Joseph Konzolo Munyao

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 821 to 830 of 895.

• 8 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I asked the Assistant Minister whether he will re- open the divisional lands offices that were closed so that wananchi can get the services on the ground. view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: to ask the Minister for Lands: (a) Is the Minister aware that the land adjudication process in Meru North District is grinding to a halt and the crash programme launched by the Minister in jeopardy due to corruption by a cartel led by the District Land Adjudication Officer and a Mr. Wachira, who are soliciting bribes from resident in exchange for service? (b) Why has the Ministry persistently refused to remove these officers from the station despite numerous complaints from leaders in the district? (c) Why was Mr. Wachira returned to Maua after being transferred from the district after the ... view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Lands the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that the land adjudication process in Meru North District is grinding to a halt and the crash programme launched by the Minister is in jeopardy due to corruption by a cartel led by the District Land Adjudication Officer and a Mr. Wachira, who are soliciting bribes from residents in exchange for services? (b) Why has the Ministry persistently refused to remove these officers from the station despite numerous complaints from leaders in the district? (c) Why was ... view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I would like to oppose the Motion from the outset. I am opposing it on very solid legal grounds. I am even surprised that this Motion found its way to this House! That is because it is intended to violate the Constitution of this country. Our Constitution names the existing districts! Without amending the Constitution to increase the districts, you cannot validate any other districts. So, what the Mover of the Motion is asking this House to do is to legalise an illegality ... view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the Member should have risen on a point of information. That is not a point of order. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is also an existing High Court ruling on this matter. The hon. Michuki went to court over the issue of districts and the High Court ruled that the so-called districts that the Member is trying to legalise in this House, were illegal because they were not created following the normal laid down procedure. The Constitution was never amended to recognise them. So, what we are being told here is to ... view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I may not necessarily remember the particular section at this point, but it is there. view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am opposing this Motion on the grounds I have raised. There are other important grounds--- view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no Standing Order that requires one to withdraw a fact that is in the Constitution just because I cannot remember the particular section. I have not misled the House. The Constitution names the 46 districts. I only require time to bring the Constitution and lay it on the Table of the House. view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The other issues we need to look at are those of equitability. You will agree with me that many of these districts were created politically and in a lopsided manner, so that certain sections that were favouring the ruling party and people in power then were given an unproportionate share of districts. We know that once you are given a district, you are also given more resources than other places. So, if we were to legalise only the 28 new districts without allowing other deserving regions of the country to have districts, we ... view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the Minister was answering the Question, he clearly indicated that what this Government has done was to gazette an intention to create districts. They are now gathering information and coming up with a programme and all the proposals will be brought into this House before the districts are declared. So, no new district has been created. That is the system we are proposing so that when the Government brings those proposals, it does so together with the rest of the 28 districts so that we can follow the law. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, ... view