Ferdinand Waititu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, sir, according to us, it is working honestly. It is only that we are waiting for the rains to come so that there can be a lot of water. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I have just said and I have told the hon. Member is that we are planning to construct another dam called “Hombe” in Mathira Constituency. This is a different dam from this one. This is because of the availability of water to supply the dam. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I appreciate what the hon. Member is saying, he also needs to appreciate the fact that we have had a long spell of drought and there is nothing we can do there because we do not have water right now. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Most obliged, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)Yes, I am aware of acute water shortage in Kileleshwa Estate, Nairobi. In the recent past, we have witnessed some significant change of land use in Kileleshwa where single dwelling units have been converted into multi-dwelling units, some getting occupied by over 20 families. This has strained the water supply infrastructure in the area mainly by reducing the pressures in the pipelines due to high demands of water beyond the current carrying capacity. As a result of the reduced water pressures, some of the elevated areas including areas along Sugut Road, Makueni Road, ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: (b) In order to ensure that water supply in the estate is restored, my Ministry has undertaken the following measures. (i) We have placed staff responsible for operation and maintenance on high alert to ensure damage resulting from the ongoing road construction works is repaid immediately. (ii)We have installed sectional valves in several locations within Kileleshwa to enable isolation of damaged sections and facilitate quick repair and reduce water losses. (iii) My Ministry has also repaired the Ruiru Dam and Kabete Water Pipeline which had been vandalized. This has raised water production at Kambiti Water Treatment Plant and assisted in ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is actually true that there is a big problem in Kileleshwa. But we have put our staff on alert to be repairing every pipe burst because of road construction in the by-passes and ring roads in Kileleshwa, between Yaya Centre and James Gichuru Road. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know that it is in the public domain that, occasionally, we inform the public through the media where there will be water disruption. However, there are cases of water bursts that need to be attended to immediately and we have no sufficient time to inform the public. But the mushrooming flats everywhere in the City are putting a lot of pressure on the supply lines, because initially the pipes that were in place were not meant for the big flats. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that the City Council has been approving plans without considering the provision for supply of water. That is one of the problems that we are experiencing because of lack of coordination between the plans at the City Council and service delivery agencies. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, so far, Sasumua and Ndakaini dams have water, but the supply lines from there are not enough to supply some areas like Kileleshwa which have big flats, when the lines on the ground were designed for single dwelling units. So, we are closing some valves so that we can generate pressure to supply different areas. That is why we have some rationing. I think the problem is that some residents there do not know when water comes to their side. We have to isolate some areas, so that we can build pressure and supply the other side. view