Charity Ngilu

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• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think that is a reasonable request to make. What I am going to do is to get back and get these works redesigned, and see how much more it will cost. It is true that there is river Kererua which is within Ortum Trading Centre. If we were to do redesigns and get water from this river, it is possible that we can now supply water to the whole trading centre, all the schools and the hospital that is around this market. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the water service boards work very closely with district water offices and officers. They are the ones who actually give them the works that need to funded and done, so that the designs are done. So, that is how they have got to be connected. There has got to be proper co-ordination between the constituencies, district water offices, our offices and the water service boards, to ensure that services get closer to the people. So, although the water services could be closer to the people, we only have eight water services boards that serve the whole ... view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that some of these areas are going through very serious and severe drought. What the Ministry is doing currently is to provide water by taking it to the people using water bowsers. That is what we will continue to do until we get rains. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the River Muruny that the hon. Member is talking about the same as River Kererua? Is it the same river? view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I accept the invitation and thank you for the information. However, I will get designs done and I will share them with the hon. Member. view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: There is a Question! view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member should be waking up a little earlier! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The total development budget for the Ministry in the year 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 Financial Years was used strictly in accordance with the budgetary provisions, which included water resources management, water supply and sewerage, rural water supply, urban water supply and informal settlement and development of irrigation and drainage infrastructure programmes. view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, that is not the policy at the moment. The policy at the moment is that to every district, we allocate so much money. We work with the District Water Officers and Members of Parliament are part and parcel of the District Development Committees (DDCs). Therefore, they need to check on how much money we have allocated. Over and above that, we also put so much money--- With the new Constitution, we are practising affirmative action. It is only last week when I responded to a Question by the hon. Member on how much money and what ... view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that the Ministry of Water and Irrigation was not considered in the ESP, and I think it is so important that this is done. There will be no meaningful development in this country without putting more resources into water. The amount of time people spend looking for water for domestic use or livestock, the amount of money that the Government spends in importing food that we can grow in our own country is something that should make us wake up, as the Government. It should make us ensure that we put more resources ... view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member may not be aware that every constituency in this country is a district. Therefore, when we take money to the district, we are taking it to the constituency. view