Hon Francis Kuria Kimani

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• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute to this very good Motion on the issue of regulation of fares. At the outset, I would like to appreciate the importance of transport in an economy. I would relate it to mobility of factors of production. When you are talking about mobility of labour from one place to the other, and therefore, the cost that you pay for this mobility it is very crucial and cannot be overemphasised. Every time at the beginning and at the end of our school terms, school-going children move from one county to the ... view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: hospital, you are able to spend this amount of time and that amount of money to make sure they get to the hospital and they get the treatment that they deserve. The issue of pricing has been raised by many economists. Price control has been discouraged by many economists because it destabilises the economy. What I would urge this House to discuss is: How do we make sure that the market is so competitive that no matatu or bus is allowed to increase their fares? The reason these matatus increase their prices is because of the disorganisation in this particular ... view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Who are the investors in this matatu industry? How many of us are willing to put their coin and invest their hard earned money into the matatu sector? We were having a conversation with the Member from Naivasha and she was telling me of someone who having invested in the view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: had to sit in the matatu throughout so that they could count the number of passengers that were getting into the matatu . The cartels and lack of order in this sector makes it very difficult for one to invest in it. So, it gives room for all these chaos. view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: We are talking about price control. What is the role of Government in this? We have invested in the Integrated Intelligent Traffic System. Over the years almost every roundabout in Nairobi has traffic lights but the irony is we also have traffic policemen there. Instead of us being directed by the traffic lights, we are directed by these police officers. This traffic jam is one of the reasons why fares increase during peak hours. So, can we have an elaborate traffic system that can be used and respected so that the role of this traffic police officer is not to ... view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: The cost of transport is also the basis for the costs that matatus incur in their line of business. When you are pricing, you look at how much money you are spending in terms of offering that service. What is the state of our roads? On the Floor of this House, I have raised the issue of the Molo-Njoro Road which has many pot holes. Therefore, the cost of maintaining view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: on that road has increased. You therefore do not expect those matatus to charge the same fare as they would had the road been smooth. view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: So, the Government and the relevant Ministry has to come in and ensure that our roads are in good condition so that the vehicle depreciation and maintenance cost is so low that view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: will charge that fee that we think will be reasonable. We have a railways system that is working from Mombasa to Nairobi and now we are taking another one to Naivasha and all the way to Kisumu. What happened to the old railway system? We have an existing railway line connecting Nairobi, Naivasha, Nakuru, Njoro, Molo and all the way to Londiani. What happened to that particular railway line? The lines are still there. Why would we not invest money and ensure that, that system works so that the competition that we would create in this industry is not just ... view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: As we speak, the people who are here setting these laws are using our own vehicles. How many of us would use a matatu ? So, before we start setting the prices that we charge on these view