All parliamentary appearances
Entries 441 to 450 of 793.
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14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Council was not responsible for that particular exercise. If it was within a Government agency, it must have been an ad hoc arrangement of which you saw the Council take action and correct the situation. Now we have very good vegetation on that section.
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14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the point here is that whichever agency undertook the exercise, the council did take action and continued and now it has been beautified.
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14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I am not in a position to talk about 175 municipalities, in particular the hon. Member mentioned Machakos. We were there recently where we opened an Eco toilet. If there are any specific issues that require our
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13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to reply. (a) There has been no delay in electing the Mayor of Nairobi. His Worship the Mayor, Councillor Geoffrey Majiwa, was elected to the Office of the Mayor of Nairobi on 3rd August, 2009 for a period of two years in accordance with Section 13 of the Local Government Act, Cap.265. The Mayor was charged under the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act on 26th October, 2010 following the cemetery scandal. On 2nd November, 2010, the Mayor stepped aside in compliance with Section 62(1) of the Act pending the determination of ...
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13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, even as late as today, we were attending an occasion graced by the President where we had the Acting Mayor of Nairobi. I think the functions of the Office of the Mayor are going on as expected on an acting capacity.
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13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I assume everybody is presumed innocent until proven guilty and, as such, he has that constitutional right which he still enjoys.
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13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the ones who are familiar with the history of this case know that one, the appointing authority for permanent secretaries decided to take some action to interdict certain officials. It is not even within my jurisdiction to presuppose why he took such a decision. I could only say that probably he had more compelling evidence on certain cases than others, and he felt that it was necessary.
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13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
My apologies, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Could hon. Kioni repeat the question?
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13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the first one was interdicted. The second one stepped aside. One was appointed by an appointing authority and the other one was in an elective office. So, I do not see any double standards.
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13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware of the borehole in Subukia Ward which was started by the County Council of Nakuru in 2007 which has not been completed. This is a Local Authorities Service Delivery Action Plan (LASDAP) funded through the Local Authority Transfer Fund (LATF). (b)The initial cost of the borehole was Kshs1.494 million awarded to Riba Hydro- System Limited of P.O. Box 1749, Nakuru by the Subukia Kirima Water Project Committee on 24th March, 2007. The total payment made to the contractor towards this project is so far Kshs1,080,000. (c) The ...
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