Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 921 to 930 of 955.

• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have stated that there is a valid argument in what the hon. Member is saying. However, I have also said that the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005, that was passed by this House, indeed, has some flaws and it will be necessary for us to review the clauses in that particular Act in order to facilitate an element of broader participation at the level of local authorities. I agree that it is wrong to completely lock October 22, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2893 out the local representatives from those committees. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, first and foremost, the law is as it is now, is markedly unfair. I have, in the meantime, instructed that all processes and procedures must also be made available to the relevant committees of the council. It could be the Finance Committee or the ones involved in overseeing projects or programmes. This must be done and I have instructed the local authorities to do so. However, the right thing that must be done is to strictly amend the Public Procurement and Disposal Act and allow for the inclusion of these leaders in the tender committees. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have stated quite a number of times and I state again, that we are going to bring broad-based amendments to the Local Government Act, Cap.365 which will help in the management of local authorities. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is this Parliament that has tied my hands because it is the one that passed the Public Procurement Act which we must now follow. Now, the only way to untie my hands is to bring amendments to that Bill here, so that the entity that tied our hands can untie them. view
• 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