Mutua Katuku

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• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is the effect of reforms. The Headquarters remains for formulation of policy and co- ordination of the same. Therefore, you would expect that as the reforms take root, most of the services will be handled at the boards' level, district level, et cetera . So, I would like to assure the hon. Member that for the services that are supposed to be provided at the Headquarters by the Director of Water, he will be there to ensure that designs are properly done, and that supervision is properly done. That is why we have some ... view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, in terms of supervision, at times you find that you are using money from the Ministry. At other times, we use money from donor kitties. So, this year, we are relying more on donor funds to do supervision. Last year, we spent Kshs55 million of Government of Kenya money to do supervision. That is why we have no provision for supervision this year. The hon. Member should be happy that the Kenyan taxpayer's money is not being spent on supervision, and that we are using our friends' money to provide those services. view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, these are two different Items. One of this, the Kshs80 million, is going to the implementation of projects to do with officers in the district, who assist the Water Trust Fund in terms of going to the projects, supervising those projects and so on. So, in terms of the Water Trust Fund, that is no problem. The other one is capital grant to the Water Services Boards for similar activities. So, the idea here is to capture the two items, because they are grants anyway, but to different institutions. One is the Water Trust Fund. ... view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to agree with you on the way you are correcting him. These are two different institutions. One is Water Trust Fund. In fact, what I want to answer is what Mr. Muturi is asking about Item 2630100 - Current Grants to Government Agencies and Other Levels of Government. Then, there are Capital Grants. Here, we have donor funds by Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) for various projects. But then, under the same, the Government has to have complimentary funds. That is why the two are separate. One ... view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to confirm that it is true. It is not a mistake. However, the reason is that the programme of drilling boreholes and dams in ASAL areas was a three-year programme. So, the three-year programme is ending this financial year. Unless we come up with another policy, that is the reason why we have not provided money for the next financial year. view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: 3418 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 22, 2007 view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution. view
• 21 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair. First and foremost, I wish to point out that the Ministry is composed of five departments - four technical and one administrative - charged with the following broad functions: Water and Sewerage Services, Water Resource Management, Irrigation and Drainage, Land Reclamation and Support Services. In addition, there are 13 parastatals and one tribunal, which are supposed to be in the Ministry's Budget, namely, the National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation, the National Irrigation Board, the Kenya Water Institute, the Water Services Regulatory Board, the Water ... view
• 21 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to move. I request my colleague, Mr. Mutahi Kagwe, to second the Vote. view
• 21 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Which year? view