Lewis Nguyai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I wish to state that the ESP Majengo Market Project has not stalled. The market is over 90 per cent complete and is ongoing. All the superstructure works are completed, including roofing. Currently, the contractor is doing the finishings that include painting and electrical works. (b) As I have stated, the market is over 90 per cent complete. The contractor, M/s Stuff Contractors, the Town Clerk of the Municipal Council of Vihiga and the County Works Officer have assured my Ministry that the market project will be completed on or before 31st ... view
• 4 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the ESP market design is such that the total superstructure is the foundation. There are also still structures that support the roof. The superstructure that supports the roof takes quite a big chunk of the project. Presently, the view
• 4 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said that the Town Clerk and the County Works Officer have assured us that this project will be finished on 31st October, which is exactly three weeks from now. After those three weeks, we can see if it is the Ministry or the Member who erred. view
• 4 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the only empirical evidence that would be possible is if we had photographs. Unfortunately, we do not have photographs. Like the Member had offered, I would ask him to take photographs and then I would have a look at them to ascertain. The County Works Officer and the Town Clerk assured us that the project was going on well. They assured us that it will be completed on 31st October, 2012. That is not a very long time. view
• 4 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I once again reiterate that this project will be completed by 31st October. view
• 3 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with the indulgence of the hon. Member, after some consultation, I would want to be given more time to be able to have some consultation with the hon. Members who are affected, particularly the ones from the potatoe growing areas. I would request that this Question is deferred until Thursday afternoon next week. view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that employees of Molo Town Council have not been fully paid their June, July and August, 2012, salaries. (b) The non-payment of salaries is as a result of the reinstatement of 40 employees in 2008 by a court order citing wrongful dismissal from employment. The implementation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in 2010 also increased salaries by between 40 per cent and 60 per cent, which made the situation even worse. As a result, the council is unable to meet its obligations because the revenue cannot match expenditure. ... view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is requesting for a thorough audit and investigation. I would like to assure him that we do have an inspectorate view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is correct in the sense that there are many local authorities which do not meet their obligations. But the new Constitution has dealt with that by reducing the number of local authorities into county governments from 175 to 47. As such, duplicated work that was being done by very small local authorities will now be done on economies of scale. So, I believe, Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is just a matter of time before we find most of county governments having a broader revenue base with abilities to enforce by-laws to enhance collection and, ... view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sure that Molo Town Council is waiting for the agricultural cess which they will collect from potatoes. But in addition to that, we do have a LATF policy which is very specific on its utilization. For example, part of it, is spent on recurrent expenses, which include paying salaries. view