3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you cannot have emergency issues which are long-term. If you talk of emergency it is immediate. If the case is genuine that there is no water for especially schools, we are going to make sure that there are water boozers immediately. Immediately means you come to my office tomorrow and on Thursday, water boozers will be there.
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3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply.
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3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
(a) I am aware that Makutano Township is not connected to Meru Municipality sewerage system.
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3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
(b) Meru Town sewerage system was constructed back in the colonial era and augmented in 1974. The system is presently overloaded and cannot accommodate more connections especially from Makutano Township unless more rehabilitation and augmentation works are undertaken.
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3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
Studies have been conducted for rehabilitation of Meru Town sewerage system including construction of a new treatment work and extension of Makutano Township and Kooje Estate established at an estimated project cost of Kshs700 million. My Ministry will include the project in the Financial Year 2009/2010 budgetary proposal.
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3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the people of Makutano have lived with this problem and there is no shortcut about this. It is only that we undertake projects which will be a long-term.
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3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
I cannot give any better answer than giving Kshs700 million to carry out a serious project to make sure this problem is sorted out once and for all. Be patient, hon. Ruteere.
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3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are talking of a sewerage line and it's main construction. You cannot have a main construction of a sewer line and have a branch of the sewer line.
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3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you do agree with me that it is either full dose or no dose at all. We are to take it seriously and that is why it is not being taken casually. Committing Kshs700 million from the Ministry of Water and Irrigation means almost committing over 15 per cent of our budget in one project. That is a very serious measure.
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3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, our supplementary budget might not even be Kshs700 million. Therefore, to be honest, let us wait for the next Budget. It is a huge allocation. Please, bear with us. The only question I can answer now is whether we are really committed to doing it. Yes, we are very committed. Thank you for disclosing your interest.
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