Ferdinand Waititu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, two months ago, we went to Kisumu and inspected the latest water treatment plant, on which our Ministry spent Kshs1.4 billion, and which is now in operation. As I speak, there is enough water in Kisumu Town, but we can buy a water bowser in the next financial year for emergency cases. view
• 26 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I assure the hon. Member that when allocations are provided in the Budget, we will buy water bowsers for his district, together with other districts. view
• 26 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a different Question, which I am willing to answer if he brings it to the House. view
• 26 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that the water bowsers and other vehicles were burnt down during the post-election violence. view
• 20 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry started construction of the Nyakach Water Supply in 1980. It is a conventional full treatment water supply consisting of an intake on River Sondu, with water being pumped to low water rising main of 1.5 kilometers long into treatment works with a capacity of 6,000 cubic meters per day. The service area covers 152 kilometers squared, with a population of 190,000 people. The main areas served are Nyabondo, Katito, Pap Onditi, Sondu and East Kano. They also include Anding’o Opanga and Thurgem. The project was completed in 1989 and was ... view
• 20 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have just said, our Ministry used Kshs10 million to rehabilitate the disrupted and vandalized parts of this project. Again, our Ministry has also undertaken, through Kazi kwa Vijana, a 1.8 kilometre extension from Katito to Thurgem. Our Ministry has also dug two boreholes that are supposed to be completed this month. view
• 20 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are in the process of doing the feasibility study and design so that we can undertake Phase II of the project which will be completely different from the Phase I project, which uses the pumping system---- view
• 20 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this project has many problems, as the hon. Member will agree, because it uses the pumping system which is very expensive. The project cannot sustain itself. In Phase II of the project, we want to build a water supply that will be gravity-based so that we do not have high electricity bills. This project is estimated to cost Kshs350 million and we are in the process of sourcing for these funds. view
• 20 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I have just stated is that the Kshs350 million which is needed is ready in our Ministry. However, I promise the hon. Member that we will start the project during this financial year with the little allocation from the Ministry. However, I also send an invitation to the hon. Member to come to our Ministry Headquarters so that we can discuss this project further with him. This will enable us to understand it because it is big. view
• 24 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to give a Personal Statement under Standing Order No.76. I wish to state the following:- I do not belong to any organized proscribed group, including the Mungiki, and I do not support their activities. Anybody with evidence to the contrary should report to the police and record a statement. The allegation that I have told youths to go back to bus stops is false and anybody who has information about that can also record a statement with the police so that I can be prosecuted. My continued efforts to condemn extra-judicial killings in ... view