Lewis Nguyai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are other councils that owe a substantial amount of money to retirement schemes; LapTust or LAFRAFAD. There have been quite a number of meetings. Some councils, for example the Council of Nanyuki, have chosen to sell their assets. In Kisumu, there is a valuation being done to see what kind of trade- off can be done so that there can be an asset transfer. The Ministry is very keen to ensure that all the workers’ pension funds are well protected and we are monitoring each of the 175 councils. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that workers in the Migori Municipal Council have been on strike since Friday, 3rd December, 2010, due to unpaid three months’ salary arrears. However, it should be noted that the salary arrears were paid. (b) The Ministry is not holding any funds meant for the council. The councils, through Circular No.11201 dated 31st March, 2010, were advised to clear all statutory debts and salary arrears. All local authorities were encouraged to explore available options through which they can raise sufficient funds to clear outstanding debts. (c) ... view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for coming to my protection. The truth of the matter is that we have the investigations going on. We also have documentary evidence to show that all the arrears have been paid. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have directed the Provincial Local Government Officer (PLGO) to investigate the relationship between the two. Through the letter from the Permanent Secretary, we have not given a deadline, but we will be able to find that out. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Taking into account that we will go into a festive season, can you give us a month before we get back to the House? view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think it is only part “c” of the Question that will be deferred. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The legal position with regard to the nomination of councilors provided under the Local Government Act, Cap.265(26) and (27) for the municipal councils which include the City Council of Nairobi and Sections 29 and 40 for county councils and town councils, after the 1997 IPPG recommendations that both the Constitution of Kenya and the Local Government Act were simultaneously amended under the State Laws Repeals and Miscellaneous Act, 1997 to provide as follows:- (i) The persons to be appointed shall be nominated by political parties according to the proportion of ... view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Town Council of Maralal has not returned the parcel of land owned by the Ledero Group Ranch in Ledero Sub-Location as it has not received any Executive Order from the President as claimed by Mr. Letimalo. Ledero Group Ranch is not within the jurisdiction of the Town Council of Maralal. (b) Part “b” of the Question has been answered by the answer to part “a”. (c) The Ministry has directed the council to liaise with the District Commissioner, Samburu District, to resolve the dispute between the Ledero Group and the ... view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the number of changes against nominated councilors and public officers normally come from time to time. The changes mainly come from political parties. If they come without appropriate documentation, we have to refer them to the IIEC for ratification. Once that is done, we use the legal process which includes using process servers to sometimes degazette certain nominated councilors. Since they come in lots, we normally try to batch them and do them on a periodic basis. In this case, I would like to assure the hon. Member that our legal officer, the state counsel ... view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first I would want to say that though the hon. Member seems to claim that there was an Executive order in 1989, that Executive order was never gazetted, and the Ministry has not yet received any Executive order from the Office of the President. However, there seems to be a dispute between the Ledero Group Ranch and the Ngari Group Ranch. Therefore, we have instructed the council to liaise with the DC, so that the dispute can be resolved. I think it is not within the mandate of our Ministry to resolve such disputes. view