Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I wish to second. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to also contribute to the Sessional Paper No.2 of 2015 on National Building Maintenance Policy. This policy, like Members have said, is important to all human beings. There needs to be a well coordinated and planned manner of ensuring that buildings are maintained. Even engines and motor vehicles are taken for reconditioning or servicing regularly. There should be a good plan where records are maintained to know when service will be needed and maintenance undertaken. Without such plans, it is not possible to ensure that buildings are maintained. However, ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: As you are aware, we have passed various legislations in this House that are environmental friendly by nature in that they support people with disabilities. Those laws must also be complied with. Our buildings here in Parliament were recently made compliant. For a long time, Parliament buildings were not compliant with some of the legislations that we have passed here. So, this Policy Paper sets up mechanisms to ensure that we also comply with these legislations. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Something very interesting that I have noted in this Sessional Paper is that it envisages goals such as promotion of good health and safety measures within a building and associated infrastructure. For purposes of safety, there has to be a provision in a building for escape in the event of an emergency. This has not been catered for or taken care of in the past. Even in our homes, we need to have provision for such things. Where buildings have been put up, there has to be consideration for escape routes. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Another thing I find very interesting and which I consider very important is the need to carry out and adopt regular reviews of risk management. Risks exist and unless there is a provision on how to deal with them, you are bound to endanger your own life and that of others. Then there is development and promotion of national maintenance culture. We have not had this. We have to maintain our buildings. We should not wait for them to deteriorate before we act. We should not wait, say, for the doors and windows to get in a poor state, or ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: buildings. It is at this time that officers push for maintenance or repairs to be undertaken, but when there is a plan like this one, things will be different. It is like when you plan to go to war. You must have the logistics in place to support your plan. When you are going to fight, you must have the necessary instruments for fighting. In this case, there has to be a provision for the requirements of maintenance work. Proper maintenance of records will ensure that maintenance of buildings is done regularly. By so doing--- view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you very much Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is important that in this process you expect that there will be need to undertake a certain activity at a given time. It is, therefore, important to make provision for it in the budget so that funds are made available to the officers who are expected to do the maintenance. By so doing, we will keep buildings in a good state. The environment where our people live and work will also be in good condition. This policy is going to ensure we become a healthy nation. It will also ensure that ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I wish to thank the Chairman of the Committee and Members of the Committee and particularly the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development for having come up with this Policy Paper. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Bill. It has come at a time when we need to strengthen the co-operative movement. The proposals introduced by the Bill are aimed at setting mechanisms for registration and licensing of SACCO societies as DTSs. This is a re-designation of societies which now gives them a posture of taking deposits in a manner which is regulated. view
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: One more important clause which has been introduced in the Bill is on information sharing among financial institutions. This also puts a hindrance to people who are credit unworthy to access them. Some people have hidden in SACCOs. They have defaulted elsewhere and moved there to acquire loans. With a credit information sharing mechanism, there will be better control of credit information under a single regulatory framework, which will also provide checks on borrowers. This is very important for us. As you are aware, in our country, the cooperative movement has been responsible for the development of majority of Kenyans, ... view