Judah ole Metito

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Entries 1741 to 1750 of 1895.

• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to support the Motion and agree with my colleagues, the Mover and the Seconded of the Motion, that we urgently need to approve this Bill to ensure that Government departments are facilitated in their normal duties of serving Kenyans. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: However, I have two or three highlights that I would like to make. First, the country is faced with a very serious drought. Some of the areas have not received rain. For example, Loitoktok has not received rain since November last year. Some of the Ministries that I ask to enhance the processes of service delivery include the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. We have been having relief food distribution which has not been as smooth as expected. I think it is high time that this Ministry did a lot to facilitate that process. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it would have been good if you would have reminded those who are consulting loudly to lower their voices. Nevertheless, I thank the hon. Member for bringing that to the attention of the House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was talking about the Ministry of Agriculture. The Ministry should allocate funds to different parts of the country based on the rainfall patterns. At the moment, as they supply fertilizer and seeds to some areas, they should consider what season it is in different areas. This is because sometimes as they distribute fertilizers and seeds ... view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Ewaso Ngiro North Development Authority (ENDA) is in the process of undertaking the construction of 12 water pans, one small dam, and three boreholes in Samburu East District in the current financial year. The details of the above-mentioned projects are indicated in the attached Tables (I), (II) and (III) in my answer (b) I wish to inform the House that the ENDA has received approval from the African Development Bank (ADB) to commit the funds to the projects as I have indicated above. Meanwhile, the Authority is in the process of view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the ADB has given the ENDA money for a period of six years. Three years have already been covered. The projects I have enumerated will be covered within a period of three years from July, 2009 to 2011. The total cost of the projects is Kshs116 million. view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are doing 12 dams against three boreholes. The survey and geological studies are yet to commence. They will be advertised in the next two weeks. If we find that the water tables, as the hon. Member has said, are not good enough, we may go through what we call the District Steering Group, reallocate the money and do more pans, if that is more viable than doing the boreholes. view
• 6 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg the indulgence of the Chair. We just received this Question last evening. I have consulted the Questioner and we have agreed that Tuesday will be an ideal day to answer it. That is because we want to give a comprehensive answer. view
• 29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me this opportunity to also contribute in support of this Motion on the Presidential Address. Let me first start by what the President described as a national crisis; the issue of food insecurity. We continue to experience this problem because of what I will call inequitable policies in the Ministries that are concerned with food production in this country. First, I would like to start with the Ministry of Agriculture. We have several areas in this country that produce food and they have different weather patterns. I am referring to the North ... view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute in support of this very important Motion. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: First, I would like to thank the Mover, Mr. Affey, for bringing this Motion at this right time, when we are discussing the "Kenya we Want". Just for the record, northern Kenya and other arid lands constitute 80 per cent of our land mass. In terms of the constituencies, there are slightly less than 80 constituencies that are within northern Kenya and other arid lands. There are 78 constituencies. In terms of the population--- Kenya's population now stands at between 36 and 37 million. We have 16 million people in those areas. I am bringing these statistics to show the ... view