Judah ole Metito

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Entries 1611 to 1620 of 1895.

• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply- (a) TARDA has taken the following initiative to tap the waters of Athi River; (i) Through KKV programmes, constructed water pans at Ngama in Mashuru area in Kajiado District covering 5,200 square metres, Nyangatha area in Mwala District covering 5,200 square metres, Ithaeni in Kathiani District covering 5,200 square metres and Ndithini area in Yatta District covering 5,200 square metres. (ii) Construction of pans is ongoing at TARDA Kibwezi Farm on Kibwezi River for irrigation expansion for fruit and tree exploration up to 24 hectares. (iii) Through promotion of resource investment, proposals have ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: I fully agree with the hon. Member that the efficiency of the Regional Development Authorities in the past have not been to their potential or maximum capacity. That one has been attributed to the fact that the source of funds has totally been through the Treasury or the Exchequer but we have brought a new dimension whereby all regional development authorities have been told by the parent Ministry that they should now expand their sources of revenue. They should outsource using even private sector and also engage in Private Public Partnership. I am sure with our current strategic plan and ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, TARDA covers an area of approximately, slightly over eight constituencies. If you really think of the composition of the board and you consider all constituencies, you cannot take 82 directors in the board. But even, currently, we have 29 members in the Board of TARDA which at the Ministry level we are really thinking it is so big. More importantly, however, is really to distribute resources equitably even if the board is lean and takes only nine directors. The principal issue is to equitably distribute resources to the area that is covered by the regional development authority ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to second this Motion. I want to just make some points very clear. The purpose of CDF, when it was created by this House in 2003, was to take development down to the grassroots. It was also meant to do that in a very fair way. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to put it very clear that any hon. Member can second a Private Member’s Motion. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to put it very clearly that I am not the official Government Responder. I am seconding it as the Member of Parliament for Loitokitok. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Although my party’s Secretary-General has really said what I wanted to say, I will continue from where he left – the issue of limiting the number of the masters and doctorate degrees students to 200. This shows that there is lack of capacity. It would be very sad for this country to have only 200 students undertaking masters’ and doctorate studies in public universities each year, given that we are talking of becoming a country with skilled labour. You also realise that this ... view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also support this Vote 12. I would like to highlight the challenges that this Ministry is facing, especially with respect to the rural areas. First, we want to say that there is the Urban Development Department in the Ministry that takes care of urban development plans. However, there is no rural development plan, or a rural development department in the Ministry. That is why we are not seeing much on the ground in the rural areas. I want to also highlight two things. One is about the Economic ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also contribute in support of this Ministry’s Vote. Because of time, I will just highlight three issues. First, with regard to the issue of maize, I would urge the Minister to try and avoid the post-harvest losses. As many have said, the pricing of maize is very low. In fact, farmers are not even getting what they spent in the farms. Secondly, another source of post-harvest losses is aflatoxin in certain areas that produce maize. My constituency and the entire of Makueni District are affected by aflatoxin. ... view
• 19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also contribute in support of Vote 30 – Ministry of Energy. This is one of the Ministries in which we are seeing a lot of projects being done on the ground. I must thank them for going ahead and taking the constituencies as the principal focus of development. I must also thank the Minister and his able team particularly the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) and KPLC Limited. They are always available for consultation with all the stakeholders on where the projects are supposed to be undertaken on ... view