Lenny Maxwell Kivuti

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, when we talk of waste water and disposal and how it is treated, that will be a completely different topic which will touch on environment and other regulations which are not just for water. If you remember in the beginning, we put an amendment to add water for domestic use; portable water. We would like to treat the resource and the water usage in this Bill as it is not talking of irrigation or sewerage and waste water management. Those aspects may be taken care of in another Bill. Otherwise, we would have expanded the Bill ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, it is good for me to mention that when we think of water management and expand beyond what water is defined as in the Constitution, and at the beginning of the Bill, we have defined “water” as it is in the Constitution. If we divulge more than that, we shall enter into the realm of environment and we may end up not addressing water per se . We may end up addressing many other aspects of human habitation. If you ask any Kenyan about sewerage, they do not see it as water. They see it as ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I do not want to go into a very big argument. The same can come out of the word drainage. If people went to court that you have brought water to them and it erodes their gardens as a result of erosion, you must compensate them. We can also talk about management of water. In this city, we have a lot of problem of storm water drainage. If one went to court that somebody was swept away by water, the Ministry of Water and Natural Resources would be liable because it has to manage even the ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, the best way forward would be to refer to our Committee notes. It was not the decision of one person who said, “let us The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, not only sewerage but even levies for water; we have not fixed collection of levies and how much they would be in this Bill. All that will come in the regulations. view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I have no specific reason against Clause 107 but the truth of the matter is that, after the Second Reading, we went for public hearings. After public hearings, we took the comments and then, after that we felt that public hearings were inadequate because the Council of Governors (CoG) sent us a very long list. I decided that we should hold another seminar which should not only include the CoG but also all parastatals that deal with water, including the Ministry. We had that seminar in Naivasha for three days. That is the time we went ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, in life, there is always give and take. Since I do not see any harm even if it is retained - I was just going through it - whether it is there or not, the Bill would not be adversely affected. view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, following the intervention of my colleague Senator on Clause 107, I propose to drop that amendment. view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 114 of the Bill be amended in sub clause (1) by deleting paragraph (g) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 115 be amended in sub clause (1) by deleting paragraphs (b) and (c). view