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Entries 341 to 350 of 1895.

• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to support this Motion. First of all, I must also confirm that I know Prof. Edward Oyugi. He was one of my mentors before I joined politics. I have no doubt that he is equal to the task. I also want to say two things on the work of this commission. The two main functions of this commission include strengthening devolution by deciding the amount of revenue that should be shared among the 47 counties. The commission is expected to come up with a formula. Another very important function is deciding which counties ... view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Fund. I want to plead with the incoming Commission if this House approves its appointment to re-evaluate the existing formula that the outgoing Commission came up with. More so, they should stop generalising or making counties the focal points of accessing the poverty index. Nairobi County will not benefit from the Equalisation Fund. But if you look at constituencies with slums like Mathare, Mukuru kwa Njenga and Kibra they will benefit from Equalisation Fund. Therefore, I want to plead with the incoming Commission to make the constituencies the focal points to benefit from the Equalisation Fund. If a county has ... view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: If you look at Nyeri County, we know some parts of it are arid and semi-arid. Therefore, they should just focus on the ASAL areas that can benefit where poverty is so high. I want to urge this Commission if they get the approval of this House to reevaluate the formula used by the outgoing Commission to come up with areas to benefit from the Equalisation Fund and focus on the constituencies and not counties. view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 29 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second this very important Bill. The Mover, the Leader of the Majority Party, has explained the intent and object of the Bill. It is purely to set criteria on how to assess the value of land, especially land that is meant for compulsory acquisition by the State for purposes of doing public projects. That acquisition criterion is well explained for Members to see in Clause 6 of the Bill. The reason the criterion is necessary is to avoid unpredictability, irrationality and non-harmonisation and to introduce standardisation, so that you can predict, ... view
• 29 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Currently, there is a stalemate in the Judiciary because of the ruling of the High Court sitting in Malindi that no other judge will hear land cases until the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) identifies judges who will purposely hear these issues. This has caused a lot of backlog in terms of land cases. I like Clause 2 of this Bill. The introduction of some terms like compensation is good. What is compensation? The criteria should be clear to ensure there is fair compensation. There is the issue of “prompt”. It is an insertion that has been brought in Clause 2 ... view
• 29 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: You can get the import of the entire Bill in Clause 6 especially in 107(a) where it proposes a new insertion to provide criteria for assessing the value of land to be compulsorily acquired. It distinguishes matters to be taken into account when assessing land and it also provides what is to be disregarded. One of the issues it says should be disregarded - and the Committee looked into that - is in Clause 6(5), which says that, in addition to the provision of the sub-section, the following circumstances shall not be taken into account in determining the value of ... view
• 29 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: They are so many. It also provides that compensation to be paid to the occupants is in good faith of land compulsorily acquired from a person who may not hold title to the land. Therefore, you can be compensated for your land even if you do not hold the title. The criterion is in Clause 6 of the Bill. view
• 29 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I have some observations because the Departmental Committee on Lands has tabled the Report on this today. Although you are trying to avoid speculation, sometimes when we realise that there is a big public project coming up, we try to speculate the prices of the land to be acquired. That needs to be avoided. That notwithstanding, we may need to look at Clause 6(c)(i) that provides that the increase in the apparent value of land is occasioned by any development or improvement of the land, if the improvement was made on the land within two years prior to the date ... view
• 29 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I can see I am running short of time. The Land Acquisition Tribunal established in Part VIII(a), a five member tribunal formed by the JSC should be looked into by the Members. More importantly, what is its jurisdiction? I had a lot to say, but time is over. I beg to second. view