All parliamentary appearances
Entries 1751 to 1760 of 1798.
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5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want the Assistant Minister to tell this House the mechanisms that the Ministry uses to gauge the performance of these new districts that they have established to ensure that they serve the purpose for which they are created.
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21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Many Kenyans, especially in northern Kenya, are losing their lives as a result of cattle-rustling. Many lives have been lost. Livestock, in thousands, are being lost. Does the Government use any intelligent information to prevent cattle rustlers from causing havoc in this country? Ja nuary 21, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES
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11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, Lake Turkana is a refuge for very many pastoralists - over 500,000 pastoralists who live in northern Kenya. These are Turkanas, Gabras, Samburus and many others.
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11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the interventions that are happening on the other side of the border with our friendly nation of Ethiopia--- There is a lot of development that is going on in Ethiopia and there is damming of those rivers. What will our Government do to ensure that those projects, at least, are halted until the necessary consultations have been done, so that our people on this side of the border will not suffer as a result of that intervention?
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11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly:
asked the Minister for Water and Irrigation:-
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11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly:
(a) how much funds have been allocated to Northern Water Services Board for the last three years;
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11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly:
(b) whether she could provide a list of the per-constituency allocation of those funds as well as projects funded in the last three years; and,
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11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly:
(c) what steps she will take to ensure equitable allocation of those funds among constituencies.
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11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Minister for the response. I was prompted to ask this Question by issues of equity in allocations. The NWSB covers 23 districts. From the latest information that I have, out of the 23, the top three for this financial allocation are Lagdera, Kshs50 million, Mandera Central, Kshs7 million and Laisamis, Kshs25 million. The bottom three were Mandera West with Kshs5 million, Isiolo, Kshs7 million and Chalbi, my own district, only Kshs8 million. Those allocations should be based on needs assessment in those regions. I want the Minister to tell us the ...
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11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly:
The NWSB covers 23 districts, from Mandera, all the way to Laikipia West, which are found in three provinces; namely, Eastern, Northern Eastern as well as Rift Valley provinces. The Minister has been creating new water boards to enhace service delivery in most of the remote regions. Does the Minister have any plans to create new water boards for the areas of upper eastern, which is a region with a lot of water problems?
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