28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I seek the indulgence of the Chair because I have just mentioned to the hon. Member concerned that His Excellency the President is going to Marsabit County tomorrow and we are required to go as an advance team. So, instead of queuing up to the last bunch, I can go out and get him a copy or, if he is kind enough, he could allow us to go ahead.
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for your indulgence very sincerely.
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
I beg to reply.
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
(a) It is not true that the entire Taita Taveta County has been excluded from the current Government mitigation programme on drought and famine. As a matter of fact, the county has been benefiting from relief food given by my Ministry to needy districts every month and has also been benefiting from Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation Programme run by the World Food Programme. In July 2010 to June, 2011, the Ministry allocated the county a total of 21,500 bags of maize, 1,120 bags of beans, 7,300 bags of rice and 2,050 cartons of cooking oil, all valued at Kshs113,368,250. ...
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the Member for that intervention. On the School Feeding Programme which was specifically initiated due to this drought intervention, funds were exclusively allocated to the Ministry of Education to cater for that. That was meant for the expanded School Feeding Programme and also the fees waiver. That is not under the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. However, we have written a letter to the Ministry of Education and they have said that the Kshs4.4 billion, which was a total package for the fees waiver and the Expanded School Feeding Programme has not been ...
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Members are consulting a bit loudly and I cannot hear the Member clearly.
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the Member was keen, I mentioned that this county was not left out. It is being treated like all the other counties in the country. I know that it is part of the ASAL counties and that is why it is benefiting from relief food like all the other affected counties. In part “b” of the Question, the Member wanted to know what the Government is doing so that the current wave of drought does not consume more of our people than it has already done. I would like to mention that this is a ...
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you rightly observed, I am not too sure that I needed to come back to that. It was the Cabinet’s decision that that money was approved. What the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance indicated, and that is what I have here also, is a gap of Kshs2 billion. The rest is readily available and he is going to source for that. I know that there is a gap of Kshs2 billion which the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance said that he would look for where to cut expenditure from other Ministries, ...
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot commit myself as to when I am going to give a bowser to each district in that county, but I can quickly say that in liaison with the line Ministry, which is the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, already some water bowsers have been mobilized and are in the various counties. My Ministry already has a programme to buy extra water bowsers in the next one month or so. As I said, about two months ago, we got some grant from Japan. Unfortunately, you know what happened there, but we are purchasing 30 extra ...
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4 May 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I apologize for coming into the Chamber after the Question had already been called out. I was late for a few minutes and I sincerely apologize to the House.
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