Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Jun 2021 in Senate: Those who are familiar with Nakuru will know that Kenya Railways has as much as land there as it has in Kisumu but there is a lot of illegal acquisition and grabbing of public land. The growth and development of Nakuru Municipality is guided by the Nakuru Strategic Structure Plan of 2001, which was expiring in 2021. The Committee, therefore, recommended that the County Assembly should come up with a new development plan and prepare implementation framework of the same. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we looked at the matter of traffic in the Municipality which was a key issue even in ... view
• 3 Jun 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be the last person to cast aspersions on any other Committee. If you read the Report we have brought to this House, we are saying the response from the county government of Nakuru was less than satisfactory. We are not clearing the county government of Nakuru, arguing or objecting against the Report of the Committee of the Senate Committee on Labour and Social Protection. I am saying that we must follow up those resolutions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you established the Senate Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations on 21st November, 2019, you gave us ... view
• 3 Jun 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, all the same, we are not arguing. There is nowhere in our Report where we are clearing the county government of Nakuru. Perhaps it is just a choice of English. In our report, we are saying that the response was less than satisfactory. However, we have looked at the criteria laid out in the Urban Areas and Cities Act, because it is the Statute that governs the conferment of City status on municipalities. view
• 3 Jun 2021 in Senate: Having made those observations, the Committee, therefore, made the following recommendations- view
• 3 Jun 2021 in Senate: (1) When Nakuru Municipality becomes a city, the cost of living should not rise dramatically and that any proposed increased in taxation should be subjected to thorough public participation and ownership. This should include adequate sensitisation of the general public on the cost benefits. view
• 3 Jun 2021 in Senate: (2) We also recommend that in order to cure the urban sprawl, a review of the boundaries of Nakuru Municipality, as stipulated in the Urban Areas and Cities Act, which provides the procedure for delineation of boundaries is done. view
• 3 Jun 2021 in Senate: (3) We recommend that in dealing with encroachment of land, the law and good practices ought to be enforced and observed in dealing with businesses that have encroached on public land. This will help open public spaces including drainages. view
• 3 Jun 2021 in Senate: (4) We also recommend that, to promote community ownership of public projects, transparency, accountability and public awareness, the Municipal board should implement Section 22 of the Urban Areas and Cities Act by forming institutionalized citizen fora. The Committee recommends that the municipality should constitute and equip a modern planning and development control unit, in line with the Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011, for sustainable development of the Municipality. view
• 3 Jun 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 3 Jun 2021 in Senate: In considering the submissions of the ad hoc Committee and in compliance with the provisions of the Urban Areas and Cities Act, the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, therefore, recommends to the Senate that Nakuru Municipality be conferred with city status. I beg to move. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the spirit of bipartisanship that we apply in the Senate Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, I ask the distinguished Senator for Elgeyo Marakwet, Sen. Murkomen to second. view