Ferdinand Waititu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I want to apologise for coming late. I hope the Questioner will understand given that this is the first time I have come late to answer Questions. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the borehole at Marich had broken down, but technicians were dispatched to attend to the problem. (b) The borehole was repaired on 4th February, 2011 and is now operational. (c) The water demand from the borehole exceeds supply and the Ministry will drill an additional borehole in the area in the next financial year. Further, the Ministry has deployed a technical rapid response team, which is based at Kapenguria, to attend to emergency breakdowns in the North Rift, including Pokot, Baringo, Elgeyo Marakwet and Turkana Counties. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my Ministry has eight projects in the constituency and I would advise my fellow Member of Parliament to put the proposal of providing electricity for that borehole in his district’s priority list for the next financial year. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, our Ministry acts on proposals from the districts, and those proposals are normally brought to us by the District Development Officers (DDOs). If they wish to supply electricity to the borehole, that is a proposal which should come to us through the District Development Committee (DDC). view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that during the dry spell, so many boreholes break down. This is because the boreholes operate for 24 hours a day. However, my Ministry has provided some money to various areas. I remember talking to the hon. Member on this matter, and I requested him to come, together with his District Water Officer, to the Ministry Headquarters, so that we can look into the matter of fixing the boreholes in his constituency. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the hon. Members who came to the Ministry Headquarters and raised their concerns, we have taken action and given out some money from the Ministry Headquarters. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry has been operating through the proposals that come from the DDCs. Such proposals go through the water services boards for onward transmission to the Ministry Headquarters. Right now, we are in the process of restructuring the Ministry, so that we can have constituency water committees, in which Members of Parliament will be represented. Those are the committees which will be forwarding proposals to the Ministry in future. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member that electricity is more efficient than the diesel engine, and I commit myself that I will act immediately to make sure that electricity is installed in that particular borehole. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, I understand that the distance is long, and I will make sure that some of the officers are taken to Lodwar. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I understand that to be a new Question and I would advise the hon. Member to ask a substantive Question. view