Danson Mungatana

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1221 to 1230 of 2308.

• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On the same issue, and without challenging your ruling, I want to request the Assistant Minister to note that under the new Constitution, Chapter 15 on Commissions and Independent Office Holders, particularly Section 254, you do not need to beg the appointing authority to release the reports. The reports must be released to either the President or Parliament and that must be complied with. This is a new Kenya! view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the safety of property and lives of Kenyan citizens in Southern Sudan. Mr. Speaker Sir, there is a pending Referendum in Southern Sudan which is expected to take place on 9th January, 2011. In keeping with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that was signed here in Kenya, there were a number of things that needed to have been accomplished before that Referendum took place. Among some of the things was an agreement on the demarcation of the borders between the North and the South, ... view
• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first I want to really thank the Minister for being very elaborate. I was listening to that Statement clearly, thanks to the electronic transmission. Maybe one of the things that Kenyans are interested in knowing and which the Minister needs to clarify is that, there have been allegations and rumours flying from one side of the country to another as to the fact that prominent Kenyans are possible suspects of this indictment in the ICC. In fact, there have been allegations that even colleagues of the Minister in the Cabinet where he sits could be possible guests ... view
• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I regret that the Ministerial Statement by the Assistant Minister does not help us at all. Masinde Muliro University is a public institution and that is why we brought the matter before him as Parliament, expecting action. The Government, through the taxpayers, pays a huge amount of money. Surely, the Government through the Assistant Minister must have a say. He has not told us that as an Assistant Minister, this country should wait for a university council to correct an obvious injustice. Could the Assistant Minister give direction - he is executive, for Christ’s sake! - for ... view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want the Minister to look at me in the eye. Having known that this process takes so long and knowing the backlog and suffering that people are going through, why do they still insist on that old bureaucratic method and yet, it is in his power to make the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) take proper insurance cover and settle claims of pain, suffering and death in an efficient manner like all other cases of pain and suffering? Why can you not be innovative? Why are you stuck on the old ways? Why can you not change, ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The point of order I want to raise is in relation to the statement that the Government is having a shortfall of about 700 vehicles to fulfill all the needs of hon. Members in the House. Is the Assistant Minister in order to say that the Government does not have the resources and that the Kshs118 million was not enough? In fact, he has asserted that, that amount can buy 52 Land Rovers only. Is he in order to say that when we know that the Government and the Treasury have started ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, since the grant has not been disbursed, from what the Assistant Minister is saying, and the new Constitution is in place--- The promulgation of the Constitution made it a requirement that resources in this country would be distributed with the regions in mind. This being a Government resource into which all of us put contributions, we would want to get a firm undertaking from the Assistant Minister that he will revise it and make sure that even in the rural constituencies, such as Garsen, there will be a beneficiary of this grant. If you go by this ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the bottom line is that Kenyans expect the Assistant Minister to tell us where we will take this hazardous waste. We are happy with the elaborate answer, but we want a practical solution. Apart from the mobile phones, we have a new technology with regard to televisions. There are many of these old boxes in our houses. Where do we take them? What should we tell Kenyans now? Where should they take their old mobile phones? Where should they also take their old television sets or radios and any other electronic device? What is the Government telling ... view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Regional Development Authorities the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Could the Minister confirm that pay for casual workers at the TARDA in Tana Delta has been reduced from Kshs250 per day to Kshs150 per day? (b) Could the Minister explain by how much the salaries of the Managing Director and other Managers have been reduced? (c) Could the Minister revert to the old rates with immediate effect and also pay the due arrears? view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Minister aware that there are, in fact, three categories of workers who are employed in TARDA? There were casual workers who were earning Kshs300 per day and it was reduced to Kshs150. Watchmen were earning Kshs250 per day and it was reduced to Kshs150. Water controllers were earning Kshsd300 per day and it was reduced to Kshs150 per day. These people do different jobs and are engaged daily in their work. What is the logic of reducing their pay, which was in different rates per day to a flat rate? view