Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your indulgence, let me say that I hope that hon. Karua enjoyed herself in the land of Mirembe. I beg to reply. (a) I cannot consider granting a waiver of interest and penalties on land rates by defaulters owning property within the City Council of Nairobi. Waiver of interest and penalties is only granted when the Council, through a council resolution, requests me to approve a waiver for a certain period. The Council has not requested for approval of waiver as stipulated in Section 16 of Cap.267. (b) Given the above facts, the waiver cannot be ... view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me just point out that the level of compliance for various councils is varied. Indeed, there are a number of municipalities or local authorities that have asked for a waiver. With the relevant resolutions, we have granted that. In fact, for Nairobi City Council, I would like to point out that the last waiver was granted from the month of October to December, 2009. This waiver was made public for all rate payers and, indeed, some residents took advantage of it, paid their rates and got a waiver of the penalties. I would like to suggest ... view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said, I cannot direct all the councils to do so on a blanket basis. However, councils know very well that within the context of Cap. 267, they have a process which they can follow. That is to make sure that they have a resolution requesting for waiver of penalties and once it is forwarded to the Minister---- I have always given that consent once a council has requested. view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, if any council had sought a waiver, I would have granted it. If any council feels that it needs more time, I can grant it together with the waiver on interest and penalties. view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, when the council collects revenues in their areas of jurisdiction, they are supposed to use those resources, both for their operations and also for provision of services to the residents. If a council is not meeting its obligations--- If there is a specific area that we need to attend to, I am willing to listen to the hon. Member, so that I can take some corrective action. view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a matter of fact, I have communicated to the local authorities and told them that I am willing to support them if they brought the necessary resolutions. I have already communicated that to them. I have also communicated to the Nairobi City Council, just for the House to note, that it would be prudent, at this stage now, to pass the necessary resolutions for my consideration. view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. I revoked the nomination of James Muriithi Kangara of the County Council of Kirinyaga as a nominated councillor after I received a letter from the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) dated 28th January, 2011 which stated that NARC(K) Party, which nominated him, had requested that his nomination be revoked. (a) I wish to table a letter dated 28th January, 2011 from IIEC to prove that the councillor was nominated by NARC(K) and it requested his nomination to be revoked. (b) Given the above facts, the nomination of the councillor will not be reversed. view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to communicate here. I have a letter here - a copy of which I will also table - from NARC(K) signed by the Secretary General, hon. Mungatana dated 18th January. It is addressed to the Chairman of IIEC. For the benefit of the House, I would like to read it. It reads:- view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: “Dear Chairman, view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am reading a letter written to the Chairman of the IIEC, and equally I have a letter from the IIEC telling me to revoke the nomination of that councillor. view