Dr. Newton Wanjala Kulundu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 491 to 500 of 577.

• 25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that about 700 employees of KBS have not been paid balances of their salaries for April, May and June, 2005 amounting to about Kshs8 million. (b) I am also aware that on 11th June, 2005, the above employees were sent on compulsory unpaid leave because the Kenya Bus Services (KBS) Ltd was experiencing financial problems. (c) The affected KBS employees, through their union; the Transport and Allied Workers Union, reported a dispute against the management to the Provincial Labour Officer, Nairobi, in May, 2005. Efforts made by the Labour ... view
• 25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Prof. Oniang'o being a well schooled person should know that when matters are in court, we do not comment on them, and this particular matter is in court. There are other cases which have even taken seven years before being settled. So to me, one year is not enough. view
• 25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Let us wait for the court to determine this case. I am right in saying that you are commenting on matters which are before the court. view
• 25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development intervenes in labour issues where retrenchment is floated as a means of getting rid of workers. If I may inform the hon. Member of the general cases that have occurred before, for example, in May, 2006, the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), which is the association of 2298 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 25, 2006 big tea plantations in Kericho, wanted to lay off 70,000 workers and because of our intervention, this did not happen at all. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is only 29 employees who flouted my order that the ... view
• 25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I understood the question. We are doing something about it. We cannot leave Kenyan employees at the mercy of employers. view
• 25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry has already identified the site for Munyu Dam. The Ministry, through the Water Resources Management view
• 25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, immediately hon. Members from that area raised the issue of having a dam constructed in that area--- view
• 25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Members are congratulating Mr. Mungatana for flooring "Mr. Tinga" in the just concluded by-election for Nakuru Town Constituency. view
• 25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was saying that immediately hon. Members 2300 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 25, 2006 from that area raised the issue with the Government that they wanted a dam, the Government moved in very fast. Even the Minister for Water and Irrigation was on site on 14th February, 2006. That is why we factored the Kshs6 million in this year's Budget, for detailed investigations, planning and design works for the project. We can only source funding for the project after we get the design. view
• 25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that such things used to happen. That is why this Government came to power. I want to assure the hon. Member that once the design works are ready, implementation of the project will commence immediately. view