Amb. Mohammed Abdi Affey

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Members can go through the document and tell us the areas, as reported here, where water was not provided. We observed that the Ministry had started drilling boreholes countrywide, including Nairobi, Western and Rift Valley provinces. We also discovered, although the Minister had to explain this, that out of the total number of boreholes drilled, 30 per cent of the boreholes were drilled in lower Eastern Province and the justification was, and the Committee understood it, that the shortage of water was acute. I am sure that if the Minister had gone to a place like Takawa in Mandera ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee further observed that the funding by other development partners, because there was funding outside the Ministry of Water and Irrigation--- The NGOs identify areas where boreholes would be drilled if they fund them. The identification process in itself was not equally opportunity compliant. However, that is also outside the mandate of the Minister. We told her that even as the donors identify the projects, there is a possibility that they can shy away from view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: the regions they consider hostile and yet these are the regions that require water most. In the process of the other groups identifying these projects, there is a possibility that there is over-concentration of water projects in some parts of the country when essentially that should not have been the case. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Given these disparities, we have requested the Minister to provide funding and to be very affirmative in the funding in future so that no Kenyan complains about discrimination. A district like Ijara is not reflected in this Report. Neither was a borehole drilled nor monies allocated to it, but I am sure that something must have happened. However, if something has not happened then it is a very serious breach of what we were investigating. When I looked at the Report, I discovered that Bura Constituency which is pastoral in nature and water is a real need is not reflected. ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, generally, we discovered that water programmes were going on in every constituency in this country. Those programmes cannot go on without funding. So, we were of the view that perhaps the Minister should address the shortcomings in the Supplementary Budget and the Budget that will be read before this House. This will enable her to specifically have data in her office on every constituency in Kenya. The data will show whether they rely on boreholes and if so, improve the number of boreholes, and where they rely on other water sources like dams or streams ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Some of the recommendations that we have given is that the Ministry is supposed to carry out extensive research in order to know the water potential resources of each region because it is now possible that the Minister, together with officials, can establish in every county the resource base they have for water. They will begin from a point of knowledge if they establish that. From there, they can begin to fund them. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: By and large, the Minister has tried to provide the services we require but I repeat that we were not investigating the matter and we have not gone to the constituencies to establish whether drilling of boreholes took place or not. We were surprised by some of the observations we have in the Report that say that some boreholes were drilled but they are dry. For example, we have one in Galole in Tana River but it is dry. How is it possible that the Government can commit funds to drill a borehole just to discover that it is dry? ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to build capacity in this Ministry. We should also allocate it more resources. Where there has been obvious oversight because it is not possible to be equal, and there are some constituencies in this Report which have been left out completely, then the Minister should identify them and make sure that funds are provided. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I move this Motion and ask Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona to second. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank hon. Members because the amendment by Dr. Nuh only improves the Motion. It does not negate its spirit. There is a difference between discrimination and under-funding. We did not, in this view