{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=150497","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=150495","results":[{"id":1523152,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1523152/?format=json","text_counter":98,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kilifi North, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Owen Baya","speaker":null,"content":" I appreciate Hon. Ruku's frustration. I commit that in two weeks’ time, he will have a statement that answers the questions that he has raised. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."},{"id":1523153,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1523153/?format=json","text_counter":99,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":16,"legal_name":"Farah Maalim Mohamed","slug":"farah-maalim"},"content":" Yes, Member for Kajiado North."},{"id":1523154,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1523154/?format=json","text_counter":100,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kajiado North, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Onesmus Ngogoyo","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The issues that are in the four requests for statement, including the one on security, are cross-cutting. The Office of the Leader of the Majority Party has failed to provide responses from the Cabinet Secretaries. He should have summoned them to appear before the House to respond to the issues. We should put the specific Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries to task on some of the issues that are coming up. We have an opportunity to call the Principal Secretaries to appear before this House. Since this Session started, the Leader of the Majority Party has not provided a schedule indicating which Cabinet Secretary would be coming to the National Assembly to respond to which matters. For instance, the issue of pensions has become a thorn in the flesh. The Cabinet Secretary has continuously failed to reply to letters directed to him by this House. Likewise, on the matter that Hon. Ruku has raised, I wrote a letter, but it was dropped because the question that he had was before mine. The Office of the Leader of the Majority Party, even as it does its many things across the country, needs to take the work of the National Assembly very seriously and provide a schedule of Questions to be replied to by the Cabinet Secretaries. It is your role, especially Hon. Owen Baya. You are reconstituting committees, forgetting that you have the bigger responsibility of ensuring that Cabinet Secretaries come to the House to respond to the issues that are raised by the people."},{"id":1523155,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1523155/?format=json","text_counter":101,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":16,"legal_name":"Farah Maalim Mohamed","slug":"farah-maalim"},"content":" Fair enough. I direct that the statement be delivered within two weeks, which means next week."},{"id":1523156,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1523156/?format=json","text_counter":102,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kilifi North, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Owen Baya","speaker":null,"content":" I am much obliged, Hon. Temporary Speaker. However, I would like Hon. Ngogoyo to appreciate that Cabinet Secretaries will only come to the House if there are Questions to be responded to, but not requests for statements. What Hon. Ruku has presented is a request for a statement, which gets to this House through a certain process and procedure. Hon. Ngogoyo is a new Member who has refused to learn the procedures of the House. I do not know how he was in high school, but I have my doubts. You do not write a letter to Parliament. You raise a question or request for statement on the Floor of the House. If it is a Question, the Cabinet Secretary will respond to it before the relevant Departmental Committee, in which case we generate a schedule of Questions to be responded to in the departmental committees. Hon. Ngogoyo, please, for the sake of the gallery or any other thing, familiarise yourself with the procedures and the Standing Orders of this House as well as the Constitution, so that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."},{"id":1523157,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1523157/?format=json","text_counter":103,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kilifi North, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Owen Baya","speaker":null,"content":"we transact business without going back and forth. You owe this House the duty of care so that we move forward, instead of raising issues and feigning ignorance of the Standing Orders. Please, we want to move forward. Ignorance does not help you on the ground or in this House. It makes you look very bad by your people, knowing that you know nothing about the proceedings of this House."},{"id":1523158,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1523158/?format=json","text_counter":104,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Laughter)"},{"id":1523159,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1523159/?format=json","text_counter":105,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":16,"legal_name":"Farah Maalim Mohamed","slug":"farah-maalim"},"content":" Order, Deputy Leader of the Majority Party! The Member for Kisii County, Hon. Dorice Donya, is seeking a statement from the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure."},{"id":1523160,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1523160/?format=json","text_counter":106,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"UTILISATION OF THE FUEL LEVY FUND"},{"id":1523161,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1523161/?format=json","text_counter":107,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kisii County, WDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Dorice Donya","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding the utilisation of the Fuel Levy Fund on maintenance, rehabilitation and development of the country's road network. The Fuel Levy, also known as the Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF), is primarily used to finance the maintenance, rehabilitation and development of the country's road network. That money that constitutes this Fund is collected from every litre of fuel that is consumed. A recent increase in the RMLF is aimed at addressing the significant backlog in road maintenance and settlement of debts owed to road contractors. Even though 80 per cent of the Fuel Levy is sourced from road users, the condition of most roads across the country remains poor, characterised by potholes, inadequate drainage systems and stalled projects. The public rightfully expresses that the revenue from the Fuel Levy should lead to improved road infrastructure. However, this expectation has not been met. Concerns have been raised regarding the accountability of the relevant Ministry in allocation and disbursement of those funds, including the skewed distribution across the country. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is against this background that I request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure on the following: 1. A report on the total collection and use of Fuel Levy for the maintenance, rehabilitation and development of the country's road network over the past three years, including details of the specific roads. 2. Action taken by the Ministry to ensure transparency and accountability in the expenditure of monies from the Fuel Levy Fund. 3. The criteria used to prioritise road maintenance and construction projects funded from the Fuel Levy. 4. Measures that have been put in place to ensure timely completion of road projects that are funded from the Fuel Levy. 5. The status of disbursement of the Fuel Levy funds between the national Government and the county governments, and whether the counties are sufficiently funded to maintain the roads under their jurisdiction. Thank you. Hon. Speaker, allow me to say something about this request for statement. I have raised five requests for statements in this House. However, I am always been given null and void answers. On this one, I hope the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure will The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}]}