Hon. Franklin Bett

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 101 to 110 of 1050.

• 14 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought I indicated that I want to go and dig into the past. I think when answering the bit that was asked earlier by Mr. Mbadi, I should be able to address what the Member is asking at this moment. view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Bill. view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: My requirement in the Ministry of Roads to rehabilitate our roads is in excess of Kshs500 billion. That is a staggering amount. If this Bill is passed today it will go a long way in alleviating that burden. It will go a long way in assisting in the required rehabilitation on our roads. I even wish that this Bill was in place when we were struggling with the problem of the Nairobi Urban Toll Road, which stalled because we did not have this law in place. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this will enable us--- view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think that problem of technology has eaten into my time and I hope I will be compensated. I was saying that if this law was in place I would have been able to get the work started on the Nairobi Urban Toll Road; it would have also contributed immensely to decongesting our roads in Nairobi. Apart from that, it would also generate employment. We have a huge number of youths who are unemployed. If we are able to partner with countries outside our county or companies outside our country in development projects, we will be ... view
• 28 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have advised very well that we approach this matter in a very sober manner. I want, therefore, to request that the Mover be called upon to reply. view
• 31 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to associate myself with these congratulatory sentiments by saying “well done” to the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly for the job they have done today. In a democratic process, there is always a winner and a loser. I want to address the losers and tell them that they have not lost because that is part of democracy. I want to congratulate them for offering themselves to be part of this process. I want them to know that this process was transparent. I want to urge them to continue in their quest ... view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I too rise to support the Motion. The management of the affairs of this country is in our hands as Member of Parliament. We must do so with all the necessary cautions and all the necessary wisdom that has been given to us by God almighty. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, where we find that the issues we had discussed are not conclusive, we must give ourselves time to further ventilate on those issues, so that we are able to give the people of this country the best laws that they can have from these great Members ... view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we need more roads for our counties. As of today, I am required to produce Kshs10 billion on emergency basis, but the current law does not allow me at all to have this amount of money for emergencies on our roads. So this particular law should be relooked at critically, so that it allows the management of counties and the national Government to access additional funds as and when there are emergencies in various sectors of our economy. view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Again, the issue of devolution is so critical. It is an issue that has been desired. It takes the resources, responsibility and accountability to the grassroots level. So, we need to properly put into a clear perspective the law that will manage these issues. We are asking ourselves: Who will be managing the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF)? Is it the Governor or the Member of Parliament? Allow ourselves to ventilate on that issue, so that we know who will be managing the resources at the county. The only way to do it is to give ourselves ample and good time ... view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Therefore, in order for us to appreciate the goodness of devolved governments, let us go sentence by sentence; clause by clause; coma by coma and full stop by full stop in this law of devolution. Finance management is where we keep on talking of corruption. Corruption comes as a result of loopholes in law. We must look at these loopholes again with a toothcomb and with a microscopic eye, so that we know where our resources get misappropriated. If the law is not right, such avenues will be available. So that is incumbent upon us to give ourselves time to ... view