Lewis Nguyai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have been ready with this Ministerial Statement from as early as yesterday afternoon. We came with it today, and I had requested the Chair if I could issue it today, even though the Member for Makadara has not been around. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the City Council of Nairobi and other local authorities in the country are mandated by the Local Government Act, Cap.265, Section 162, to impose bylaws. Currently, the City Council of Nairobi is enforcing the following bylaws:- (i) the public service vehicle bylaw; (ii) the public nuisance bylaw; (iii) Illegal structures erected on road reserves and service lines such as sewer lines, electricity lines and other public utilities; (iv) the hawkers bylaws; and, (v) the animal bylaws, amongst others. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the operations of the councils in this area have attracted negative perception and public outcry, especially concerning the conduct of the officers enforcing the by-laws. From the experience, the problem is twofold. On one hand, the City Council of Nairobi strives to keep order and harmonious operations of the activities within the city limits by way of enforcing approved by-laws. On the other hand, citizens in seeking their economic livelihoods, view the pursuit of order and harmony in the city as oppressive. The public view is that the council’s enforcement officers harass them. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: While I admit that there have been cases of harassment of the public by the council officers, the media and the Press tend to exaggerate the magnitude or scale of the problem. At the same time, the public and media blame the council for the failure to keep the City clean. In our view, the conflict emanates from the lack of citizens’ appreciation of the roles and responsibilities in securing orderliness and harmony in the City. The public often fail to keep their activities within their designated areas, thus creating conditions for conflict. Also, increasing population pressure is causing many ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the City Council has mounted a programme called “Information Rapid Transformation Initiative”, which seeks to address the issues of informal traders through the development of modern kiosks. The average cost and construction of modern kiosks is Kshs150,000. The beneficiaries of this programme engage with banks directly as individuals, provided they have the approval of the City Council and have met the threshold of acceptable collateral. This arrangement was put in place to support the informal business operators with limited access to capital. However, prior to granting technical approval to a modern kiosk projects, the Council ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: We must appreciate that our information sector is multi-dimensional and that there is a category of informal business that may not be fully responsive to the set standards. Such businesses are to be accommodated in the Council markets which have economies of scale and thus, permit low cost delivery of business infrastructure. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: On the basis of the above, it is important to mention that there have been no demolitions of existing kiosks to allow the development of modern facilities. I wish to assure this House that no such demolitions have taken place in Makadara as alleged by the hon. Member. Where the demand for commercial investment arises, property owners and developers can apply for consideration of approval and if permissible, within the City development planning framework, approval may be granted for either extension of use, which is mixed development or change of use. However, such approval must be within the Physical Planning ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for quite sometime now, the City Council has been receiving complaints from the residents of Nairobi and the general structure, regarding the mushrooming of illegal developments within the estates. These complaints include grabbing of public utilities by private developers, rapid growth of illegal temporary kiosks within road reserves and illegal conversion of residential properties to commercial properties. The Council has responded to these complaints by investigating the issues raised to ascertain the veracity and take action as necessary. The window of opportunity was provided to the owners and developers of illegal developments to regularize these ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will finalise the comprehensive Statement and then I can give clarifications. (a) ten kiosks allegedly donated by the area Member of Parliament were among those structures demolished; (b) twenty iron sheets and six metal doors were impounded; and, (c) two motor vehicles were also impounded. All the impounded documents were taken to the Dagoretti pound yard. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in its efforts to create dialogue with its clients, the City Council of Nairobi has taken the following reform initiatives to re- engineer its enforcement and inspection process, as well as improve citizen’s involvement in the management of the City:- (i) formulization of the City Council of Nairobi Stakeholders’ forum; (ii) reforming of inspections and enforcement in terms of organization, procedure and systems; that is, public notice, giving information regarding inspection teams and prior notice for the removal and inspection and joint inspection of premises. (iii) establishment of a complaints register and customer care desk ... view