2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to present the following Petition. I, the UNDERSIGNED, on behalf of the residents of Matisi Community in Kitale, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, the Petitioners are business owners and property owners of land situated along the Kitale-Endebess-Suam Road; THAT, the road has been scheduled for construction and expansion and, as a result, owners of property within the range of 40 metres of the road are required to vacate; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the ...
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2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT, consequently, the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) and the National Land Commission (NLC) recently earmarked the property for demolition;
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2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT, Gazette Notice No.4496 in the Kenya Gazette dated 10th May 2019 lists registered owners of the parcels of land along the road whose land is intended for compulsory acquisition by the NLC on behalf of KeNHA; THAT, members of the Matisi Community whose land has been earmarked for demolition have not been listed in the stated Gazette Notice and yet, their land is also earmarked for acquisition; THAT, the residents are apprehensive that they are likely to lose their property without compensation, since in the terms of the Gazette Notice, only the people listed therein are eligible for compensation; ...
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26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have been patiently waiting for this chance to voice my support to this very timely Bill. Some of the laws that guide our financial institutions were heavily borrowed from other jurisdictions. As much as I worked elsewhere, our cultural and social setup is quite different. You can see the mushrooming of banks around this country. Commercial banks have found an easier way of making profit out of some of the laws that cushion them against the risk of lending. That is why this Bill is timely. Most Kenyans have suffered for guaranteeing friends. ...
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26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
There is a case in point where a friend guaranteed a person who was vying for an elective seat. Of course, he lost the election. That person died from the shock of losing the seat. Even the person who guaranteed him to get the loan for campaign also died – probably from shock on realising that he was going to lose his entire investments. Here is a case of losing an innocent individual who came to help. A person who is not even interested in politics is suffering because he innocently went out of his way to help a person ...
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26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
This Bill will cushion many innocent Kenyans who have been guaranteeing friends out of courtesy and goodwill, but who eventually lose their properties and expose their families to poverty. You can ask yourself why we have so many banks in a country with a population of 45 million. We have about 50 banks. Empirically, it shows that for every one million Kenyans, there is one bank. It is because the banks have found it palatable to just give loans knowing very well that they are cushioned against risk. They use guarantors to cushion themselves from risks. That is why if ...
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11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Just to assure you it is not a county affair, I rise to support the Procedural Motion by Hon. Elijah Memusi.
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11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
On 29th May 2019, you conveyed names of persons to be appointed as Ambassadors and High Commissioners to various missions abroad. Being a Member of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, I can confidently report that, as a Committee, we have had an avalanche of activities including consideration of Supplementary Estimates, Budget Estimates and the recently concluded vetting of the first batch of nominees that the House deliberated on. Given that consideration and tabling of reports has a timeline of tomorrow as the deadline, we believe an extension of 14 days will give us enough time to consider ...
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19 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I was one of the interested members. I proposed a Motion of Adjournment. I want to thank my friend for moving swiftly. He was given the first chance to move the Motion. At the infancy of our nation, there were three challenges that we grappled with. Those were ignorance, disease and hunger or poverty. It is very shameful that 50 years down the line, we are still grappling with the three challenges after Independence. The images that have gone viral of emaciated human beings from Baringo and Turkana counties ...
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12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
The Question is to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development: (i) Is the Cabinet Secretary aware that Kambimiwa - Lukhome -Kaptama, Kitale - Kinyoro- Baraton - Saboti - Kisawai and Kiminini - Lukhome Roads in Saboti Constituency are in deplorable state and that during rainy seasons, they become impassable? (ii) Are there plans to upgrade the said roads to bitumen standards?
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