Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 881 to 890 of 911.

• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have said that I have already communicated to the local authorities that we want all the information made available to the civic leadership in all the local authorities. I have also addressed all the chief officers and told them not to hide anything from the councillors in their respective jurisdictions because they must have full knowledge of what is going on. 2894 PARLIAMETARY DEBATES October 22, 2008 view
• 21 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Currently, the law does not provide for the granting of city status to municipal councils in Kenya. (b) The Municipal Council of Kisumu has not been granted a charter for city status because October 21, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2833 the formalisation of its current status is not yet complete. (c) My Ministry is in the process of amending the Local Government Act to formalise the upgrading of the Municipal Council of Kisumu to a city. view
• 21 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is the Ministry of Local Government that ought to formalise those pronouncements. It is true that on 15th December, 2001, Kisumu was declared a city. It was followed by Mombasa on 1st January, 2002. As I said earlier, the law does not provide for granting of city status to municipal councils in Kenya. We are going to make amendments to facilitate that. view
• 21 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the point I am putting across is that the "Executive Order" was made in a vacuum. I intend to provide the legal instruments to enable Kisumu to become a city. view
• 21 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will speedily bring that amendment to this House. view
• 21 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the debate on the Vote of the Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030. My contribution will focus, basically, on two areas. The first one has to do with the population census, which is scheduled for next year. Over the years, the question of the census in Kenya has always been controversial in the sense that we have had many occasions when either the quality of the census becomes doubtful or it is assumed some political elites tend to use the ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will convey this important demand to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is not here, so that he can respond. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to donate two minutes to Mr. Nanok to make a comment or two. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, let me take this opportunity to thank all the hon. Members who have had an opportunity to contribute to this Motion, and for their very important contributions and comments on the various aspects of local authorities. There is still an opportunity, maybe, as we focus on the Votes at the Committee Stage, that they could raise one or two other points, which can be taken up by the Ministry. I will try to respond very briefly on a number of issues that have been raised, which are important. One is the issue ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, There is the issue of the relationship between the Ministry of Local Government and the Nairobi Metropolitan Development Ministry. I want to state that there is Circular No. 1 issued by the Office of the President which clearly defines the roles of the Nairobi Metropolitan Development Ministry and that of the Ministry of Local Government. We shall dialogue so that we can harmonise areas where there is some level of misunderstanding or confusion. I believe that, that is an issue that we deal with. I just want to say that all the local authorities, when it ... view