David Aoko Were

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the foreign contractors or “local” contractors do their investments, they do not do them locally. So, whatever they generate from our economy, they use it to build their own economies back in their countries. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have been looking at this Bill and I have been wondering - and this one has been stated by hon. Affey - why is it that we must indicate on this Bill, that the headquarters of that organization will be in Nairobi? Why do we not leave it open so that it can be anywhere in this Republic? view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Also looking at the membership of the board, I have noticed that the Ministry of Housing is not included. I thought that it is a stakeholder. It should also be included in the board. Moving quickly, there is Section 29 which my brother hon. Wetangula has talked about. It is on financial provisions. Clause 29(2) says:- “The levy shall be an amount not exceeding an equivalent of 0.25 per cent.” But if you go back to Clause 29(1), it says: “The Minister may.” It does not say that it is a must. According to the Minister and in terms of ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say that this Bill is long overdue. Because of time, I might not say much. But it gives us an avenue of knowing the rightful contractors. Some of us have had experiences that have been talked about in Nairobi. When I was constructing my own house, it collapsed halfway through. If at all we had those registered contractors, maybe, I would have known what kind of contractor to engage. But because the contractors are not registered, it becomes very difficult to know who is qualified and who is not. That is why ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 30 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to know from the Minister when the construction of the airport will be completed. view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also take this opportunity to support this Budget. view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: I pity the Minister for Roads because as Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public works and Housing, I understand where he is coming from. Most of the roads mentioned here are projects that are ongoing. When we discussed with the Minister, it became obvious that actually what they have to do is to clear the projects that are ongoing before starting new projects. view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support the Ministry in the work they are doing. We should all agree that if we look at the road network compared to where we were in 2002, we should commend them. The work that they have done is a lot. We should praise them where they have done well rather than just condemning them. view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view