Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 15211 to 15220 of 17799.

• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: (v) the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) are patrolling the Kenyan/Ethiopia border to prevent foreign militia from crossing the border using the Moyale KDF Camp; and, view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: (vi) intelligence information gathering and sharing among the security agencies within the country and outside the neighbouring countries has been upscaled. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, the Government is alive to the incident that happened this week. I think this is not only for the Marsabit County Government, but is for all county governments in our country. The principles and objects of a devolved government are about giving powers of self governance to the people. It is also about recognizing the rights of communities to manage their own affairs. It is about protecting and promoting the interest and rights of the minorities and marginalized groups. I am sure that our governors and county assembly leadership will protect that. I urge the leadership of ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: is only in peace that we can achieve economic growth that our people are yearning for. This will enable our children to go to school. I would like to tell my colleagues, especially those from the pastoral communities, that Kenya is at 50 and we cannot keep on fighting. We do not want the next 50 years to be for fighting among the pastoral communities in Garissa, Mandera, Wajir, Marsabit, Turkana, Samburu and Pokot; the next 50 years should be for prosperity and economic development. We, the leadership should be at the forefront of making sure that we become the ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, the next Statement was sought by the Member for Rarieda, hon. (Eng.) Nicholas Gumbo on two separate matters. One was on the total length of power transmission and distribution lines in the country. The other one was on the total length of tarmac roads service per constituency broken down into classes “A”, “B”, “C”, “D” and “E”. I will start with the one on power distribution. Due to interconnectivity nature of the transmission and distribution lines which traverse the counties without necessarily serving the same counties, we have not had a system of apportioning these lines to ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: However, we are in the process of establishing the number of transformers per county and constituency which would have been more relevant, bearing in mind the determination of the level of electricity per county. In the meantime, we have indicated the total length of power transmission/distribution lines in the country. For the voltage level of 400KV, we do not have anything. We have no length. For 220KV, we have 1,331 kilometres; for 132KV, we have 2,436 kilometres; for 66KV we have 1,097 kilometres; for 33KV, we have 1,632 kilometres; and for 11KV, we have 28,881kilometres. The total domestic and industrial ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: The measures the Government is taking to bring equity to all parts of the country with regard to electricity connections are as follows:- view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: (i) The Rural Electrification Project is intended to focus on the rural areas which have less coverage of infrastructure than the urban and peri urban areas; A lot of work has taken place under this programme since 2004. However, in a new constitutional dispensation, sustainability of these gains has been reversed because funds have been 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. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: channelled to the county governments. The central Government is, therefore, not able to continue with the programme of establishing equity which could even result in the uneven distribution of funds and failure to realise establishment of equity across the country. An equalisation fund may need to be used by the central Government. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: (ii) Maximization of connectivity through the enhanced utilization of the existing transformers with Government subsidy; the Government support on electricity connection subsidy to Kenya Power is aimed at maximising the number of customers who are served by the existing transformers within the payment of standard fees, notwithstanding the length of the infrastructure to supply to each consumer or customer. This has created demand as more prospective customers are able to afford the minimal set fee. view