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• 18 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the hon. Member to say that he was told a certain Minister said that Anglo Leasing was a Government project, without substantiating who that was? view
• 11 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also send my condolences for all our departed colleagues. I have personal intimacy with Mr. M. Kariuki and Dr. Godana whom we went to school with together with you, Mr. Speaker. So, in this Parliament, two of us are now gone. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of my constituents, the District Commissioner for Moyale, has passed on. It is really a sad moment for all of us. I think like every speaker has emphasised, let us in a very genuine way find this sad occasion as the occasion that will reconcile us with ourselves and country so ... view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the members of the Land Disputes Tribunal from Maragua Constituency have not been paid their full sitting allowances for the year 2004 and 2005. The current situation is that the allowances for the Tribunal members are being serviced from Government voted funds and given that the number of meetings they hold are many, the April 6, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 419 funds have not been sufficient. This has led to members' payments falling into cumulative arrears. This situation is not peculiar to Maragua Constituency alone, it also obtains throughout ... view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to say that Kshs424,000 was paid to Maragua Constituency Land Disputes Tribunal. For the Financial Year 2004/2005, nothing was paid at all. However, I have admitted that there are arrears. When Parliament is able to make provisions in the Budget for these monies, my Ministry will be very happy to do the needful; that is, pay the members of the tribunals their allowances so that the work can be done without members being compromised. The problem is that we have not received money from the Ministry of Finance to do this necessary job that previously ... view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think there was an oversight in terms of Parliament allocating sufficient money for these tribunals. Subsequently, some of the members of the tribunals thought they were employed on a full-time basis. Sometimes they would sit from Monday to Friday and, as a result, ask for more allowances. The Ministry is coming up with guidelines so that, that does not happen any more and they only sit during the times that are necessary for them to do the work that is required. However, it is important for hon. Members of this august House to help me as ... view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is this House that includes public payments within the Budget. Indeed, my Ministry has asked the Treasury to avail additional budgetary allocations of Kshs235 million so that we can clear the arrears--- view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have asked the Treasury for a budgetary allocation of Kshs235 million so that we can clear all the arrears. Therefore, the Ministry has done the needful and it is up to this House to assist in terms of the necessary approvals. view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, currently, when the Ministry realised that there is a problem of how often some of the lands tribunals meet, we are now developing guidelines, which are almost ready, to rationalise the operations of these committees so that they can do reasonable work so that there is payment for that. This will ensure that they are not paid on a weekly basis. I am sure the "Bishop" will pray so that we get money for these tribunals. view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree that these are very necessary bodies in terms of ensuring that land disputes are solved. The problem is that we have had a shortfall because when we ask for certain monies, we do not get those budgetary allocations. We hope that this will be sorted out in the next Budget which will be presented to the House in June, 2006, because the House is in the knowledge of the problem. view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the hon. Member on the Floor to mislead the House by saying that the Cabinet resolution did not approve specific projects when the Cabinet Memorandum, which is an appendix to this Report, says clearly on page five:- "Thirteen year lease financing agreement has been reached with Leyland Exports for 515 Land Rovers and 479 security trucks." view