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• 8 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is the greater Marsabit District. If that amount has not been invested in those districts, I will find out why. I know that for most of those projects, we try to source for funding from donors. At times the budget may not be equal to the reality on the ground. So, we may have budgeted that amount, but maybe the donor funding that was expected did not materialize. I will seek more information and be able to inform the hon. Member on the correct position on the matter. view
• 8 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are still at the planning stage; when you plan a project, it may not be exactly the same when you implement it. So, maybe we planned to have a dam of that size in Meru North District, but when we come to implementation it will be subject to all the dynamics identified by the consultancies. If it will not be suitable to do a dam of that size, we will go as per the consultancy report, but that is what we intend to do. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) It is the Authority’s philosophy to undertake its activities in a well coordinated manner following its strategic plan, Vision 2030 and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The criteria used to select projects include but is not limited to the following:- (i) The availability of resources to be exploited in an area. For example, water for hydro power and irrigation, mineral resources, fertile soil for agriculture among others. (ii) Budgetary allocation giving priority to projects which ensures great impact to communities. (iii)Projects which are feasible and are acceptable by stakeholders to ensure their ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: I would like just to say that for the last five years, KVDA has spent Kshs238, 565,755.43 in development projects. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true, the hon. Member is stating the correct position. However, the biggest income for KVDA is the Turkwel Dam which is in Kapenguria. The dam has got twofolds; one which generates electricity and is under the Ministry of Energy through KenGen and the maintenance of the dam which is under my Ministry. So, the money which is given to KVDA, which forms the biggest income for KVDA, is from KenGen through Turkwel, which is mostly used to maintain the dam. So, what goes to Kapenguria is mostly for the maintenance of the Turkwel Dam. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in my initial reply, I said that we use the following measures, but not limited to; that means that other avenues are open. One of them is that we have, as a Ministry, what we call regional coordinators in all the regions, who attend District Development Committees where these projects are ratified. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was just finalizing by saying that we have regional coordinators in all regions which are now counties and they do attend DDCs meetings in their respective districts which are constituency based, where they forward the proposals and they are ratified in those meetings. I expect the hon. Members of the respective counties to attend those DDCs meetings and give their input. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that that is a different Question. But on general observation, all the regional development authorities operate on similar criteria, mostly aligning their development projects on Government policies. However, the criteria that should be used by all of them is extensive consultation, whereby all stakeholders for the region concerned are involved. I am very sure that hon. Members are very important stakeholders who should be brought on board in all issues to do with development in those areas. But should there be issues with CDA, I am very much available to liaise with ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, our regional officer for that region is based in Iten. I confirm and assure the hon. Member that I will liaise with him to ensure that in the next financial year, we try to source for funds and consider doing a very important dam that has always been coming up in the development plans for Keiyo. view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this very important Motion. From the outset, I support the Motion. The Commission on Revenue Allocation is a very important Commission for this country. It is one of the basic reasons why Kenyans agitated for a new Constitution based on the understanding that resource allocation has not been equitably done in the past. I believe that Kenyans who have been proposed to serve in this Commission have a very enormous task to ensure that resources in this country are equitably allocated. view