National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Members of the National Assembly offered congratulations and thanks to Hon. Duale and Hon. Alice Wahome on their appointments to the Executive, praising their service, mentorship and leadership within the House. The speeches also highlighted the importance of women’s representation, the need for continued parliamentary oversight of the Executive, and calls for greater support to constituency development funds. Overall the tone was appreciative and forward‑looking. Hon. Gideon Ochanda condemned the current teacher delocalisation policy as a punitive, non‑participatory process that has displaced many senior teachers and disrupted communities. He argued that the issue stems from flawed recruitment and deployment practices and urged the Temporary Speaker and the TSC to replace delocalisation with standard civil‑servant transfer procedures, ensuring proper notice and voluntary participation. The debate called for a review of the policy and a more transparent, humane approach to teacher transfers. Members used the session to congratulate and thank senior leaders such as Aden Duale and Alice Wahome, praising their contributions to gender representation, water and sanitation, and national leadership. The speeches were largely appreciative, interspersed with personal anecdotes and light‑hearted remarks about political careers and friendships.
Hon. Members we have a quorum to transact business.
Hon. Members, we now have the requisite quorum. So, we will proceed. Hon. Bartoo, you may proceed.
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was contributing on the remuneration of village elders. My name is Phylis Bartoo, the Member of Parliament for Moiben. I started by saying that the remuneration of village elders should be anchored in law. According to Article 41 of the Constitution on labour relations, if you contract the services of any person, you are supposed to compensate them for the serv…
can get compromised. Remember they are vulnerable and are human too. They have to meet their needs like taking their children to school. They also have medical issues. They volunteer in all duties and assignments yet at the end of the day, they go home empty handed. As Members of Parliament, it is high time we considered legislating this issue.
Your time is up. Hon. Irene Mayaka, Nominated Member.
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also stand to support the Motion on renumeration of our village elders and their recognition, by my good friend Hon. Mutuse. When it comes to recognition of these village elders... First of all, we know that most of the time they have acted as voluntary public servants. They are also the people at the tail end of the grassroot level thus able to reach out to o…
The Member for Baringo County, Hon. Florence Jematia. Is she absent? Okay. Hon. Catherine Omanyo.
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hey! It has been a long day. Thank you for staying put and listening to some of us because sometimes we think our voices are not valid. I support this Motion strongly, a million times. The village elders of where I come from are called ligurus. They know each household, each home. And if there can be any term that can be well defined as bottom-up, then we have t…
Let us have the Member for Mathioya, Hon. Edwin Gichuki.
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I rise to fully support this Motion for village elders to be given something. Without repeating what most of my colleagues have said, I want to outline the role of village elders, especially in my constituency:
Hon. Zamzam, Member for Mombasa County.
Ahsante sana, Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Ningependa kuchukua fursa hii kwanza, kuwashukuru ndugu zangu wa Mombasa kwa fursa ambayo wamenipa kuwawakilisha katika Bunge hili. Nawahakikishia kuwa nitafanya kazi kwa uadilifu. Kuna tashwishi sana kule mashinani kuwa hatujafikisha pesa za National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) . Nawaambia kuwa bado NGAAF haijapitishwa kama vile National Government…
Thank you, Hon. Member. The Member for Samburu East, Jackson Lekumontare.
Thank you. Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this chance. First of all, I want to thank the people of Samburu East for giving me a second chance to serve them in the 13th Parliament. Concerning the Motion we are discussing on village elders, these are very important people because they help in administration of small units. I know in some counties, the county governments give some allowances t…
administration are well taken care of in some counties. These people need to be given some allowance to motivate them to do the work they do. When they render this service and are not paid, they are not motivated. I think the national Government has more finances than county governments. Sometimes, it is embarrassing when these people work but nobody takes care of them. Even when they have meetin…
Your time is up, Hon. Members.
The Member who was speaking right now will have a balance of about five minutes. Hon. Members the time being 7.00 p.m., this House stands adjourned until Thursday, 27th October 2022 at 2:30 p.m. The House rose at 7.00 p.m.
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