David Musila

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Oct 2013 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to confirm that we have made a lot of progress on that and if it is agreeable to the House, we could bring them together so that they can be interrogated at the same time. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, I want to request that for such a Statement, I ought to be given a copy, as it is the practice. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having said that, I hope that you have been listening carefully to the Statement as read out by my friend, the Chairperson of the Committee on Education, Information and Technology. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the law as passed by the National Assembly on this matter is very clear; that no one individual or institution can withhold a certificate. The Minister has quoted the Basic Education Act to administer, receive and ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot believe that you have forgotten my name. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe that this requires your guidance. The law the former Minister is quoting does not empower the Ministry to use a certificate as collateral. The law that we passed recently does not bar a teacher from collecting money, but bars a teacher from hoarding certificates. Let not this former Minister or Chairman get away with this. We want to continue with this matter because these children are desperate. These certificates have been held since 2007. We are talking about 2007 because, as you may recall, the Government released certificates from 2006 backwards. The certificates we are ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for your direction. The Chair has agreed, but has not given this matter a time frame. It is in the interest of this House that we are told when the Committee will come back and give the report because students are suffering and we cannot wait any longer. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand here to support this Motion and to particularly congratulate the two committees for taking time out to visit our institutions as an oversight organ of this House. I have listened very carefully to the Chairman’s recommendations and I agree with the Committee on many issues. First, I agree with the issue of assets. This is a very important issue. Whenever there is a change of Constitution or administrative arrangement, assets are key components of any functional institution. Therefore, the national Government, having been the custodian of all these assets, it is fair that ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: We have also seen, recently, wrangles within devolved units. We have seen Members of the County Assemblies not working in cooperation with the Executive arm of the devolved units. I have in mind, a case where in the County of Makueni; the Governor has threatened to resign because he feels harassed, as he puts it, by Members of the County Assembly. I am not sure if this is so but I know that there is no harmony. Harmony is necessary if we are to take this devolution ahead. I give an allowance because this is a new system. People must ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Ministry of Local Government, I am told that they have simply taken out lists of staff without any evaluation and without assessing the needs of counties so that they only post people who are needed there. What they have done is just count numbers and post them to Kitui County, for example. Some of them are probably people who have had bad records and the Ministries are trying to get rid of the so-called bad officers at the expense of counties. Again, the money that we are giving to counties - most of it is being used to pay salaries ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: are now legislators. Therefore, everyday squabbles will not help in taking forward the devolution that we are so much gearing to do. In fact, the members of the public may start having to think that we are just going there to fight. Imagine if the Senators here were removing the Speaker every other day, then we will be wasting a lot of valuable time. Therefore, I want to plead for harmony throughout the Republic in the county assemblies so that they work in close co-operation to deliver services to the public. I would like to see, as Sen. Karaba has ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand here to seek a clarification from the Statement read by the Chair. First, I would like to thank her for the statement. Those of us who went to attend the funeral of the Late Mutula Kilonzo will remember the road we are talking about. Madam Temporary Speaker, did you hear that the contract was given in 2007 to last for two years but now it has taken six years? Further, you have heard that the contractor is Victory Construction Company. This is a very notorious contractor known not to complete road projects. You have also ... view