Joseph Nyagah

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 411 to 420 of 447.

• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I was in the Cabinet, we did an analysis and found out that constructing roads in Kenya was much more expensive than in Uganda and Tanzania. That is what we found out then. Is the Assistant Minister convinced that the cost has come down? Is the current Government doing a better job now? Are we in the same level with Uganda and Tanzania? Could he also confirm that the high prices are not as a result of high levels of corruption in the construction of roads? view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Finance the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Could the Minister ascertain that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is withholding imported second-hand vehicles pending confirmation that they were not stolen from their countries of origin? (b) What action is he taking to ensure that the vehicles are released to the importers? (c) What long-term solution is in place to ensure that Kenyans import only Interpol-cleared and certified vehicles? view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, many vehicles are stuck at the Port of Mombasa. Many vehicles are also in the high seas on their way to Mombasa while many others are stuck in various showrooms around Kenya. When the importers tried to get documentation from the Embassy of Japan, they were told that the Embassy has no contracts with the Kenya Government. Billions of shillings have been lost. Could the Assistant Minister confirm that, indeed, the Embassy of Japan and the others have confirmed that they will be giving authentication certificates so that Kenyan importers do not lose more money? view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the crisis was created after the International Police Organisation (Interpol) visited this country and found out that there were many vehicles that were sold in our market after being stolen from other countries. What action is the Assistant Minister taking to ensure that genuine Kenyan motor vehicle importers are protected? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to tell him that as late as last week, the Japanese Embassy was still refusing to recognise the notice he is talking about. What appropriate action is he going to take to help Kenyans who do not know anything about ... view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister aware that unless you bribe or pay kitu kidogo, it is very difficult to be paid your pension these days? view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Water and Irrigation how the directors of the Embu-Mbeere Water Company were appointed. view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Minister for the theoretical answer he has given. I call it "theoretical" because the truth of the matter is that consultations were held amongst friends in Nairobi during which decisions were made. One or two meetings were held in hotels. I was tricked into attending one of them with my colleague, the Member for Siakago. At a very short notice, they called a meeting without the knowledge of the Mbeere and Embu people, where a decision was made. We were told that if we did not accept the decision, it would ... view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has made it clear that there is a big problem in this sector. There is also a big problem in the way the appointments were done. He has accepted the fact that there is need to educate the people. Could he, therefore, tell this House that he is willing to repeat the whole process and involve the communities, so that we can appoint the right people and not the kind of people who have been appointed; because they have been rejected by this House? This includes the people who were appointed by the Embu-Mbeere ... view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for agreeing to take the appropriate action of repeating the process as he has confirmed with his type of English. view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to second May 31, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1051 this ably presented Motion by my colleague, hon. Dr. Ojiambo. I think she has put a very strong case as to why there is a need for a supplies management practitioners Bill to be passed by this House. She has argued very ably as to why we need to set up a Kenya Institute of Supplies Management, so that we can save this country the headache that we go through. The annual Government Budget on supplies is approximately Kshs150 billion. That is ... view