David Aoko Were

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Let me start with the Member who requested the Statement. First, I have a forwarding letter which forwarded the Statement and it has a signature. Because of the forwarding letter, I believe the Statement that I have read is authentic. It was on a letterhead and it bears a signature. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Two, hon. Limo has asked apart from Kshs.55 million what else Safaricom is offering. I had already read in the Statement that apart from the Kshs.55 million sponsorship deal, they have offered another Kshs.155 million for repairs in the stadium. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Apart from that, I have also indicated that there are other facilities they are able to give depending on the negotiations they will enter into with SSMB. These are contracts that were signed on 1st October, 2013 to run for two years and it is due to expire on 30th September, 2015. Hon. Speaker, because there is a signed agreement which spells out all that Safaricom is supposed to do in the stadium, I will be able to table the agreement so that hon. Members can look at it to appreciate what Safaricom does at the stadium. The stadia are ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, for the last three years, the Government has not injected any money for the maintenance of either Moi International Sports Centre or Nyayo Stadium. Therefore, SSMB has to find a way of raising funds to maintain these stadia. It is not right to say that Safaricom has done nothing. It was not Safaricom’s own decision to write to the Ministry or SSMB that they wanted to do something at the stadium. It is the SSMB which advertised in the newspapers for interested parties to apply and whoever won would be given the contract to maintain the stadium. I ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I do not think it is right to say that Safaricom is not doing social corporate responsibility because it is all over the country. We know that through the Safaricom Foundation, many projects are being built in this country including in my own constituency. I have so many facilities that have been funded by Safaricom and I know there are other facilities--- view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: This thing is not only in my constituency. I know it is in so many other constituencies. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I do not know why hon. Members are excited. They are excited on something that they do not understand. Hon. Speaker, I have indicated that Moi International Sports Centre is still the same. It has not been renamed. Some hon. Members who are saying that it has been renamed might not have gone there to understand the concept of what is going on there. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to respond to the Statement requested by hon. Protus Ewesit Akujah, Member of Parliament for Loima Constituency, on distribution of relief food in the country, more especially in Turkana County. I beg to read the response from the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Devolution and Planning. The national Government continues to distribute relief food to vulnerable populations in all parts of the country through monthly food distribution. A total of 27 counties, particularly from arid and semi arid regions are covered in the food distribution. So far, the Government has distributed 76,406 of 90 Kilogramme bags of ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Kilogramme bags of rice; 7,688 of 50 Kilogramme bags of beans, 1,663 cartons of vegetable oil and 140 bales of Nutropap. The number of beneficiaries so far reached is 1.3 million Kenyans. The Government will continue distributing relief food to the affected areas for the next two months. Therefore, the situation will be reviewed to establish need for the continued distributions. The Government has put up the following logistical measures in place to facilitate smooth distribution of relief food:- view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: (i) Each of the 27 counties has been issued with lorries for relief food movement while Deputy County Commissioners are facilitated with funds to assist in relief food distribution. To date, a total sum of Kshs23,080,000 has been issued to various Deputy County Commissioners to facility relief food movement and distribution in their respective areas. view