Bishop Margaret Wanjiru Kariuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it would be extremely difficult to base our work on one or two slums or one constituency for that matter. As the Ministry of Housing, we give attention to the whole country. However, to the satisfaction of the hon. Member--- view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is notable that we have earmarked Mariguini, which is within his constituency for upgrading, and the process has already begun. The communities have been engaged, mobilization has started and capacity building too has started. view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if I have to repeat myself, I will do it again--- view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if I have to repeat myself, I will do it. I said that among the slum areas that have been identified by the area Member of Parliament, we have already started working in Mariguini. The budget that we have cannot work. We cannot work in all the slums at a go. So, we have divided Nairobi into portions and he must also equally remember that I am a Member of Parliament in Nairobi where we have very, very many slums and even where I am an MP, it is not in every slum that we ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said the money that we have is nationally. We have already ongoing projects across the country. However, we have earmarked Mariguini Slum for upgrading. Before we start demolishing houses and building new structures, we must, first of all, work around the land issues. Secondly, we have started engaging the communities--- view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: That is a very good question indeed. In the rural areas, we are already working where there are slums. For example, in Thika, we have a slum called Kiandutu where we have already provided water and in-roads. We are doing great works there. We also have ongoing projects in Nyeri. We have ongoing projects in Mavoko which is in Athi River, although it is not in the urban Athi River. It is in the rural Athi River. So the answer is, yes, we have programmes that cater even for the rural slums. view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: To be able to lower the prices of houses across the country, we have incentives for those who are building in large numbers. If one is building like a block of 20, there are incentives that will bring down the prices. However, we do not have incentives for one-one units. We only have incentives for those who are strictly in housing business and they are building large numbers of houses; then, we are able to give incentives and the prices will come down. Secondly, we are still at the negotiating level to see if we are able to bring down ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member has just helped me out because what he has said is that we do not have enough money. That is the truth. However, Kenya has that amount of money that is divided to all the Ministries. You can only use properly what is allocated to you and what has been passed in this House. Once that is done, then in the next financial year, you ask for more funding. That is what we are doing. However, the hon. Member may be comforted by this fact; that, sometimes, we do not just go ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, ironically speaking, the nominated Member of Parliament also comes from Nairobi. I think she has forgotten some of the work that has been done. The Ministry of Housing is one of the best performing Ministries within the Kenyan Government; I mean literally performing. Let me jog your memories that recently, we delivered 600 units in the slum of Kibera and within those 600 units, we are housing over 1,800 families. It would be very rude for anybody to claim that we are not performing. view