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• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what measures does the Ministry have in place to make sure that reports like the one he is tabling are genuine and not made up? I have had an occasion to see a return from Siaya County Council going back to the Ministry; some roads which we had done using the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) and the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) money were included in that report. This is my seventh year in Parliament and I have never seen a single thing done with LATF money in my constituency. What measures is the Ministry putting in ... view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to take that direction in answering the Question while his Ministry is on record, two months ago, telling Kenyans that the price of fuel was going to be controlled and the grog oil marketers were going to be brought to book, so that Kenyans can afford fuel, paraffin and the other petroleum products? They promised Kenyans that by the first week of January, fuel would be affordable. What is stopping the Assistant Minister from doing this? Is he part of the cartels or what is ... view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Labour the following Question by Private Notice. view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (a) Could the Minister explain why 172 employees of LAICO Regency Hotel (formerly Grand Regency Hotel) have been laid off despite the Minister's assurance in the House on 29th April, 2008 that the jobs were secure? view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (b) What urgent steps will the Minister take to ensure that the employees do not lose their jobs? view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to thank the Assistant Minister because, just last week, he came here and told this august House that the Managing Director of LAICO had disappeared. He now comes here to justify that 172 Kenyans are jobless because it was necessary. view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: On 9th April, 2008, the Minister for Finance told the House as follows:- view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: "Even as the Central Bank moves to dispose of the hotel, the Central Bank is sensitive to the fact that the hotel employs more than 400 Kenyans. The CBK will endeavour to sell the hotel as a going concern, so that the livelihood of many Kenyans working at the hotel, and their dependants, is not jeopardised. It will be irresponsible for the Central Bank to sell the hotel in a manner that does not take into account the welfare of many Kenyans working at the hotel." view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Where is that welfare, Mr. Assistant Minister? Out of 400 employees, the Government has let 172 fired. Let me inform the House that those employees are also being replaced with foreigners. All the workers at the Hilton Hotel are Wazungu . At Hotel Intercontinental, all the workers are Wazungu . Now, this badly disposed of hotel is replacing Kenyans with foreigners. Where is the interest of Kenyans? Why did the Minister for Finance lie to the people of Kenya? view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Last week, the Assistant Minister told us that his officers had camped at LAICO Regency Hotel for two days, and the Managing Director (MD) had disappeared. I wonder what could have happened now that the Assistant Minister is coming to justify the sacking of Kenyans to the extent that he is telling Kenyans that the hotel had the right to do so. view