Francis Waweru Nderitu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I know they have another place they can hold a meeting around this place. It is allowed there. I was talking about how one can access the major markets from his constituency within the area. I was quoting a case 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
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: whereby a town like Nanyuki is merely 50 to 60 kilometres from my constituency, but for you to access it, you have to travel to Nyeri and then go all the way to Chaka, Naro Moru and then Nanyuki - about 150 kilometres. It is high time the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure tried to understand the situation and gave the required priority to roads. Before I finish, I would like to comment on this: There are vital institutions that we need to bring up in our constituencies. There is agitation that in every county, we should have a university. ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: I also support the amendment because it is good. Section 35 of the original Land Registration Act is very clear. I support the Chairman’s amendment. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Whereas I am a Member of that Committee, I am almost changing my mind. I have a few examples of where men, through negotiations in the family, have settled on the other side of the land where the ladies--- view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I just want to appreciate ourselves as Members of this Committee. We faced a lot of challenges especially some of us who come from places where land has been individualised and titled. We persisted being in this Committee for numerous meetings. We did that because we wanted to have a law for posterity in this country; not that we were keen on any 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
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: other issue. I appreciate our pastoralist communities and people from the Coast region because we came together. I am very sure that even the next Bill that will come to the Floor of the House, we are going to do the same for the prosperity of this nation. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 13 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, our Chairman got sick in the morning and he delegated that to me. Therefore, I will give the status report on the progress of work in the Departmental Committee on Lands. On Bills, first, we had the Community Land Bill which we prepared the report and was tabled on 14th October 2015. We had the Physical Planning Bill and Land Laws (Amendment) Bill on which all the reports were tabled in this House on 14th October, 2015. On the Community Land Bill, Second Reading was done on 1st March 2016 and Question put. The Committee Stage started on ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute on this Bill. This Bill seeks to amend the Land Registration Act, the Land Act and the National Land Commission Act. There are a few speakers who have talked about mutilation of the Bill. Someone said that we are dishing away the powers of the NLC to the CS for Lands, Housing and Urban Development. I would like to say that land, as a factor of production, is meant to bring prosperity, cohesion, peace and security. It is where we anchor all our development. This amendment has been necessitated ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: During our Committee meeting yesterday, we interrogated some titles in the Coast region and we had a lot of difficulties dealing with the NLC. You will find a letter of allotment that was allocated to a private citizen and the whole process such as the survey and the issuance of titles was done by the NLC. We did not want to give all the powers to the NLC in such a way that there are no controls, no oversight and everything is being done by one entity. The mandate of the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development, when we ... view