Ferdinand Waititu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry has undertaken over 33 water projects in Mandera East in the last 3 financial years. The list of water supplies is shown in Annex A. (b) My Ministry through the Northern Water Services Board (NWSB) has considered and developed proposals for construction of two dams at Kamor, Golja and Dasheeq Ahmed Nur in Mandera East. The two dams each with a capacity of 100,000 cubic meters will harness flood waters during the rainy seasons for domestic, livestock and irrigation purposes. The proposal for the two dams has been presented to ... view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have just said, the designs will be completed during this financial year and we expect that we shall get a development partner who will give us funding for the projects. Mr. Speaker, Sir, during the next financial year, my Ministry will make sure that we allocate funds to every constituency so that they can prioritize the work that they are supposed to do. view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, last week we had a very fruitful meeting where we had invited all hon. Members of Parliament and the chief officers from my Ministry. We had about five hours of discussions for the hon. Members from the dry areas to prioritize what they want our Ministry to do. In that meeting, we agreed that we are going to have another meeting where we shall invite all the district water officers so that we can have an interactive and a co-ordinated effort between them and the hon. Members of Parliament. What was very surprising is that some of ... view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I can say is that some of the works that are said to have been done at the grassroots, it is only the hon. Members who can tell us at the headquarters that the work has not been done. That is why I thought that if we could have that interactive meeting, then the hon. Members could tell us when the district water officers are here, that certain water projects were never done and may be even the money was misappropriated. It is the hon. Members who can tell us the truth on the ground because ... view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, some of the projects that are supposed to be done by my Ministry are prioritized by the District Development Committee (DDC) at the grassroots or at the district level, and they come to the Ministry headquarters. What we normally think is that the hon. Member has an input in that report from the DDC. The hon. Member should write a letter and bring it to my Ministry Headquarters so that it can be considered together with the other projects. view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I called the last meeting because I had been talking to hon. Members privately and I had received so many complaints. I talked with my Permanent Secretary and the officials there and we decided that it is important that we meet hon. Members so that we can discuss this matter. view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member that we should as much as possible try to harness water from rain. We are taking every step possible to address this. Just two weeks ago, we had a tour to Egypt, and negotiated for some dams that we will construct very soon. I want hon. Members to understand that arising in the meeting we had last week, we agreed that there is a problem with regard to the structure that we have in our Ministry--- view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have informed the hon. Member that we are doing the detailed designs which will be completed this financial year, so that we can source for development partners who can fund that project. view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to answer. (a) In 1986, my Ministry used Kshs13 million in Ilika-Mutomo Water Project to put up a pump house in the chamber and to procure four galvanized steel pipes of 20 milimeter diameter which were laid in the raising main. However, due to financial constraints the project stalled for 24 years. In order to revive the project, my Ministry through TANATHI Water Services Board has procured the services of a consultant to review the designs. (b) Many emerging factors including increased population and land use in the last 24 years have made the review ... view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is the proposal we have at the moment to kick start the project. The initial project was for Kshs40 million in 1986. We think that Kshs60 million can do some good work in the initial stages. view