Charity Ngilu

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• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not true that Lower Eastern got much more than other areas in the country. In actual fact, I think the Question was wrongly put view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: by the person who put it. This is because I had just given that constituency two water bowsers. As you know the size of North Horr, even if I wanted and had all the resources, I would not be able to provide piped water to all those many villages. You also said that it is important that we pipe water to those villages. However, I think we must also find another way of ensuring that people get water. One of the ways of doing so is through water tankering. I do not want to say that this is not possible ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have taken the amendments that have been made to this Motion. We are going to ensure that those constituencies that have not been taken care of as should have been will be done. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Members here talked about climate change. It is true that the issue of climate change is not getting the attention that it should. Most rivers which were the source of water for people have now dried up. As we now look at the Lower Eastern and North Eastern where we are doing boreholes, the other areas where rivers used to flow have dried up. Therefore, again, we need to look at issues of climate change. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry has been able to do a lot of water conservation, which has not been done before. There has been a lot of talk about money lost in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation but I want to say here that people are looking at the amount of money that we have. They have even talked about the dams that we are constructing. I heard somebody talk about Badasa in Marsabit. For the first time in history, we are constructing a dam in Marsabit worth Kshs3 billion. We know very well that five years ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will notice that we have also reduced the number of people who have been treated for many types of diseases, especially waterborne diseases. All in all, the Ministry has done well. We have also revived irrigation schemes for the first time. I do not know why the Member for Bura did not talk about this. In Bura and Hola, we have been able to revive the irrigation schemes that had died. Last year, we were able to produce 185,000 bags of maize and 805,000 bags of rice. I think this is a great improvement. ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I want to thank the Committee and all hon. Members for the support they have given me. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Committee on Equal Opportunity on the distribution of water boreholes in the Country for the last three years laid on the Table of the House on 1st March, 2011, subject to deletion of the words “regions which have traditionally relied on boreholes” appearing on page 29 of the Report, and substituting therefor the words “constituencies which are prone to drought and famine, with emphasis on those which have been marginalized in the drilling of boreholes as per the said Report”. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Mr. Ethuro): Next Order! view
• 5 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that electricity supply to Nyakach Water Supply Works was disconnected for non-payment of an outstanding electricity bill of Kshs1,266,892 to the KPLC. (b) You will recall that on 24th February, 2011, my Ministry paid an outstanding bill of Kshs1.9 million to the KPLC being part payment for the electricity bill. An outstanding bill of K shs533,220 was to be paid by the water company, which they never did. My Ministry is in the process of clustering water companies in the same county, so that the economies ... view
• 5 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot promise when the money can be paid. In fact, we cannot pay. You will realize that the Ministry paid Kshs1.2 million in February and now there is an outstanding bill. view