Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)

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• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I want to send my personal condolences to the family, to the people of Bahamas and Christians world over. I also want to send my condolences to the former Member for Limuru, hon. Kuria Kanyingi. He used to speak his mind and through his generous contributions, he built many churches and schools. I also want to send my condolences to the people of Limuru. view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Finally, I want to send my condolences to the people who lost their children in Baringo, Turkana and Pokot through the clashes. Many people have been touched. This is a very touching issue. People have buried their loved ones and are still burying them. This is something that we should consider as a House to see how we can address the issue of insecurity, especially between the Turkanas and the Pokots. These can spill over and spread everywhere. Let us take it seriously. With those few remarks, I support. view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: I am much obliged, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Thank you for giving me the chance to contribute to this very important Bill. I support the Bill subject to some amendments. A good example is on page 219 of the Bill, where a non-existent Clause 67(e) is mentioned. I believe that the drafter was referring to Clause 66(e), and not Clause 67(e). The Constitution of Kenya, 2010, in Article 43(1), guarantees every person the right to clean and safe water in adequate quantities. Article 56(c) states that the State shall put in place affirmative action programmes designed to ensure that minorities ... view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: One is trying to put large and medium size dams in arid and semi arid areas, like where I come from in Ukambani, areas like Kajiado, the Maasailand and North Eastern. Those areas where there are big rivers and whenever it rains, water drains to the ocean and a few weeks later people have nothing to celebrate because water has gone and there is no rain for close to a year. In our budgets, both the county governments and the national Government, because water has been devolved, we have to put in a lot of money for building mega dams, ... view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: When we concentrate in doing agriculture in places which are highly populated like in Western Kenya or Kisii, you do not get a lot of land for farming but when you go to areas like Ukambani where I come from, there is so much land but there is no water. The soils are fertile but there is no water. We do not want any relief food. We want dams so that we can irrigate our farms and grow our foods. We want to be food secure. We also have dams that are silted over many years. We have Masinga Dam ... view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: I want to say that there is a lot of contradiction in this Bill and we need to bring amendments. I had an opportunity to serve in the Ministry of Water. I have been a chairman of the Water Resources Management Authority and as hon. (Ms.) Tobiko said, we work together. view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: The reforms that were done on the Water Act, 2004, were good in that they brought about various organs and organisations that managed the water sector. This was an improvement from the previous laws that used to govern the water sector. As I speak, the Water Resources Management Authority has transformed water use. It has protected and promoted communities through the Water Users Associations. People in the rural areas own part of that water and they derive benefits from it. Water catchment areas have been saved through Water Resources Management Authority. If that Authority was not there, we could be ... view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Secondly, Clause 67 of the Water Bill, 2014, also entrenches an unworkable paradigm in asset management of water services where the assets, after being developed by the Water Works Development Boards, are handed over to the water service providers. This transfers the accountability and the risks of those assets not to the person who created them, but to the persons who are operating them, which I feel is wrong. There is no incentive for the asset developer to be efficient and to ensure value for money. I want to go back to the issue of scarcity of water in areas ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to support this Motion and I want to congratulate hon. (Ms.) Kajuju and her Committee of 28 members for a good job that they have done. I am for this union because of the old saying, “divided we fall, united we stand.” It is acceptable globally to create big markets by coming together and an example has been cited of European Union. There is an American kind of union between Canada, USA, Mexico, Latin America and South American States. view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Yes; they have the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Thank you very much. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view