioned under water: Cheboi Water Project ,which is in my jurisdiction and
this project was supposed to be a sh6, 000, 000 project and it is a project that combines two
counties - Elgeyo Marakwet County and Uasin Gishu county . The communities have
agreed; in fact planning is ongoing and even, as I talk, now the two committees of the two
counties have met today. I have seen that the money has been withdrawn, so I dint know
what I will go and tell the community. Nevertheless this is a House that has listened and
there is a promise that money will be put during supplementary budget and I wish the House
will support that as well so that his noble project can continue .
Number two, Mr. Speaker Sir, as Chair of health I know and we have discussed various
times ,that the budget or the annual work plan shows that we have funded majorly sub-
county hospitals and the money for facilities that will represent quite a lot of people come
from facilities has gone down. This financial year we will accept that as well, nevertheless
we should be able to put more effort on facilities that serve quite a number of people and
that should be noted.
Number three, Mr. Chair or the Speaker Sir, we have this morning made some amendment
in the water programmes but those amendments have not been captured here. This document
seems not to have been updated because for Ainabkoi/ Olare we have put distribution and I
think the Chair must take his work very seriously so that when he is reading these things,
they should be the things that we have agreed as per the document.
Nevertheless, Mr. Speaker Sir, I support the motion and I stand to support. Thank you.
Deputy Speaker: Honourable Member for Kimumu! You will conclude, Honourable
Member for Ziwa.
Hon Malel: Thank you, honourable Speaker. I want also to thank the mover of the motion. I
am also a Member to this committee and I am happy today that we are passing the Annual
Development Plan that will enable operations‟ to take place ,I want to echo there document
because of the programmes that are in it and support it with the amendments ,in the
department of water which we really we have given them priority projects that we want to
be done in our wards.
also with the programmes in this document, honourable Speaker, majorly programmes that
I am happy today that even the public utilities, which have been invaded by the land
grabber that they don‟t really see sympathy to the public utility, are going to be fenced.
So I am seeing when these programmes will be implemented it will really save us land to
do some other projects that maybe we could have done but, because of lack of land we
would not get it. I am happy also that this department of land will also be doing some land
banking which will enable us even secure some roads for our people who don‟t have access
roads and, when this will be bought, I believe people can pass.
From the department of fisheries also I am doing a programme where the residents of this
county will be encouraged to do fish farming which will also help and enhance their health
because of the serious problems that we have currently of the life style diseases that we are
seeing on a daily basis. I believed when this community will be really encouraged to do
fish farming, I believe we shall be taking the right kind of the things and this programme
will really improve the department of Cooperatives and the Department Of Trade that has
put some little money to empower our youth our women, people living with disability. I
have seen also this is an area that when touched when it will be implemented it will really
touch the livelihood of our people. In this county you will realise, honourable Speaker, that
many of our young youth - and today you have made even a communication of the
internship programme our young youth don‟t have employment and when they have small
monies to do their own business, the y will engage in self employment and there would be
a reduction of the rate of un employment rate that is growing on a daily basis.
Honourable Speaker, I do support this report.
Deputy Speaker: Thank you, honourable Member for Kimumu. Honourable Member for
Ziwa
Hon Korir, K: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also rise to support the report this ADP. I am
also a Member of Budget and Appropriation. I want to say that the Chairman of Budget and
also the vice- Chairman and all the Members we have actually sat down on various dates as
it has been said because of one reason. The other time we passed a budget here but when
this ADP came it was not in line with the budget and that delay is not due to this
committee of budget but it was the delay that was in the other side of the executive and
when the ADP came, we found that it was not in line and then we had to set all dates so that
we could engage the department concerned so that we can advise on the ADP how could
be aligned so that it does not go to the Controller of Budget and it starts being shut down.
So, Mr. Speaker, I want o say that as a Member of budget we have really... I expected this
House to thank o the committee of budget because we spent a lot of time in pushing for the
budget of this Uasin Gishu county or this county assembly so that we don‟t have any
mistake or everything is in line with what is expected by the act and also the law and the
work .
So I wanted to say that it was not our fault; it was the fault of the other side and I want to
say in future in fact we have been saying that the next budget we are going to do, we need to
come in advance so that the ADP and whatever ... even you see you can see even the CIDP
was brought very late and we need to go to it so that we can interrogate in a proper time
everything that it contains and every Member can understand the content in that CIDP. So I
want to say that I want to support my committee because we have done a lot. I know that
if we had engaged - I dint know that the waziri concerned on the other side then this thing
could not go through. So, I want to say that it was that delay that we made that is why we
came from the recess for a special meeting because we had given them time to go and
adjust and then bring this thing and today we are passing.
So, I want to say I stand to support, Mr. Speaker.
Deputy Speaker: Honourable Leader of Majority, you know the procedure of the House.
order! Honourable Member, you know according the procedure of this House when the
mover has already moved the motion and the motion has been seconded as per the priority of
the standing order, the Leader of Government Business or the Leader of Majority is given a
chance not after the other Members. I find you out of order, honourable Lowoi .
Honourable Member for Segero Barsombe.
Hon Yego: Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir, for giving me this opportunity to give my
contribution.
First I wish to say that I am standing to voluntarily support the motion, Mr. Speaker Sir. I
wish to say that basing on the timeline and the way the procedures of the budget-making
process, I wish to say that the committee maybe intentionally placed the cart before the
horse, I mean this. I think the ADP should come before the real budget and in that
connection, I wish to say that I am thinking aloud when I recall the time we were passing
the real budget we were actually forced to pass it during a special sitting. In that connection
again we are actually intending to pass this budget on a special sitting. So, Mr. Speaker,
that is why I was saying that I am voluntarily supporting.
Going to page 9 on water , there is somewhere there a column indicating de-silting of water
pans and water in the dams with an estimate of sh50, 000, 000. I still remember that when
we were doing the budget process, we had actually set amount to buy machines for de-
siltation of the same dams. So, I am a bit confused here trying to connect the sh50, 000, 000
and the amount that was allocated to purchase of machinery .
Mr. Speaker, I stand to support the motion. Thank you.
Deputy Speaker: Thank you, honourable Member for Segero Barsombe. Before I put the
question, honourable Members, I would wish to give direction through the substantive Chair
that the amendments particularly that have been moved by honourable Members just allow
them because we are still learning. Let that be captured being assisted by the clerk before the
final document is submitted. Allow me, honourable Members, to put the question.
(Question Put and agreed to)
(ADP was adopted)
The House rose at 2:21PM