Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 981 to 990 of 1008.

• 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
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, a sum not exceeding Kshs1,668,902,595 be issued from the Consolidated Fund to complete the sum necessary to meet the expenditure during the year ending 30th June, 2009 in respect of:- Vote 12 - Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2790 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 15, 2008 and Ministry of Local Government view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I indicated that, first of all, that is a point that has been raised severally by a number of speakers. I want to point out that there were a number of projects that were done prior to that and most of the money has been allocated to complete them. Now, the cycle of budgeting had started much earlier and, by the time I was within the Ministry, those projects had already been identified and funds allocated. But I have undertaken that, come the next financial year, issues of disproportionate allocations will be looked into very carefully. ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to assure the hon. Member that we shall look at Nyandarua very carefully. The point has been well taken. view