Ferdinand Waititu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Mbololo Water Project has not stalled. It has been ongoing since the 2006/2007 Financial Year. (b) A total of Kshs37 million has been spent so far on the project. However, in this financial year, 2010/2011, the project will receive Kshs6 million. The balance of Kshs20 million required to complete the project will be allocated in the next financial year, 2011/2012. (c) The Ministry has prioritized thee implementation of this project and as stated in “b” above; all funds will be allocated in the 2011/2012 Financial Year. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, according to the information available to me, the implementation period is supposed to take six years. The project was started in the 2006/2007 Financial Year and it is supposed to be completed in 2012. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, during this time of the drought, the Ministry has undertaken to supply water to almost every district. If the hon. Member faces a severe problem in his area, he can come to our Ministry and we will make an arrangement to supply water to his area immediately. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, so far, three kilometers have been covered with 100 millimeter diameter GI Pipes Class B and two storage tanks of 200 meter cubed capacity have been constructed. Two booster stations have already been completed. Four booster pumps for the two pump stations have also been installed. Two transformers for power have also been installed and a 300 millimeter storage tank is already on site. This project was supposed to cost Kshs63 million but so far Kshs37 million has already been spent up to last financial year. This financial year, the Ministry has allocated the project Kshs6 million. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this project is being undertaken by the Coast Water Services Board (CWSB). I can only consult more to see whether it can be contracted. However, first, we have to source the funding. Therefore, we cannot do it immediately as the hon. Member has requested. We have to wait until next year when we will allocate it funds. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: I do not have anything more to add, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that there are over 20 water pans which were reserved in settlement schemes in Subukia Constituency that are now silted. (b) My Ministry has already started the rehabilitation of these dams to restore them to their original capacity. Menengai Hill Water Pan in Ndundori Division was recently rehabilitated under the Kazi Kwa Vijana (KKV) Programme. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have also allocated Kshs5 million to the constituency for the hon. Member to prioritize on which dams he is going to start desilting. The remaining dams will be ... view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a policy change, we are going to write to every hon. Member so that they can form a Constituency Water Committee that will be constituted by some of the members from the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) and a technical member from the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, which will be writing a report and a proposal of all the work that is supposed to be done in the constituency. Therefore, in this case, during the next financial year, we expect a report from the Constituency Water Committee which will give us the priority of the ... view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the list I have of 34 dams, two of them have been desilted in Subukia Constituency. view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I can promise the hon. Member is that when we get the prioritized list of the dams that he would like to be done, I promise him that we can do five or ten of them depending on the estimated cost. view