Esther Murugi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 181 to 190 of 541.

• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to commend the Committee and say that we worked well with them in a few instances and in other few instances, we did not quite agree, but it was all because we were aiming at the same goal. I know that at the end of it all, we agreed to agreed, and not to disagree. The Committee’s Report is very comprehensive, and I would like to embrace it in its entirety. Unfortunately, I do not have the resources, especially for the recommendations. So, I want to urge you, as Members of Parliament, to ... view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of fake IDPs, we have already identified them and prosecution will be done. All categories of IDPs are acknowledged and must be recognized. Those are the forest evictees, from mudslides, from other conflicts and so on. But again, the bottom line is the budget. Give me the budget and I shall do wonders. view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: On the issue of the post-election violence, the registration was for three months and then it was extended to the end of 31st 2008. Unfortunately, people feared to register or, for some reason, they did not register. Hence, some people were omitted. I want to assure this House that we are already going round finding out who are the genuine IDPs who were actually not captured during the profiling. We have started actually paying the Kshs10,000. view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of the Kshs25,000, we wanted to pay it so that people whose houses had been destroyed or burnt could reconstruct them. But when we took the programme of reconstruction, we decided not to reconstruct as well as to give the money. But we are saying that the option is still open. If somebody feels that he or she can do with Ksh25,000 to reconstruct the house, we are willing to do that. The exercise is ongoing especially at the border of Kisii, Kalenjin and Luo. I think it is called Borabu. We ... view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Hon. Ethuro, it seems that she is proceeding as if you have donated your time to her. view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, he has to donate because I think he wants to hear what I have to say. view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Regarding the fast-tracking of the resettlement of IDPs, I want to say that we have really moved very well and, currently, we have just about 1,700 to go. We have already identified over 5,600 acres of land which we are negotiating so that we can be able to resettle the remaining post-election violence victims. But I want to say - and I have no apologies in saying this – the challenges we have faced in the resettlement of the IDPs have actually been political. Politicians have made this exercise very difficult. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not have a brief but I believe they are all in the UK. Perhaps, we can defer the Question to next week. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, before I reply I want to say that the Ministry of Special Programmes actually does not purchase land; it is the Ministry of lands which does this. But nevertheless, I have information of the parcels that have been purchased and the money that has been given. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: (a) In the Financial Year 2009/2010, the Ministry of Lands was given Kshs1.4 billion. In the Financial Year 2010/2011, they got Kshs1.5 billion; in the Financial Year 2011/2012, they got Kshs2.5 billion and in the current year, they have Kshs1.8 billion. That makes a total of Kshs7.2 billion. The Government has not received any funding from development partners for purchase of land for resettlement of IDPs, but we have received donations of land from County Councils of Turkana and Lodwar and from a Reverend Gichuki. view