{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=156871","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=156869","results":[{"id":1586892,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1586892/?format=json","text_counter":1299,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Limuru, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. (Eng) John Kiragu","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support this amendment. This matter came to our Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure and we discovered that it is outside the recommendation of the Mwongozo Code of Governance for State Corporations. This amendment will streamline this area and align it to the rest of the parastatals. It also provides an opportunity for somebody to prove themselves in three years. If they are found worth, there is the chance for a renewal. The amendment provides a transition clause for those who are about to get a renewal. This will bring order. 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":1586893,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1586893/?format=json","text_counter":1300,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Limuru, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. (Eng) John Kiragu","speaker":null,"content":"I support this amendment. This has been an issue that has been embarrassing to the sector, because it is an area that serves a lot of people. When these heads overstay, some of them stop being director-generals and start becoming contractors. I, therefore, support."},{"id":1586894,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1586894/?format=json","text_counter":1301,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Dido Raso."},{"id":1586895,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1586895/?format=json","text_counter":1302,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Saku, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Ali Raso","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this amendment. Roads are such an important asset and also the most expensive asset. Imagine in constructing a road you spend Ksh40 million per kilometre of tarmac road. It is such a precious commodity that we must safeguard in the first place. The amendment seeks to limit how long a director-general stays in an office. Because we live in Kenya, we have learned that if a director-general stays longer, he becomes part of the institution and also part of the furniture of an office. Once they know that their terms are subject to renewal, it means they must work really very hard to win that trust and get additional time. Currently, at KeRRA, KURA and KeNHA, the director-generals who have been sought through very competitive processes, tend to work very hard. More so when they are told that, ‘my friend, you have a term limit and you must competitively apply for that renewal’, they are likely to put in energy, motivation, and make those who are working under them to be efficient. With those remarks, I beg to support."},{"id":1586896,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1586896/?format=json","text_counter":1303,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Yegon, are you in the House?"},{"id":1586897,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1586897/?format=json","text_counter":1304,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Bomet East, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Richard Yegon","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also support this amendment which has been brought in by the Leader of the Majority Party. The roads sector is a very sensitive sector in this economy. We need people who are very serious in their work there. Bringing these amendments of changing the term limit from five years to three years, that is renewable for another three years, means that somebody must work hard so that he can be given another term to serve in that position. This is, therefore, a very good amendment. I believe we will adhere to what the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee said, that we should also look into making sure that we get engineers to occupy those positions. I beg to support."},{"id":1586898,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1586898/?format=json","text_counter":1305,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" There being no further interest to contribute to the Bill, I call upon the Mover to reply."},{"id":1586899,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1586899/?format=json","text_counter":1306,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I reply, allow me to thank the Members who have contributed in support of this Bill. Hon. Atandi has alluded to the fact that the Director General of the Kenya Roads Board is in office only because he is an engineer. I assure him that we will look at qualifications issue. I do not know whether the Kenya Roads Board deals with engineering work. Therefore, one may be the chief executive officer without being an engineer at the board level. However, the road agencies are in charge of implementing actual construction of roads. I agree that their CEOs must be engineers and ought to be professionally qualified."},{"id":1586900,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1586900/?format=json","text_counter":1307,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":null,"content":"The Kenya Roads Board is in the same sector with the road agencies. The only difference is that the road agencies are under the Kenya Roads Act, while the Kenya Roads Board is under the Kenya Roads Board Act. The fact that they are in the same sector, and in line with the principles set out in the Mwongozo Code of Governance, it is important to have consistency."},{"id":1586901,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1586901/?format=json","text_counter":1308,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":null,"content":"Section 12(3) and (4) of the Kenya Roads Board Act states that the director-general shall hold office for a period of five years and shall be eligible for re-appointment for one further term of five years. We will move a consequential amendment to this Bill, so that we bring the Director-General of the Kenya Roads Board under its ambit. This will ensure that the Director 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."}]}