Elias Peter Mbau

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Is the hon. Member in order to say that we want them to step aside? view
• 2 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hoping that I have heard the Minister correctly, she has assured the people of that area that, unlike the residents of the areas around Ndakaini Dam, the residents of the region will be considered in terms of providing either a line or an additional source of water to cater for them. That is because their area will be the main source of water to the residents of Nairobi, Ongata Rongai and the environs. Could the Minister consider, in her stated surveys and designs, to utilize the water reservoir in generating some power from that dam? That ... view
• 21 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for National Heritage and Culture:- (a) to state the current functions and activities of the Permanent Presidential Music Commission; (b) what the Commissions’ personnel establishment is and budgetary allocations in the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 financial years; and, (c) what the Commission’s highlights of achievements are since its formation. view
• 21 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the Assistant Minister for that elaborate answer, which contains much of the functions of this new department. You note that this Commission was formed in 1988. Whereas I want to appreciate that from 2008, something may be happening, after the Commission was transformed and taken over by a Ministry as one of its departments, the Assistant Minister is now telling us that for 20 years – between 1988 and 2008 – there is nothing to show with regard to what the Commission was doing, or what it achieved for all the period it had ... view
• 21 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has submitted that indeed this particular department does not have much to show in terms of its achievement for a period of more than 20 years. There are various other departments within Government that face the same scenario where departments continue to draw money and funding from the Exchequer year in, year out and yet there is nothing to show. Can the Assistant Minister confirm or deny whether therefore this department and others of its like are being used as conduits of siphoning money from the Exchequer to other predetermined needs where there ... view
• 21 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You have heard the Assistant Minister once again confess that the resources that have been allocated to this department have not been adequate, yet he has also accepted that the department, for all that time, has not had much to show for what it has been getting. I think the Assistant Minister needs to appreciate that given the colossal resources that go under the expenditure Vote on Recurrent, it is high time he advised that such departments be scrapped with a view to rationalize and ensure that money from the poor ... view
• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while appreciating the efforts the Minister for Water and Irrigation is making to supply households with piped water, may I also bring to her attention the fact that some of the corporations and organisations under her docket are being proactive? The Ministry does not apportion its Budget on a constituency basis as some other Ministries, like the Ministry of Roads, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Education, do, so that each constituency knows in each financial year that a certain amount of money is going to benefit that constituency. In 2004, the National Water Conservation ... view
• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I asked the Minister: Am I in order to invite her to read this report, so that she can consider which branch she can fund, so that we can say that we, too, benefitted from her Ministry? view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this chance to also add my voice very strongly in supporting this Motion; that monies that are due to the Committee are due to every constituency and beneficiary of localized funding of projects. Such projects reflect the real needs of Kenyans, felt across the country. The value of CDF sometimes eludes some people. When we come here and bring the needs of projects, we are talking about those needs which the central Government, the Ministries and departments may not be able to discern at the national level where they make ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: The value of CDF reflects the following: We have very many projects that have been required and which the bigger Ministries do not feel like they have those little monies; the Kshs1 million, Kshs2 million, Kshs5 million or Kshs10 million to fund. They supplement the gaps that the departments may otherwise not be in a position to address. Look at the question of addressing special needs. Every constituency in this country has special needs. Some constituencies will want to put up classes because classes are what they need. Some other constituencies may want to put up more bridges and footpaths. ... view