Hon. Franklin Bett

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot anticipate the sort of punishment we will give to the consultant, but we are taking action against him. view
• 21 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if it suits the House, I would want the hon. Member to see me in my office, so that we can jointly make arrangements for officers to go with him to the field, assess the situation and see how fast we can give assistance to that section of the road. view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second the Motion. view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. At the outset, I want to indicate that we have passed the Constitution. I want to assert that at every opportunity we must be seen in conduct and in word to be implementing and keeping to the letter the contents of the Constitution that we passed. Any moment we divert from it, it will be distorted and we will be sent backwards. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I note that there is the urgency on the part of the Government to speed up preparation of Bills. Yes, that is how it ... view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: other people. That is because, really, these proceedings in Parliament are on radio, television and internet. Indeed, if we allow ourselves to make such reckless statements that would demean and put into a state of disrepute Members of Parliament, it is not right. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to stress completely that Members of Committees--- view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Sorry, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to apologize to you. I want to stress the issue. We must be careful also with the evidence that we receive from members of the public. We must give it due sifting, so that we do not release raw material that will, at the end of the day, put into ridicule other people. We must be accountable, responsible, decent and respectful enough as we deal with all those things. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, the Constitution provides for various freedoms. There is freedom of speech, association and many other freedoms. I want ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Following an undertaking I made before the Chair and the House on 19th May, 2011, I made another visit. The first visit was made by the officers of the Ministry together with the hon. Member of Parliament for Juja, Mr. Kabogo, to the New Wood Estate to assess the cause of the flooding. We also went with the engineers from the Ministry. The contractor was also present. I observed as follows during the visit:- (i) The ongoing construction of Thika Road has not diverted drainage water into New Wood Estate. (ii) The ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, yes, it is true that water from roofs increases the velocity of water once it is on the ground, compared to water that has rained directly on the surface. I want to indicate that, yes, there is a collective responsibility and I am already getting in touch with the relevant Ministries to deal with the matter but let me indicate that the current culvert is squarely on the same position like the previous one and it was done to be in line with the valley that is in that particular part of the land. Down the valley, ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to assure the House that we are not engaged in any double standards at all. We are only concerned with road reserves. If the buildings have been built on a road reserve, they will be demolished to provide space for construction of roads that the public requires. With regard to Mombasa Road, I want to indicate to the House that the Ministry of Roads had not acquired the land that was in question on Mombasa Road. So, I want to assure the House that we will always respect the law and, where there is compensation, ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think I like the last statement where he says that motorists will enjoy the use of that eight-lane highway, which is of great significance and one of the best in this part of Africa. We had challenges and difficulties when we started constructing this particular road and we had to relocate utilities like power, water, sewerage pipelines and electricity pipelines. We also had to deal with individual owners of plots and that cost us a lot of time. Otherwise, we were anticipating completion before the end of this year. We have revised the completion period and ... view