Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, Boda Boda operators must not be treated as second rate citizens at all. Indeed, one can charge, which is basically what we have agreed, should be the charge throughout the country. It is about Kshs7 a day, which translates to Kshs50 a week for a motorbike operator. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the resources that would go into creating the lanes are very limited because the money that comes out of this will not be able to sustain those view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: lanes. Let me emphasize one thing; the Government at one stage made amendments to the Road Act. Under the Road Act, the Government gives all the funds that relate to urban area roads to Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA). So, local authorities are no longer drawing any resources from the Kenya Roads Boards (KRB) for purposes of improving roads in their areas of jurisdiction. In the rural areas this function has been given to Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERA). So, we are trying to work with these institutions, so that they can support the Local authorities much more. As I ... view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I just want to emphasize that the hon. Member missed the point. He said 400 per month but I think it is 200. That is the standard rate and the logical thing to do would be for the council to collect it on a weekly basis depending on the arrangement they can make at any local level. I also want to emphasize here that it would be wrong and criminal for any council view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: to tie a rope that might even cause the death of any boda boda operator. They have to do it simply and they must bear in mind that they have to obey traffic rules as operators of boda boda . The council people must also ensure that the enforcement is done in a human manner and legally, so that nobody is injured in the process. view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, the Chair directs that the following Questions be deferred to tomorrow afternoon. view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Kitui Bus Station Project was awarded to Messrs Kewal Contractors for a sum of Kshs46,129,576.50. (b) The Construction commenced on 15th February, 2007. I am aware that the completion delayed for more than three years. The reason was that the cost of construction had gone up. It became clear that the contractor was unable to keep pace with the programme of works and ended up being behind schedule. After several warnings on the slow progress of the construction works, the Ministry terminated the contract on 3rd September, 2009. (c) The Ministry ... view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to confirm that we have made provision within the coming financial year, so that it is fully catered for. view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the overall budgetary allocation for the completion of the various bus parks or markets, we at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government have been facing a fairly difficult time because the resource allocation from the Treasury has been limited. Indeed, several local authorities that had started these projects or had intentions of starting them have been unable to proceed effectively due to lack of resources. On our part, we have rationalized to try and make sure that we undertake very few projects and have them adequately funded rather than have ... view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be very glad to go and give that assurance so that the people of Kitui can know that the project will be completed. At the same time, I would like to make it very clear that even though we will be moving to the county mode of administration it does not mean that on-going projects of the Government in any given local authority will be abandoned. They will have to be completed because they still remain public projects. view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to make a Statement in response to a request made by Dr. Bonny Khalwale on Tuesday 30th November, regarding the Ministry of Local Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I wish to inform the House that no authority was granted by me to facilitate councilors to attend a private meeting in Gatundu South Constituency on 21st and 23rd November, 2010. In addition, I would like to state as follows that no council has requested for my authority to use public funds to attend the meeting referred to by the hon. Member. Secondly, councilors are ... view