Danson Mwazo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to add my voice to what my colleagues have stated. We also have issues with deductions from statutory bodies like the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and the rest that are not being remitted by county governments. As we look at pending bills to the contractors, we also have issues with statutory bodies that do not remit deductions. In addition, as it has been suggested, we need to come up with a committee on payment bills, so that we can look at what is pending. This is because by next year, some governors could have ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to add my voice to what my colleagues have stated. We also have issues with deductions from statutory bodies like the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and the rest that are not being remitted by county governments. As we look at pending bills to the contractors, we also have issues with statutory bodies that do not remit deductions. In addition, as it has been suggested, we need to come up with a committee on payment bills, so that we can look at what is pending. This is because by next year, some governors could have ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I undertake to issue the statement in two weeks’ time. view
• 25 Feb 2016 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Petition by the people of Vihiga. Four years down the line, devolution is actually dying slowly. This is because in most counties you will find the public complaining about the usage of public funds by governors. Therefore, we need to be creative and come up with laws and methodologies to ensure that petitions not only come from the counties, but the issues therein are dealt with. We have mismanagement in one way or another in all the counties. In fact, it would appear like we created ... view
• 25 Feb 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table:- The Report on the Standing Committee on Energy on the fact-finding visit to Makueni on the matter of the Statement sought on the Kenya Pipeline Company oil spillage into River Thange in Kibwezi, Makueni County. view
• 11 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will respond in two weeks time. view
• 8 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 28th July, 2014, Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo had requested for a Statement on the frequent power blackouts in West Pokot County. In this Statement, he wanted to know the following:- 1. The plans the Ministry has put in place to mitigate this problem. 2. When constant power supply will be experienced in West Pokot County. In an effort to make the network supporting supply to this county more robust, flexible and with alternative supplies, the Kenya Power carried out planned outages during the month of August, 2015. The first one was undertaken on 4th August,2015 which lasted ... view
• 8 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank Members for the interest that they have shown in this subject. I might not have all the answers now. I will deliver the ones that I have, seek appropriate answers for those that I do not have and deliver them to the House at the appropriate time. Let me start with the clarification from Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo who said that he asked the question on 28th July, 2015 and that I gave the breakdown on 28th August, 2015. As I said after I gave the details, these interventions have improved the stability of power supply. ... view
• 8 Oct 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. All I said is that, if I give any answer, I will be misleading the House. So, I said I will find out who the suppliers are. view
• 8 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is very important. Apart from them undertaking planned outages to make sure that they have planned well in advance in terms of the forthcoming El Nino rains, it is important is that also the users should help Kenya Power reporting any incidents. For example, if I have a tree which is almost falling on a line, I should be report to Kenya Power so that they can cut it because it is during the rains that many trees fall on the lines and, therefore, interrupt power supply. One of the biggest problems in Kenya is that ... view