Gideon Sitelu Konchella

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 171 to 180 of 588.

• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister may be aware that, occasionally, such diseases occur in various parts of the country. Particularly, in the month of July, there is a likely outbreak of PPR on goats. That happens in Trans Mara and many parts of Kenya. What is the Government doing to manufacture the drugs and avail them to livestock farmers in the country, knowing that we have a perennial disease outbreak in the country, particularly, foot and mouth disease and PPR? view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I may not want to oppose what the Assistant Minister has said but, if you visit veterinary officers in our constituencies, they do not have those vaccines. So, how come there are vaccines just lying down somewhere? Are they put there for a show or they are supposed to be sent to another country and not for the benefit of Kenyans? view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to appreciate what the Minister has said in terms of the way forward or the real problem. I think he has articulated it very well and we support what he has said. But be that as it may, now that we are going to county governments, could the KPC create storage in every county, so that in the long-term, these counties will have enough fuel to run the services? However, we also know that a nation cannot develop without--- view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just one short one on the issue of electricity and private contractors. Today there is a lot of rain. What will happen is that Masinga and other electricity producing dams will silt. As a result, we will have less power because of the storage capacity of water. What has the Minister done to have a permanent desilting system so that electricity production is enough in order to provide cheap power for industries to thrive in this country? view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Minister has also avoided my question which is to do with silting of rivers by the ongoing rains which will likely increase the cost of electricity and private electricity generating companies who will dictate the price of electricity by--- view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we now have a lot of rain and the chances are that most of the dams where we produce hydro-electric power are going to be silted because of soil erosion, particularly, on the Nairobi-Thika Highway where there is a lot of construction going on. So, in the course of time, electricity generating capacity will lessen because of the silting of these dams. So, as a result, the power capacity generation is going to be low and, therefore, private producers of electricity will take advantage of the situation and increase the prices, thereby making the cost of ... view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I can see that most hon. Members are not dissenting on this Bill, in their view. So, would I be in order to request you to call upon the Mover to reply? view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. First of all, I want to advise the very senior members of the military and the Government that this is not about the operations of the military. This is not about micro- managing the military. This is about accountability for the money that Parliament allocates to this Ministry. Since this amendment does not seem to be provided for in the new Constitution, many Members of the Cabinet are still living in the past. The time for change has come and ... view
• 12 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to ask the Assistant Minister how he will control contractors who have been awarded contracts to build new roads. That is because some of them, when they are given the jobs, they do very shoddy work. In actual fact, there is no value for money. The Ministry is failing. I would like to cite a case of C17 in my constituency. The contractor was given a job by KeNHA, but he has done a very shoddy job. Could I ask the Assistant Minister to send the officers who are concerned, to go and see ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like the Prime Minister to consider the use of this fund for creating sustainable employment for our youth. In particular, I am looking at the training of the youth on specific skilled courses, so that they are able to get sustainable employment. I am also looking at the use of that money to refurbish institutions of youth polytechnics which are dilapidated. This money should go towards renovation of these buildings so that the youth can be trained to do sustainable work. Lastly is the establishment of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in every ... view