Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 15421 to 15430 of 17799.

• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, with regard to the county government which is now mandated to have devolved funds, I request that it ensures that there is provision of water for human beings and livestock. Garissa County, in my view, is not responding at all to the situation that is in Balambala Constituency. I call upon the County Government of Garissa which now has the devolved funds and especially funds set aside for emergencies to respond to this situation and equip the boreholes which have failed because of simple things. They need to ensure that there is adequate water trucking to the ... view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: In order to address this problem, I think we need to empower the National Drought Management Authority. This is a very important Authority because it has all the information on the situation across the country. The Authority has information on where rains failed and where drought is being experienced. They have the capability to mount an immediate response to the situation in Balambala and the rest of the country. The Authority must be funded adequately. I will personally bring a Bill to this House to ensure that funds are set aside from the national kitty to give resources to the ... view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, is the hon. Member in order to mislead the House that the national Government is not doing anything to help the people who are currently being affected by drought? I want to state categorically that the national Government has been of great help but let me say that the issue of devolving water services should be very well thought out. The Ministry of Environment, Water and Mineral Resources has great capabilities. It has very good engineers who understand the problems as they are across the country. All the water pans that we have in the ASAL ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have two Statements to make and both of them are from the Ministry of Defence. The first one was sought by Dr. Ottichilo on the San Marco Space Application Centre in Malindi. view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, this matter is before three Departmental Committees; Energy, Communication and Information; Administration and National Security and Education, Research and Technology. So, what hon. Ottichilo wanted was a brief status. I am sure this Statement will help him to interrogate the Committees further. Secondly, I had the privilege of serving in the Committee that was investigating the San Marco issue in the last Parliament. I am sure the report of that Committee, which I had the pleasure to serve together with hon. James Rege, who was my able Chair and my colleague, hon. Eng. Nicholas Gumbo will bring ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Space Secretariat which is under the Ministry of Defence. If Parliament brings very good recommendations; that institution can replace the Italians at San Marco. I am sure there is a new agreement which is being developed after the June, 14th deadline. Hon. Speaker, Sir, hon. Harrison Kombe asked me how much the Italians are earning; I cannot answer that question. I have answered the question that was sent to me by hon. Ottichilo. That is the question that I forwarded to the Ministry of Defence. It is very interesting; hon. Nkaissery has raised a question on why we should wait ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the document I have laid on the Table of this House is from the Executive; it is from the Ministry of Defence. It is dated 4th June, 2012, when an extension was done for this project to go on until June, 2014. If my memory does not fail me, the bloated Grand Coalition Government then, which exited in March this year; one hon. (Maj-Gen.) Nkaissery, the Member of Parliament for Kajiado Central, was an Assistant Minister for Defence. That document is from the Ministry of Defence and he cannot run away from it because it was a Grand ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is a man I respect a lot. He is the Chairman of the Pastoral Parliamentary Group; a very serious caucus. I only made a reference to Maj-Gen. Nkaissery when he was a Minister. But, if I go further, this is a House of debate. By then there was something in Government which was called collective Cabinet responsibility. Whether hon. Yusuf Haji, who is a great Senator from my county, who was by then the Minister for Defence, or anybody else signed a document on behalf of Foreign Affairs Minister; hon. Wetangula or hon. Prof. Ongeri, hon. Nkaissery ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, the next Statement is a short reply from the Ministry of Defence and it was sought by the Member of Parliament for Ainabkoi Constituency on the ongoing recruitment by the Kenya Defence Forces. The Member asked specific questions and I have specific answers for him as follows. (i) On whether the recruitment advertisement complied with Section 28(2) of the Kenya Defence Forces Act, requiring consultation with the Public Service Commission on the criteria for recruitment; yes, the KDF consulted the Public Service Commission on the subject matter in a meeting held on 22nd August, 2013 alongside the ... view