Hon Joseph Nduati Ngugi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise on a point of order because Hon. Sankok has demeaned welders in this country. When we have invested a lot of money as a country to take our children to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centres, you cannot demean them. They are also important and we are trying to encourage them to enrol in colleges so that they can be self-employed. Please, withdraw that remark. It is very unparliamentary. view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to make my contribution. Having read the Report, I realise that this is a good policy that will sort out some of the problems we have in most of our constituencies. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, being my good friend, you know I come from Gatanga Constituency, which provides Nairobi with about 70 to 80 per cent of the water that Nairobi people drink. When the project was done, it was a multimillion shilling project. It was done many years ago and was financed by the World Bank. ... view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Even though the project was located in Gatanga, which is a big area, we were not given water. Not even a hospital was built. There is no public facility that was ever put up there. All the water was pumped to Nairobi. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you know I am a marathoner and when we go to participate in the Ndakaini Marathon, as we start the marathon, there is no water to drink. When we finish, we still have to come back to Nairobi to shower because there is no water. I consider that to be very unfair. That is ... view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: A new project is being done, namely, the famous Northern Collector Tunnel which gets water from Kigumo. A tunnel is being done there. The water is then pumped to Ndakaini Dam. Because we do not have adequate facilities to treat water when it gets to Nairobi, the Government has recently done a new treatment plant called the Kigoro Water Treatment Plant. The total value of the projects, if I am not wrong, more than Kshs6 billion. Again, if you go to Ndakaini today, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this ... view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: there is no water. For us to get a project worth Kshs500 million was a big challenge and we have to plead. I thank the Chairman because recently, they agreed to do a project worth Kshs300 million, which will not provide adequate water. We have been pleading with them because our people need water. Gatanga has four wards in the upper part. In the lower zone, we have Ithanga and Kakuzi, which neighbour Masinga, which do not have water. It is a big problem. Imagine almost 100,000 people going without water despite the fact that so much water is drawn ... view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: I thank the Government because recently, they started doing water pans for us. The water pans have brought a big change to our people because they can store water in their farms. With the water, they can grow vegetables and even stock the water pans with fish. In fact, people in Gatanga are growing big like me because of eating fish. These are some of the things we should be doing. As I conclude with our local matters, I encourage Kenyans wherever they are to support water harvesting. Let us not allow any new construction in Nairobi… view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to also make my contributions to the Bill. From the onset, I support the Bill. I have looked at the establishment and powers of the tribunal and I have seen who the tribunal will be composed of. I have also seen the qualifications of the three members, one shall have expert knowledge of matters relating to valuation of premises. We need to change this one to expert in estate management. The powers being given to the tribunal are enormous. They are good because they will be able to manage ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: improvement of drainage, what if a landlord had not initially done his job well? Why would it lead to an increment in rent? What if the sewerage system was not properly done? Why should it lead to an increment in rent? There are some things which have been mentioned here, like electrical, ventilation or air conditioning system. These have not been defined. What is making these three things increase rent? We need to look at this again. On installation of plumbing, electrical ventilation and air conditioning system, it will be unfair to the tenant. The Mover of the Bill needs ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. In conclusion, I want to say that I support the Bill but, looking at most of its clauses, it is creating a legal framework that can be used to treat tenants unfairly. The lawyers in this House will have to address it in a better way. view