Hon Didmus Wekesa Barasa Mutua

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• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: been adopted by this House is properly implemented. The reports should form the basis of their investigations to ensure protection of public resources from plunder by a few individuals. That is the only way they can appreciate the good job that this House is doing. We should give value for the taxpayers’ money. We sit and burn the midnight oil trying to get facts so that we can write a report to be adopted by this House. That is what the authorities should be looking for, and not just fishing evidence that will not guide them properly to establish what ... view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: With these few remarks, I support. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to support this Bill. This is a very important Bill, because you cannot develop any region or area without first understanding the statistics of that area in terms of the population, economic activities of the people from that area and very many other parameters which would assist in planning so that we are able to come up with projects that will directly impact on the economy of the people. I want to appreciate that, at least, we have seen the Senate is now doing something which is very good. County governments have ... view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: This Bill will herald a new development. The various parts of this country will begin to have development projects that aim at impacting on the local economy. If passed, this Bill will streamline many officers’ roles that county governments have over employed. You can only discharge your duties properly if you have some guidelines. This Bill is going to give work to the County Executive Committee (CEC) member in this country in charge of statistics. They will develop a framework on how they are going to evaluate the needs of the people, gather data and come up with parameters that ... view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I support this Bill, may I bring to the attention of this House that from the time devolution was launched billions of shillings have been spent but the majority of Kenyans remain poor. No impact has been felt through the projects that have been funded by county governments. This is largely because of lack of statistics and parameters that would guide county governments in terms of priorities, and the amount of money to be spent. Some projects consume a lot of money but if you do an impact assessment on the local economy or on ... view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: So, this is a Bill whose time has come. It is a Bill that is going to make Kenyans begin to view county governments in a new dimension. This Bill will address the problems of wastage and upside down priorities. I urge my colleagues to support this Bill. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support this Bill. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to second. This is a very important amendment. I know for a fact that we need to lower the rates on mobile connectivity and call rates. As a House, we cannot just usurp the powers of the CA. We must leave it to the CA to decide on the affordable rates that Kenyans will pay and in the spirit of public participation, they will not just wake up and decide how much they will charge. They will hold meetings with mobile operators to come up with the cheapest rates for Kenyans. Most ... view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this Report. It is a very good Report that aims at prompting the regulator to ensure that we have a level playing field within the communication sector. The fact that one operator came in earlier and put its masts all over the country should not hinder upcoming operators from either using the masts or putting up their own in a particular area. This country belongs to all of us. It does not belong to an individual. People doing business in the country should equally be guided by ... view