Gideon Moi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have listened to what my colleagues have said. I empathize and sympathize with this situation. My heart goes out to those whose houses have been demolished and have lost their life savings in order to try to better their lives by putting up these structures. But I have to be honest that the Government cannot compensate for any illegal structures. The only avenue at this stage, which is open to them, is to seek legal regress. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the issue of modalities of modus operandi of evictions, they have assured us that ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand to respond to a request for a Ministerial Statement by Sen. Daniel Dickson Karaba of Kirinyaga County. The Senator rose on the Floor of the House and requested for a statement regarding the construction of Sagana-Kutus-Kiruguya-Karatina, Road C74. The first question is who the contractor was. The contractor is Ms Ross and Company Kenya Limited of P.O Box 1952-10100 Nyeri, Kenya. The second question was when the construction is supposed to commence and to be completed. The answer is that the project commenced on 23rd March, 2012. The time for completion was 24 months ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my brother, Sen. Karaba, has talked about cowboy contractors. He is very lucky that he has some in his county. There are some counties who do not even have any of those cowboy contractors. I have talked with my colleague, Sen. Karaba and I promised him that we, as a Committee, together with the Ministry officials, will visit his county to specifically assess the construction of this road. Secondly, as Sen. Kagwe of Nyeri has said, there is a problem which we, as Senators, are all aware of. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you will notice, through the HANSARD, that I am not the one who triggered that first. So, I think he will be best placed to ask his colleague, Sen. Karaba. However, what I meant by cowboy contractors is exactly what Sen. Karaba meant. This issue is complicated, as we all know. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Kagwe raised a very serious issue. He wanted to know whether contractors have been paid and why they are not moving. That is correct. There are challenges that are being faced. We, as Senators, are all aware of what happened when money was sent to counties. We have reached a point where out of the Kshs210 billion, a big chunk of Kshs10 billion has already been disbursed as unconditional grants. Part of that money was to be used to pay Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) for contracts that the ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you have heard what Sen. Musila said. It is very clear that when they did the research, they came up with 21 counties which were marginalized, amongst them being Baringo and Kitui. In fact, to be honest with you, No.15 was Kitui and No.16 was Baringo, but they did the cut-off at No.14. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you come from the North Rift and know that West Pokot has been counted as marginalized, and we agree. They need all the assistance. We, as Baringo County, border West Pokot County. Families of the same clan are five ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo is a great friend of mine. The people I am fighting for to benefit from this Equalisation Fund are his people in my county. I am shocked to hear him say that they should not be beneficiaries to this Fund. We have agreed that in the next review we want an assurance from the Chairman of the Committee that we will also be considered. That is all we are asking for. As it is right now, we stand at number 21. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: n a point of order Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to seek clarification. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I just want to get clarification from you. As you know, what has happened today around the Republic is that the Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) have downed their tools. We, as the Senate, who are the custodians of the county governments, we are extremely perturbed at what has happened. Am I getting it right so that we can make our plans accordingly; that, on Tuesday next week, we will be discussing this matter as a matter of urgency, if it is so moved? Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 10 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you heard what the heckler said, imputing improper motives on Sen. Wetangula; did Sen. Wetangula even say--- Where was he when the massacres were there in 2007/2008? view