Lewis Nguyai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: (a) It is true that the Ministry has not constructed fresh produce markets at Kavisuni, Kisasi and Kamutei markets because no such proposals have been received from the County Council of Kitui for consideration. It is also true that the stated markets are among the oldest and the largest in Kitui County. view
• 21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: (b) My Ministry has no specific plans to establish fresh produce marketing facilities in these markets. However, the Ministry has sent out Circular No.MLG/MDG/950Vol.4 dated 3rd February, 2011, for the development of markets in the next financial year in order of priority. Once the proposals are received, the markets in question will be evaluated in order to determine the possibility of funding. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not understand the point of order by the Member for Kisumu Town West. view
• 21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the only thing I would like to add, and thank you for protecting me, is that the criterion is normally forwarded by the councils. It includes population size, among other requirements. The councils are very familiar with the criteria. view
• 21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the fresh produce markets under the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) were divided equally to every single constituency. However, there are other markets which include retail and wholesale markets which depend on size and viability of the markets. As such, those ones are constructed on a need basis. The proposals are forwarded by the councils themselves. As for the 2011/2012 Financial Year, I think there is consultation on whether the ESPs will be expanded or not. We are waiting for the direction from the Treasury. view
• 21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we had some real challenges in implementing the fresh produce markets under the ESP. Initially, that project was rolled out by the Treasury. They advertized for the markets. When they realized that they did not have the capacity to evaluate those tenders, they came to our end. When they came to our end, they were a number of shortcomings which needed to be dealt with, particularly on the minimum requirements for contractors. That included things like performance bonds, among other things. I think the majority of the projects have now been streamlined and they are ... view
• 21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will remember that during the last Session of Parliament, we had numerous questions on ESP. We held consultations. In fact, we invited hon. Members of Parliament who came in a huge group to our office to address their specific issues. Those specific issues were addressed. With regard to ESP projects that have not started, either the contracts have now been awarded or the ground breaking ceremony has taken place. view
• 21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have a specific answer on the status of Nairobi right now. I am sure that is a totally separate question. What I can pledge to do is to find out the status of Nairobi and promise to take up the appropriate action. view
• 21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker Sir, I think the majority of fresh produce markets range between Kshs9 million to Kshs12 million. The money was sufficient to construct view