Joseph Konzolo Munyao

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: I will also cover you! Let me take this moment to congratulate the Minister in person, his members of staff and all 3302 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 21, 2007 the professionals in the Ministry. Like hon. Members have said, those people have travelled all over the country. In fact, I believe they went round to see the problems affecting the people and came up with their budget. I am sure their budget is based on needs. I wish this Ministry could be given more money than the Kshs15 billion. The needs and the expectations of the Ministry is to cover the ... view
• 21 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the honourable Chairman of a certain party give me peace? He, at one time, headed the Government and we suffered a lot! There was no water! view
• 21 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I better ignore that. If we follow the Standing Orders of this House, that gentleman was not elected to this House through that party! view
• 21 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had said that the Ministry has tried as much as it can, to bring the average walking distance to a water point in the country, to an average of about two kilometres. There are those who are walking for nearly five kilometres today. But on average, we are walking an average of two kilometres today. That is a huge progress. It is in order to refer and compare the performance of this Government with the other Government, no matter how many years the previous Government was in power. We should remind the public that ... view
• 15 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary 3194 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 15, 2007 Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this very important Motion. We have different forms of economies. We have command economies, where prices are controlled by the Government or agencies that are set up by the Government to control prices. In those kinds of economies, you may not need competition laws, because already there are institutions that are in place which determine what is value for money when you are buying products. But in a liberalised economy, like ours, where prices are left to be fixed by ... view
• 15 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in Europe, for example, where there is a proper law, the transport industry is left for small players. So, a firm could concentrate in manufacturing, but another firm could get a cake from that industry by providing transport. But in Kenya, major firms are providing everything. They produce and provide transport for their own goods to the outlets. They even own the outlets! In a country with proper regulations and competition, you prevent those companies from controlling, for example, transport business, so that there is proper competition in that area. Let other players deal with transport ... view
• 14 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The position of the Government is that bars shall not be established and operated in residential areas. That is according to the Liquor Licensing Act. (b) Salongo is not a bar. It is a lounge licensed to operate after meeting all the licensing requirements, which include health, security and social considerations. (c) The lounge will only be closed if it flouts the Liquor Licensing Act. view
• 14 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a lounge for transit tourists for Salongo tour operators. When they come from Jomo Kenya International Airport at night, they rest there before they are transported to their various destinations. When that lounge was opened, the Kaputei Residents Association - which comprises the members of that area, were opposed to it. But they sat down with the operator and they agreed as an association. They allowed him to operate. So, it was not opened without the consultation of the residents, who are members of the Kaputei Residents Association. They were duly consulted and accepted that, ... view
• 14 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that the lounge is run by Salongo Tour Company. I have not yet checked who the owners are, but these are ordinary citizens who just run a tour company. They requested to be allowed to have a lounge for their tourists, with the agreement of the residents. view
• 14 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have already said that the lounge was opened with the co-operation of the residents, who agreed with the operator. If there are any complaints, they can be channelled to the liquor licensing court that will look at the conditions. However, so far, other than hon. J. Nyagah, the residents are happy with it. view