Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5801 to 5810 of 6535.

• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think within the realm of construction, Minister Obure should also look at the quality and process of procurement of construction materials on public projects. That is where we lose. You will find a red brick for construction that you can buy from young people who make them for Kshs5 being procured for kshs20, just because there were bids. Nobody cares and the public loses money. So, that Authority should also give guidelines in general terms and in specific areas on what procurement levels are expected. For example, like in western Kenya, a red brick ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, then, the Authority should also work - and this is totally missing in the Bill - in a consultative manner with the Ministry of Labour and the trade unions, so that they can also help save our young people who are routinely exploited on construction sites. You will find a construction site that is taking three years. The law says that you cannot employ somebody as a casual for more than three or five months. They resort to hiring young people to work on those sites on a daily basis to deny them the opportunity ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have seen a clause where the Minister wants to levy some money from contractors. I think he should think twice about that. That is an Authority that is like a non-profit making arm of the Government to help it get value for its money. If we start levying money from contractors, we are simply escalating the cost of projects. It will be passed on to the same Government or whoever is procuring the services. I think if we want that Authority to be effective and efficient, we should not start giving them clauses like ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, looking at the First Schedule, Parts I and II, the Minister has listed the nominating bodies to the Board. I think you have left out a critical consumer of construction services. I think we should have a representative from local authorities. That is because there is a lot of construction both in building and roads that go on within local authorities. Take Nairobi, for example. I believe about 60 to 70 percent of the construction in this country is in Nairobi. If you are having Architectural Association of Kenya, Institute of Engineers, Institution of QSs, ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, another clause that I would wish to ask my brother to look at is that one that deals with appeals. You know, and being a lawyer myself, when you have appeals from the board to the High Court, the law should provide that, once you go to the High Court, it is final. That way, you do not keep the process of work from that body to be endless litigation. Now, you will end up in the High Court. From there, you will go to the Court of Appeal. From there, somebody will raise a ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to say a few things in lauding the President’s Speech which was focused, timely and which set the mood for what this House is to do within this session. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the success of the legislative agenda that we are setting upon will entirely depend on how you, as our Speaker, will steer this process. There is always a tendency when you have such a heavy legislative agenda the House may be in a mood to just channel out Bills into law without carefully scrutinizing them. Some of these ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Devolution is good but we must also make sure that it does not become a heavy burden on the Exchequer. We must have devolved units which will spend the resources from the centre to serve the people rather than units which will spend the resources from the centre for remuneration and other recurrent services. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, more importantly, as we go on with these reforms, it is so good that the Grand Coalition Government has held to-date. I have no doubt that it will hold to the end. However, the heightened rhetoric in the country – this came out very clearly in your Speech and in the President’s Speech – and the reckless political manoeuvres we are seeing are not good for the country. As I heard somebody say, you cannot stop politicians from talking politics. That is something they will do always, but we want people to exercise diligence, caution and care ... view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is always the desire of every politician to be in the limelight and to enjoy publicity. I have had more than my fair share over the last two weeks. It has not been easy. It has been very painful to me, to my family and friends. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand here to make an honest response to all the issues that are before this House. Because of limitation of time, I will quickly go through the stations that were investigated by the Committee and then settle on Tokyo, which appears to be the anchor point of the investigations. view