Benjamin Kipkirui Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Committee is to ensure that those regulations as published by those bodies comply with the requirements as set out per the law. What we have done as a House is to delegate power to either the Ministers or Commissions to come up with regulations which will help them facilitate the implementation of those Acts of Parliament. Therefore, ours is to apply our minds to ensure that the regulations are done within the framework of the law. I wish to thank the Office of the Speaker and that of the Clerk of the National Assembly for the necessary support extended to ... view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. Pursuant to Standing Order 31(1), I seek leave to move a Motion for the adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing the irregular allocation of land in Lamu. 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
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the recent pronouncements by the President that approximately 70 per cent of arable land in Lamu County was irregularly allocated to private entities during the period of 2011 to 2012 was very alarming. These land allocations were carried out in disregard of the law and the Constitution ostensibly with a view to claiming compensation under the Lamu Port, South Sudan Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Project. It is distressing that this revelation may lead to the repossessing and cancellation of thousands of title deeds in the area. These allocations may have occasioned grievances among the original inhabitants of the area, ... view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to promise my namesake that my Committee will look at this matter and in two weeks time I will deliver a response. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker. That is really a very serious matter. In my Committee, when we looked at the budgets of Ministries and commissions, we resolved to request a report on how much rent we are paying for commissions. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: This country is incurring Kshs1 billion every year on commissions’ rent. It is not sensible that the Government reduced Ministries from the previous Grand Coalition Government’s 42 to 18 and we still have Government parastatals being housed in private buildings. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: One commission, which has a very good record of lecturing us is spending Kshs3 million per month to house 54 staff. That is the Commission on Revenue Allocation. That is a very important issue which I would like to encourage the Committee to comprehensively investigate. I want to request the hon. Member to give them more time, so that we can see whether there is need to rent or we have excess capacity within the Government buildings which are not being used. People are looking for posh places to house their commissions. This is a very important issue. I want ... view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Members of this House for supporting my request for adjournment to discuss this very important issue about irregular land allocation in Lamu County. On 31st July at 8.00 p.m., the President addressed the nation on the issue of the land question in Lamu County. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Subsequently, it came out that huge chunks of land have been allocated to very few private companies in that county. It is still very fresh in our minds the insecurity problems in that county where more than 90 people lost their lives. Land issues have remained largely unanswered in this country. The land question has always been used to campaign. view