David Aoko Were

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: (ii) Turkana County has received a total of Kshs2,750,000 as follows:- Turkana Central, Kshs650,000; Turkana North, Kshs150,000; Turkana East, Kshs750,000; Turkana South, Kshs450,000; Loima Kshs450,000; Turkana West; Kshs150,000 and Kibish Kshs150,000. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: (iii) Thirty districts have each been given one GK vehicle to help in distribution of relief supplies. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: (iv) County steering groups have been established in each county to help identify the vulnerable population and facilitate smooth distribution of relief food. Membership of the steering groups include:- The County Commissioner who chairs the group, the governor, the representatives from State departments of devolution; representative from the National Drought Management Authority and county heads of department. Senators and Members of Parliament offer oversight functions to the committees. The Government works closely with other humanitarian organizations in counties providing humanitarian assistance to the affected population. Thank you, hon. Speaker. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this Statement is dated April. They had indicated that the exercise would be completed in two months. So, I expected that maybe, by mid June, this exercise would have been completed and a new schedule prepared. So, I will liaise with the Ministry to ensure that the same is done. It is such a serious issue for 30,000 Kenyans to cross into Uganda looking for food. Two, Senators and Members are supposed to oversee the exercise basically because we are an oversight House. It is expected that the Members of the National Assembly and the Senators will oversee ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I think the Statements that have been--- view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I hear the general sentiments of Members and it looks like there is a real crisis concerning the food situation in arid and semi arid areas. What I want to say is; I believe that the Government is up to the task. I am going to communicate the concerns that have been raised by various Members, so that the Government can take up action immediately. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Today is my day. Thank you, hon. Speaker. This is a Statement that was requested by hon. Wetangula, Member of Parliament for Westlands. He wanted to know why it has taken this long to declare KICC part of Kenya’s cultural heritage as a protected building, pursuant to the National Museums and Heritage Act, Cap.216, Laws of Kenya. Two, whether the current external alterations to the building were approved by the buildings architects. Three, the current and registered name of the building since it was recently rebranded from the well known “KICC” to “Kenyatta International The electronic version of the Official ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Convention Center” and the rationale for this. Four, the total number of architectural designs and community heritage sites which have not been designated as protected areas. I beg to respond. The Ministry of Sports, Culture and Arts is the custodian of the national heritage, thus charged with the protection of all heritage sites in Kenya. Over the past years, the National Museums of Kenya has continued researching and gazetting all buildings which were threatened by rapid development and pressure to urbanization. However, in the last couple of years, a campaign to gazette some of the post-independence and modern buildings that ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to assure hon. Members that I am equal to the task and as for answering questions, I did it in the Ninth Parliament and I think I perfected it then. So, it is something that I have done before. I want to go to the question by hon. Wanyonyi. From all indications, public participation was not done and this is something that we will take up with the Ministry. We would like know why they did not ask for public participation when it came to changing of the name from a conference center to a conventional ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Protect me from hon. (Ms.) Abdalla because whenever she is responding to Statements, I do not interfere with her. view