John Harun Mwau

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: (b) The Government has not yet built any new railway line since Independence. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: (c) The East African Community (EAC) has developed a railway master plan covering the whole region, including the proposed railway connection between Kenya and Tanzania. Both Kenya and Tanzania being members of the EAC may not therefore negotiate for the railway connection as this has to be agreed upon at the EAC level. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, I really appreciate the concern raised by the hon. Member and I would want to confirm that currently, the master plan for East Africa is creating an open travel system that would create a passage from Voi to Tanzania so that there is easy flow of movement. At that particular time, it is possible that your constituency would be considered. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said, I have guaranteed the hon. Member for Wundanyi that although 20 years is a long time, it is possible to rectify that problem with the current master plan. When the plan is being executed, I assure you that I will personally address this problem. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would want to respond to Mr. Mbau’s question. In the past, there has been no policy on transportation. Currently, we are putting the policy into place. That policy that we are putting into place is to have a faster railway line from Mombasa to Western Province and into Uganda. We are also trying to view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: rehabilitate the Nanyuki line but not directly from Nairobi. The Lamu Port is going to create an opening in the northern region of Kenya. So, we are going to have a major inter-change in Isiolo. Isiolo is going to be a big place. One lane would come from Isiolo and then it will join the Nanyuki one up to Nairobi. The other one would go up to Moyale to join Ethiopia. The other one will go up to Lokichoggio and Juba. So, this master plan is what is in place. As we speak now, the work is starting in Lamu ... view
• 20 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 20 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (a) In order to address the unnecessary delay in issuance of motor vehicle number plates at the Port of Mombasa, the Government has undertaken the following measures:- view
• 20 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (i) Ensuring that two series of number plates are allocated to the Mombasa station at any given time, namely, 2000 series number plates. view
• 20 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (ii) Signed a service level agreement with the contracted number plates manufacturers. (iii) The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has dedicated parcel delivery services to Mombasa and all number plates issuing stations on daily basis. (b) The number plates are security items and as such, privatizing their manufacture may not be in the interest of the Government. (c)The Government has taken the following steps to improve the quality of service:- (i) The KRA is automating service provision in all regional offices. Requisition, ordering and approving of all stores items with number plates included is also being automated. view