Alfred Sambu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion that we do go for 1692 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 29, 2007 these two weeks or so, recess. I want to ask the Government to help us with one thing, that as we go on recess we have to go and tell the people. First, the connection fees demanded by the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC); Kshs32,000 for a rural user of electricity is view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: not possible. Let them split it. If they have to collect it, let it be spread over 24 or 36 months so that it can be payable as they pay with the charges on the meter. Charging Kshs32,000 for a rural user, will mean that those transformers will just remain there unused and the effect of what the Government has done will not be felt, in spite of having put in all those billions. That is a very urgent demand. I want also to speak about the cost of university education. The public universities have raised the entry point for ... view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I say that-- I did not even say at the national level. I am saying that it is at the district level to help him to supervise his officers to make sure that it is equitable. Finally, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to speak about security in my constituency. I do not want to speak about other people's constituencies. In my constituency, in a place called Mosoriot, which is on the main road between Eldoret and Kapsabet, five people have been killed in one year. Last year, three people were killed. Two ... view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Lands:- (a) whether he is aware that all the plot owners of Ndalat Settlement Scheme in Nandi North District have completed paying for their plots; (b) whether he is further aware that some of these plot owners are being denied their full title deeds; and, (c) whether he could immediately release the title deeds to them. view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Ndalat Settlement Scheme was marked out and given out in the early 1960s - I think in 1961, 1962 and 1963. Whenever I go there most people claim that they have repaid the full loans. Could the Assistant Minister be kind enough to give me a list showing all the details of the people who have repaid for the 299 titles, the 135 titles and also of the 117 people who still owe the Government so that we can be able to display this information confidentially to show them that they have not repaid and, therefore, they ... view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said, this is an old settlement scheme. These are farms which have changed hands severally. Unfortunately, the documents still contain the original allottees. The 117 people who have not paid have a problem. They pay, but the payments are credited to the original allottees. Could he facilitate, so that the new-owners are the ones who are given the invoices for the repayment of the loans? view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have heard that the sugar-cane farmers are benefiting from such big waivers. Could the Minister also consider waiving loans from the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) and other Government institutions, which are owed by grain, dairy, coffee and other farmers? view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the reasons why many Kenyans are sending their children to Uganda is that the fees in Uganda are much lower. What is the Assistant Minister doing to make public universities in Kenya lower the fees? They are becoming as expensive as private universities. What are they doing to lower the fees in public universities? view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I seek three clarifications. One, where we have rural electrification programmes, which are donor-funded--- For example, in my area, by the French, Phase I, Phase II, they do everything, including the transformers. Why is it that KPLC starts charging Kshs32,000 to connect rural people? Secondly, I want to seek the following clarification. Where we have CDF paying for the full transformer on an existing high tension line, the CDF pays for the full transformer and then the KPLC comes down and says: "For the rural people there, they have to pay Kshs32,000." We have to help ... view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the reasons that our tea does not appear in good value is that the factories are congested and so the tea is not properly processed. Could the Assistant Minister allow more factories to be established by individuals using smaller acreages of tea so that the value of our tea could go up? view