Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 631 to 640 of 955.

• 11 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The matter before us is so important, but it looks like we have no quorum. I think it is important that a matter of this magnitude should have the requisite numbers. view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministerial Statement will be ready on Thursday, next week. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (a) I am aware that some of the tenants of the Municipal Council of Kiambu residential houses face eviction by the council after the council gave notice of 30 days as per the tenancy agreement. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (b) I would like to make a slight correction that the Ministry, indeed, does have a policy with regard to long-term standing tenancy of authorities when the local authorities are disposing of residential properties. However, in this particular case, I wish to state that these residential properties are not being disposed of. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the general information of the House, I would like to state that in August this year, the council, as per the tenancy agreement, issued a 30 days’ notice to its tenants to vacate the houses for use by the council officers. The tenants went to their lawyers, J.N. Wanjohi and Company Advocates, because they assumed that the notice they got for eviction was because the houses were being sold. I want to state very categorically that the Houses are not being sold and that the council was seeking vacation so that it can house ... view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think it will be important that we have a specific case that comes up, for example, the case of Kiambu that we have been dealing with. I wish to state that at no time has the Municipal Council of Kiambu come forward to say that it wants to dispose of its houses. If it did that, there is a procedure that would have to be followed. An approval would be granted by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government. However, no such request has come forward and no resolution ... view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think there is a notion that needs to be corrected here because, with time, a mistake has resulted into something that has now been deemed to be a right. But, ordinarily, when a tenant enters into an agreement, it is either Musalia, hon. Olago or anybody with that particular council. There is no law that says that once that tenant passes away, automatically the house should be inherited by the family members, because this house belongs to the council and there would have to be a separate agreement with the family members. I know ... view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed councils are supposed to provide housing as one of their responsibilities. Nobody is running away from that particular aspect. But it is also common knowledge that all the time, these councils have been cash-strapped. Virtually all local authorities in Kenya have been cash- strapped and have not been investing in housing for a very, very long period of time. In this particular case--- view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, sometimes in lieu of house allowance, officers can be housed and it also depends on the nature of the staff that are going to occupy certain premises. So, whereas the Kiambu case is a case that is difficult, but I think it is also important for me to put it on record that the council also has got to provide sufficient accommodation for its workers. view