22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to second this important Motion. Buildings are important to human kind due to their investment and social values. Maintenance of buildings is critical for their preservation and ensuring that they continue to serve the intended purposes. The current situation of dilapidated and unhealthy buildings in a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
decaying environment contributes to poor health, low productivity and anti-social behavior of low return investments. The main contributions to the above situation are; lack of a building maintance policy, existence of outdated multiple legislations and regulations and lack of institutional framework to reinforce compliance in carrying out maintenance works. The National Building Maintenance Policy, which is the subject of this Motion, is the road map to guide appropriate maintenance of building programmes, plans and activities facilitating enactment of the necessary laws and formulation of regulations for the implementation of building maintenance. The policy identifies several issues among them problems, challenges, ...
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22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
The policy document is presented in eight chapters. Chapter One provides background information and justification for the formation of the policy. Chapter Two outlines the goals and objectives, principles and values underpinning the policy and management strategies to be adopted. Chapter Three lays emphasis on the need to develop maintenance plans, setting standards and guidelines, which will assist in identifying priorities, developing building inventory, maintenance of cultural, historical sites, public monuments and museums and capacity building tools for carrying out survey and performance audit of the policy. The last chapter covers monetary evaluation principles and their application in the maintenance ...
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22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
This is a very timely Policy Paper. In fact, once it is passed, we will come up with the necessary Bill which the Ministry has already drafted. I ask Members to support and pass it, so that we can move forward to have a better environment, a healthy and secure nation.
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22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to second.
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22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to second the Motion. The objective of the policy is to promote secure and dignified livelihoods for the urban poor. It is to provide a regulatory and institutional framework to guide coordinated and accountable implementation of slum upgrading and prevention at the national and county levels. It is also to mainstream slum upgrading at various levels of the Government by putting various programmes of prevention and upgrading slum projects within the country at large. The policy will be implemented at both county and national levels. The Ministry in charge of slum upgrading and prevention ...
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16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly:
I have no card. It refused to work. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will be very brief. Let me take this opportunity to second this Motion. The Nairobi-Malaba SGR is part of the Northern Corridor Integrated Project which was initiated between Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan. Under that Protocol, Kenya was supposed to do its part from Mombasa to Malaba. We are aware that the section between Mombasa and Nairobi is already on track. In fact, it has already started and by June next year, it will be operational. The Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Nairobi has ...
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4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House:- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly:
The Report of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing on the inquiry into the status of implementation of Phases I and II of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).
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4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing on the inquiry into the status of implementation of phases 1 and 2 of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), laid on the table of the House on Tuesday, 4th October 2016.
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