Charity Ngilu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said, the water supply will increase from 6,000 cubic metres, which means we are going to increase three times the area that will be covered by the water once this is completed. view
• 29 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sure the hon. Member knows that we have plans to increase the water supply in areas of Sameta, that is, about 60 kilometres within Kisii Town. Indeed, we will continue to increase water where there is need, but for now, the amount of money that we have will cover Kisii Town and its environs. view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to bring this Ministerial Statement on issues raised with regard to some of our water services boards, the National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation (NWCPC) and Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company (NWSC). view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to do this because there have been too many questions being asked inside and outside Parliament and I would rather give these Statement so that as I await some of the reports that I am going to get, I put this to rest. view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I requested to make this Ministerial Statement to update hon. Members of this honourable House on issues regarding some State corporations and my Ministry which are of public interest. These are Tana Athi Water Services Board, National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation (NWCPC) and the Nairobi Water Company. I would like to deal with each institution separately and I would like to begin with the NWCPC. view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the NWCPC has legal mandate to develop water dams and pans and drill boreholes in the country. When I became the Minister in 2008, the institutions’ performance was very poor, raising a huge public outcry, including from hon. Members. For instance, there were allegations of poor workmanship in dam and pan construction; high number of dry and capped boreholes. My response to stakeholders’ complaints and gross insensitivity was that, I called in the Inspector-General of State Corporations to investigate. The report revealed that the corporation had weak internal financial and procurement management systems that promoted misuse of ... view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while the investigations were going on the allegations of misappropriation of funds based on internal audit that the board had requested for, the corporation’s offices were gutted down by fire on 24th of September, 2009. On preliminary investigations, it was established that some payments were made without supporting documents and the management was aware of it. The board then requested the police and fire experts from the Ministry of Public Works to investigate the fire incident. Hon. Members will recall that I immediately dissolved the board of directors and sent the Managing Director and key members of ... view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I promised this honourable House that I would give a report on the outcome of the investigations once finalized. I want to report that the police and the fire experts have finalized investigations and are waiting for the police to submit their report to us for action. The police will also take action on those suspected to have committed criminal offence. On pending bills, I held a meeting with the main suppliers of goods and services on 26th of November, 2009, and requested them to submit any documents that they may not have gotten from the server ... view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I also inform hon. Members that some claims are highly suspect. Like, for example, I was surprised to receive a letter from one of the suppliers who just brought a letter to me – and I have the letter – saying that he had supplied and done some work for the NWCPC to the tune of Kshs513 million. On asking for any LPOs, he said that he was still in the process of getting those LPOs, and yet he claimed that he had already given the service. view
• 28 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: After dissolution of the board of directors, I have since reconstituted a new board comprising of reputable personalities and overhauled the management, which is currently being led by Eng. Madam Petronilla Ogut. Once I receive all pending reports, I shall take appropriate action within the framework of the law. view