5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly:
We are only making it very clear that the CS is the one allowed to make regulations. That is the only thing in this amendment. It is a policy issue and also in accordance with the law. It is very clear.
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5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 1 of the Bill be amended by inserting the words “and shall come into force upon assent” immediately after the expression “2019”. This is just to give the commencement date which is upon assent. That is all in this amendment.
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5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to second. Thank you.
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5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to second.
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4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing on its consideration of the following: The County Roads, Walkways and Parking Bays Bill (Senate Bill No. 18 of 2018); The Traffic (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly No. 28 of 2019); The Petition regarding poor drainage design of the Nakuru-Nyahururu interchange.
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4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Specifically on the “International Petitioner”, I thank you very much. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing on its consideration of the Kenya Roads Board (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.77 of 2019).
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4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to extend that thanking to the Leader of the Majority Party. He has captured all what is in this Bill. As the Chair, I am communicating to the House the views from the public. Yesterday, we had a public participation session. I would, therefore, like to share with the House as I second this Bill. Hon. Speaker, this Bill is just dealing with one thing. It has only five clauses. It is dealing with one main thing which is to give Kenya Roads Board the chance and power to borrow a bond. That ...
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4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly:
of this Committee and, therefore, the benefit of the House that we give Kenya Roads Board the power to borrow that roads bond since this Committee has been pushing for that for the last two years. The reason being that the bonds that are borrowed through the National Treasury sometimes do not end up on the roads. They call it an infrastructure bond because it goes to other priorities, maybe, health and some other things which are not necessarily roads. Therefore, it was the wisdom of this Committee and by extension of the House that we give power to Kenya ...
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4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, this translates to about 7,000 kilometres of the 10,000 kilometres that we promised the people of Kenya in the last Parliament that we were going to do as the Government. What Kshs700 billion means is that if we were to go through the normal budget process, it will take us close to 11 years to finish the committed roads. That is terrible! Ten years to complete only 7,000 kilometres and that is why we thank the Ministry and the Executive for thinking The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of ...
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4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly:
outside the box. They were thinking without the box because we cannot wait for 11 years for the people of Kenya to enjoy roads and yet roads touch every constituency. Every person in this National Assembly will come back to Parliament or go home because of the state of roads. That is why we are preparing our come-back by helping our people. If there is something that shows responsibility, then it is doing roads for the people of Kenya. When roads in your constituency are good, people access markets, schools and hospitals and everybody will come back. That is the ...
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