Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, maybe, I could seek your indulgence. I believe I sent copies here and I am surprised that the hon. Member does not have one. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: (a) I will table a document to which I have annexed the schedule of assets and liabilities of the County Council of Turkana and the Municipal Council of Lodwar for the years 1963, 1970, 1980, 2000 and 2011. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: (b) I have also attached and I, again, will table the list showing the LATF and other Government grants for the County Council of Turkana and the Municipal Council of Lodwar since 1963 to date. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: (c) I wish to state that the issue of the sharing of assets and liabilities in all local authorities in the country, which include the County Council of Turkana and the Municipal Council of Lodwar, is going to be addressed when a clear audit of this is done in preparation for the new dispensation under the county governments. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to highlight that the point that the hon. Member is raising is extremely important. I want to assure him that we want to do a very thorough job in terms of ascertaining the assets and debts of these two local authorities and, indeed, for all other local authorities. I want to assure him that in the process, we will make sure that what is rightfully due to either local authority is properly accounted for, so that this crippling debt can be mitigated. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, because that is an extra detail, I would have to undertake to be able to respond to that particular question separately. I can do it by Tuesday next week, so that I can be more specific on what was realized and to whom. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the whole issue of debt in these local authorities is going to be a major task. I would like to point out that, indeed, as we move ahead, the county governments are going to be the successors to some of these institutions. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: But in relation to the LATF that is disbursed to the local authorities, the law allows them to use a portion of the LATF component that they get to reduce their debts. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the point I am trying to put across is that through LATF which we are giving, we urge the council to mitigate on their debts. In certain instances, indeed, we have said that there could also be debt swap arrangements, particularly when it comes to the statutory institutions, for example, the Local Authorities Pension Trust (LAPTRUST) or Local Authorities Provident Fund (LAPFUND) or, indeed, an organization like the National Housing Corporation (NHC), where there are debts of that nature owed to public institutions. We have allowed that there can be a debt swap, so that the council ... view