Joseph Kipchumba Lagat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Indeed, the Minister should have done the right by giving me a written answer. I am very disadvantaged by the long answer he has read, while I do not have a copy. view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Nonetheless, the Minister has, clearly, said that he is not aware of the cost of the two projects. How do you make a contractual arrangement or sign a contract when you are not aware of its cost? I have, with me, documents written by the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Kinyua, requesting the Huawei Technologies of China to allow for competitive bidding. If, indeed, that was one project, why would the PS request the Chinese to allow the Government to go for competitive bidding? These are separate units. One is for equipment and the other is for networking. The Minister cannot, therefore, ... view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have heard the Minister clearly say that the tender has been awarded without necessarily establishing the cost. He has not answered this Question. How do you award a contract to a company without first establishing the cost of the project? If, indeed, these projects are different, why would it not have been prudent to tender it under one contract? Why separate the project into two? view
• 5 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the problem of power outages is experienced all over the country. While I appreciate the reason given by the Assistant Minister, previously, whenever there was going to be a shut-down, the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) would issue an advertisement in the local Press that, indeed, there will be blackouts in certain areas for certain hours within certain days. Why can the Ministry or KPLC not continue doing the same, given that these outages have caused a lot of untold suffering to many people? view
• 5 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the problem of power outages is experienced all over the country. While I appreciate the reason given by the Assistant Minister, previously, whenever there was going to be a shut-down, the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) would issue an advertisement in the local Press that, indeed, there will be blackouts in certain areas for certain hours within certain days. Why can the Ministry or KPLC not continue doing the same, given that these outages have caused a lot of untold suffering to many people? view
• 28 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also wish to support the Vote for this very important Ministry. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in some countries of the world, especially the super powers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is, in fact, probably the second most important after the Office of the President. But in this country, it is probably not in the top ten and, rightly so, when you look at the budget allocation to this Ministry. It is a reflection of the expectations that have been perceived to accrue from that particular Ministry. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the Assistant Minister has not answered the question. Hon. Keter said that the valuation is Kshs50,000 per acre and yet the Government wants to pay Kshs85,000 per acre! Why could the Government not buy the land first and then subdivide it using the services of its officers in the Ministry of Lands? Why would you want to incur an additional Kshs35,000 per acre just because of the subdivision? view
• 21 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me also give my contribution to this very important Vote. The money that has been allocated to this Ministry is not little money as has been said by many hon. Members. This is a lot of money. I think the biggest problem we have with this Ministry is the mode of sharing the funds. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, many of our districts have been given what I call tokens. For the last four to five years, we have either received nil or Kshs3 million to Kshs5 million. Today, I cannot tell ... view
• 21 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker Sir, this Ministry is ignorant about the value of irrigation. It does not understand! All they want to do is dig boreholes. Digging boreholes alone is not sufficient. Therefore, to the extent that these two departments are totally neglected by this Ministry, I would beg that the Government should - if this Government will be in power next time - move the departments to other Ministries. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have complained in this House very many times that some of us who live in water catchment areas - I have raised this issue ... view
• 15 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that the Minister has actually said nothing, apart from the usual rhetoric that we hear. We have an authority that deals with Lake Victoria, which is called the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Programme (LVEMP), which has offices in Eldoret and, I think, other parts of the country. All they do is probably plan three or four trips in a year, and they are given quite a lot of money by donors. I would like the Minister to tell us: What is that body supposed to do to ensure that these catchment ... view