Franklin Mithika Linturi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 981 to 990 of 1098.

• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in view of the magnitude of this project, I would like the Minister to clarify the following. Who represented the Government during the signing of the agreement and was the due process for picking the investor clearly followed, or was it done selectively. Finally, why did the Government lease the land for 80 years which is a longer period than the normal lease period which of a maximum of 30 years? view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, regarding the culture of impunity in Government, where corruption has taken an alarming proportion. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The Minister should specifically address the specific measures that the Coalition Government is taking to address the rising culture of corruption; she should specifically state how many corruption cases involving civil servants and politicians are pending in court, the nature of the cases and who the suspects are. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: THAT, cognizant that Local Authorities lack the capacity to pay salaries and allowances to councillors; conscious that poor remuneration leads to lack of moral and poor self esteem, which hampers service delivery, this House grants leave to introduce a Bill for an Act of Parliament entitled The Local Authorities Remuneration Bill to fix the salaries of mayors, deputy mayors and councillors, and for purposes incidental thereto and connected therewith. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that Members of Parliament this morning will bear with me the fact--- Ja nuary 21, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am surprised by the Government. They had all the time to do this, but they did not. Unfortunately, they may want to bring in politics in this serious matter. All the same, let me proceed. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I want to start by saying that it is important that we understand that councillors are law makers. Councillors make by-laws as provided for under Cap.265, Laws of Kenya. The by-laws that they make are binding to the Kenyan citizens. Even when we attend Local Authorities courts, we find that Kenyans, on a day-to-day basis, contravene Local Authorities by-laws, and that magistrates convict the offenders by use of Local Authorities by-laws. So, councillors play a very pivotal role in the making of laws for this country. Hence the need to respect the kind of work they do in the villages ... view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also know that all Members of Parliament in this House have councillors who really back them whenever they undertake projects in their constituencies. Councillors are very much involved in decision making on matters of importance within our areas of representation. Therefore, the crucial roles played by councillors cannot be ignored. There are many Acts which have been passed by this House regarding remuneration of public servants. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: When I looked around, I found that it is only councillors for whom there are no clear rules on how they should be remunerated. This has caused them to lack the moral to effectively execute their duties. There is the Public Service Commission (PSC), which deals with the salaries for staff serving in the Central Government. There is the Judicial Service Commission which deals with remuneration and many other things to do with the Judiciary. The Parliamentary Service Commission sets out the remuneration for Members of Parliament. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) works on the remuneration of teachers. view