Chris Obure

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 1088.

• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I wish to share the concerns shared by the last two speakers Mr. Konchela and the previous ones. We are entering into very--- view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the establishment of villages. I think we are entering a field which could be dangerous because we do not have standard practice in the entire country. We have not even defined what village is really. I agree with the sentiments expressed earlier by Mr. Konchela and the previous speaker. We should be a bit more careful in this respect. In any case, I think this should be really the territory of the new County Governments we have tried to devolve. view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to join hon. Members and the Kenyans in conveying our condolences to the family of a very prominent Kenyan. I have known Mr. Michuki from the 1970s when he was an Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Finance. I know that he performed his assignments with commitment. He was very effective in that capacity. Mr. Michuki was a no-nonsense person. He did not mince his words and he did not know how to pretend. He was a very focused and disciplined person. He believed in personal discipline, order and efficiency ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that there are several residential houses in Kapsabet Town which started approximately 20 years ago, meant for public servants and stalled in the 1990. These pool houses stalled because the Government did not have the money to pay the contractors. (b) My Ministry commenced technical documentation with a view to completing these houses way back in March, 2007. The documentation has since been completed. But unfortunately we do not have the requisite budgetary allocation to be able to proceed with construction works. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this project ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I share the sentiments of the hon. Member of Parliament. The Ministry of Public Works inherited about 225 stalled projects throughout the country. It was initially envisaged that all these projects would be completed before the end of this year 2012. Unfortunately, the funds provided to the Ministry have not been adequate to enable us to complete the projects as initially envisaged. For example, this year we were hoping to get approximately Kshs5 billion to enable us to complete these projects. We only received Kshs3 billion, out of which Kshs1 billion was spent on paying for ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not say that we inherited 200 projects. I said that we inherited 225 stalled projects. We have been able to complete more than 200 out of the 225 stalled projects. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, these are projects inherited by the NARC Government from the KANU Government at the beginning of 2003. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not wish to be misunderstood on this. We took over 225 stalled projects and we were hoping that we would be able to complete all these projects by the end of 2012. Unfortunately, this has not been possible; but I can confidently say that approximately 200 out of the 225 stalled projects have been completed. There are a few others which are in various stages of completion. Others are being done in phases, but I want to assure the honourable Member of Parliament that if we receive the Kshs5 billion which we requested, we ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he is raising other issues relating to the ESPs; I do not think that I have the mandate to respond on those projects. What I want to assure the hon. Member is that all stalled projects, for which my Ministry is responsible, will be completed by 2013, because I am optimistic that the Government will provide the balance of the funds required. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what we started doing in March, 2007 was to commence preparations. Preparations are complete, all documentation is ready and we hoped to raise money to commence actual construction. Unfortunately, we were not able to raise that money. However, I assure the hon. Member that in the next financial year, there is general understanding that the full housing projects in Voi and Kapsabet will be allocated sufficient funds so that they can commence and be completed in approximately one year’s time from the time they commence. view