Ferdinand Waititu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member agrees that we sunk three boreholes. He also agrees with me that his entitlement according to our Ministry is one borehole. So, we made extra two boreholes for him. Again, I want to remind him that we had severe drought in this country. So, some of the money was used in drought mitigation. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the irrigation scheme will be started at Lolian Swamps. There is no problem with the water sourcing area. I have already identified the areas to supply water. There are three boreholes around that irrigation project. The only complication in that project was that the communities living around that area had not agreed on how the scheme should go on. The hon. Member is aware of this. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, three areas in North Eastern Province were given money. These are Mandera, Garissa and Wajir. The project in Lahore Canal in Garissa started immediately because there were no complications on the ground. In Habasweni which is in Mr. Sirat’s constituency, there were complications on the ground. Where the project was supposed to be undertaken, he knows the problem that was there. He should not actually push me to mention the issue here. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in Mr. Duale’s constituency the project has started. It is ongoing. There were no issues on the ground. The other one where Mr. Sirat resides, in Habasweni, is not very favourable to him and that was the problem. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the areas the district committee had identified for the project were not the areas that the Members of Parliament had chosen. That is the issue. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, sir, if the hon. Member for Wajir can tell the truth--- view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have just heard that it is cross-cutting three constituencies; Mr. Abdikadir’s constituency where there was an issue that necessitated the delay--- view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The water facilities contracted to be run by Gulf Water Company Limited, on behalf of Lake Victoria South Water Services Board, are Maseno, Kisumu Rural, Nyahera and Mukendwa Water Supplies. The supply provision agreement between Lake Victoria South Water Services Board and Gulf Water Company Limited, which is a service provision contract, ran from February, 2007 to February, 2012. (b) Whereas I am aware that the operations of the facilities have stalled a few times over the last four years, I do not have an exact answer as to how many times ... view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will find out the number of staff that were not paid so that we make sure that they are paid before the Gulf Water Company is paid their final dues. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will make sure the staff are paid before we pay them the final dues. view