Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 651 to 660 of 1008.

• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, by the time approval is sought from the Minister, the respective local authorities should show that there has been stakeholders’ consultation and a process has been followed to arrive at the fees. The records that were brought for approval indicated that they had undertaken stakeholders’ consultations at that time. The hon. Member is also asking whether these revenues are being raised to cater for the allowances of the councilors. The answer is both “Yes” and “No”. It is “No” because when the council raises its revenue, it is supposed to make sure that it is within the ... view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I reply, I would like to apologize for not giving the hon. Member the written reply earlier. Now that he has a copy of it, I hope he accepts my apology. I beg to reply. view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, the hon. Member is raising a very valid point. I must say that it is not easy to harmonize what you call Boda Boda charges. However, we have been trying all along to make sure that these are standardized across all local authorities. But above that, one of the long term issues that we want to do is that as we look at the elements of devolution under the new structure, we want to reduce the number of local authorities because this will come naturally. This will help in mitigating some of these charges. In ... view
• 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