Judah ole Metito

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Entries 1731 to 1740 of 1895.

• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) His Excellency the President has appointed Mr. Martin Tsuma as the Chair of the Coast Development Authority (CDA). (b) It is true that the CDA receives Kshs.45million vis-Ă -vis the Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority (TARDA), which is allocated over Kshs100 million. The disparity is caused by TARDA having more established and ongoing projects, which have also been attracting more funding, through public-private partnership, than the CDA. (c) In order to ensure that Regional Development Authorities (RDAs) are adequately funded, my Ministry has rationalized the allocations in respect of the ... view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, the hon. Member is right that, for over one and half years, the position of the Chair of CDA has been vacant. But the substantive Chair was appointed on Friday last week. His name is Mr. Tsuma Martin. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to the projects that the CDA has done, or is doing in Voi Constituency, they are as follows:- (1) The CDA has done a water project called Rukunga Rock Harvesting and Piping Water Project in collaboration with the Canadian Government at a cost of Kshs2.9 million. (2) We are undertaking the ... view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to set the record straight. The Chairman of the CDA was not appointed because of this Question. Indeed, the process of appointing the Chairman has to be thorough. The Minister had to forward three names to the President so that he could pick one. In that regard, Mr. Martin Tsuma, who comes from Mr. Mungatana’s constituency, was picked. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: It is also true as the hon. Member has put it, that the salaries of the employees of the CDA have not been reviewed for quite some time. However, it is not just the CDA, but all the six regional development authorities. Although the mandate to review staff salaries belongs to the Board, I would like to attribute this to the little funding that the Treasury allocates the regional development authorities and because of that, some authorities have been forced to retrench staff or scale down their salaries. That has made some of those employees seek green pastures elsewhere. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I anticipate that, in the near future, this House will be given some teeth, through the Budget Office, to enable it streamline Budget allocations to Ministries. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that, that is a very different Question from the substantive Question we are handling now. I will bring all that information to the House if the hon. Member raises a Question with my Ministry in connection with that amount of money. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am ready to answer the Question the way it was put. Why--- view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no proof that we have not spent the Kshs45 million allocated to the CDA annually. That is why I have told the hon. Member that, given more time, I can prove that we have spent the Kshs45 million which is not even enough. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a good idea because we are open to all manner of ways of out-sourcing money. One of the ways is through the public-private partnership initiative. The other one is through strategic plans that regional development authorities have prepared. A key component in this is coming up with many proposals for donor funding. Many proposals are now being prepared. With regard to the CDA, the JICA has funded programmes in Voi. The Italian Government has funded projects in Malindi worth Kshs240 million. That wide berth of outsourcing is most welcome. We will consider that and, ... view