Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Lastly, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is the use of the Government of Kenya (GoK) funded projects. Sometimes, the Government undertakes the projects through direct GoK funding. Unfortunately, the same Government or the Exchequer does not give adequate funding for the completion of the projects. Look at Muruny-Siyoi Dam in West Pokot, for instance, which has serious damages due to lack of financing. Therefore, I call upon the national Government, once it initiates the construction of dams, the same dams should be supported by adequate financing. In this regard, I have in mind the Koru-Soin Dam, which is currently under ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was emphasising the need of the national Government-funded projects to ensure that they use the available budget. Although the responsibility of providing the budget is with this House, it becomes extremely difficult when the projects are overfunded or there is a very low budget provision. It makes the role of this House extremely difficult. So, in the case of Koru-Soin Dam, I request the Government to ensure that we have adequate financing over and above the Kshs500 million, which has only been allocated out of Ksh25 billion. I will be calling upon this ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was emphasising the need of the national Government-funded projects to ensure that they use the available budget. Although the responsibility of providing the budget is with this House, it becomes extremely difficult when the projects are overfunded or there is a very low budget provision. It makes the role of this House extremely difficult. So, in the case of Koru-Soin Dam, I request the Government to ensure that we have adequate financing over and above the Kshs500 million, which has only been allocated out of Ksh25 billion. I will be calling upon this ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on its inquiry into the status of dams in Kenya, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 17th October 2019. The Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources pursuant to Standing Order No. 216 (5) (a), embarked on inquiring on the status of dams in Kenya. This was necessitated by the fact that there were various dam projects across the country, which had been allocated funds year after year. The Committee set out ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: in place to ensure that the Last Mile Connectivity was achieved. A case to illustrate this problem is Chemususu Dam in Baringo County, which was completed in the year 2014 and it took five years to have the Last Mile Connectivity initiated. The Committee also observed that the National Treasury was engaging foreign private commercial banks to borrow money to finance the projects. This is a matter of great concern, considering that these loans came with high interest rates, costly insurance requirement, disclosed negotiation fees and other hidden costs. The resultant effect is that these loans were more expensive than ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: has not acquired land for those particular dams leading to serious idle time. Where a full acquisition of land for a dam project is not possible for one reason or another, the Committee recommends that at least the land for construction of dams must be available before any funding negotiations are initiated. The Committee also recommends that the National Treasury and the line ministries should forthwith stop implementing any new projects through EPCF model of financing due to the high costs associated with this model. The Government should ensure that the financing models considered for project implementation are efficient, cost-effective ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: (Maara, JP)]: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me that opportunity. In conclusion, various Government agencies should work together. We realised that some of those dams are situated within forests. We realised that the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation moves ahead and secures the contractors yet at the same time, the Ministry of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Environment and Forestry is not able to give wayleave for some of those projects to be undertaken within the framework. The Committee finally recommends that the Office of the Auditor-General should within six months, upon the adoption of this Report, undertake a performance audit of all the dam projects that have been implemented through the EPCF model to assess the cost benefit analysis, completion rate of the project and viability of this model in the future with the view of establishing whether there is value for money for expenditure of the public resources incurred under the model. The Committee is ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is quite unfortunate for Hon. Wamalwa to mislead the House. The Committee was investigating construction of dams in general to find out why some of the projects have stalled. While carrying out this investigation, the NIB that he is alluding to was not part of our docket but was under the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. The Committee has also recommended that the Auditor-General… view