Patrick Makau King'ola

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Stadium, for phase one. The completion period for the regional stadia was set to eight calendar months and CHAN stadia, 14 calendar weeks to the CHAN 2018 championship. However, this has never been implemented since most of the projects stalled apart from Kasarani Stadium which is not also done to the modern standards. It is important for Members to note that Kenya lost CHAN 2018 hosting rights because of the status of the stadia that were earmarked for hosting of the championship. It is important for Members to know that losing championship was a big loss in terms of income ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sports Kenya ignored personnel from the State Department for Public Works. In the contrary, they engaged a private consultant who did not demonstrate competence in the work. Some of the study lack critical components such as drainage systems. Also noted, the county governments where most of these stadia are being constructed fulfilled most of the work that they were required to undertake. For example, Nyayo National Stadium was completed and was re-opened for use on 26th September 2020. However, the all- round canopy has not been constructed. There were few Exchequer Issues at the initial stage ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you can see the shortfalls that were occasioned by the county governments, Sports Kenya and the contractors. The Committee recommends that the Auditor-General should undertake a value for money audit with a view of accessing the status of the projects vis-à-vis the amount incurred on the projects in order to ascertain whether there is value for money. The State Department for Sports should expedite the timely completion of these projects by ensuring that the projects are funded adequately. Indeed, the Department should not initiate any new project until it delivers on the ongoing projects. Hon. Temporary ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank the Members who have contributed to this Report. After listening to them, it is quite obvious that value for money was not realised in the whole exercise of building those stadia. Sporting is a major income earner in this country. We should learn from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Look at Dubai. Despite them having oil or petroleum, they no longer use it for their national income. They have diversified to the service industry. Dubai receives more tourists than the whole of Africa. This is a service industry. How is ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to reply. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. When I look at the climatic change of this globe, it is indeed very worrying. When we were young, we used to see forests and rains came in two seasons yearly. Hon. Speaker, if we allow the demarcation of forests, then we are inviting a hostile climate. So, I would not allow anybody to think of demarcating forests for human settlements. How I wish all the forests that we had are still there. If I look at the hills, sometimes before 1990, those hills up to a certain height used to belong to the Government. To ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I am a beneficiary of the Special Economic Zones since EPZ is in my constituency. I support the Report of the Committee. When I listen to and read the Report, if the drafters did not publish what was gazetted, that tells us that there was a different motive. Most of us Parliamentarians have seen how regulations can be problematic particularly, when it comes to amending them. Most of these regulations are subordinate to the laws we make here. However, when you look at the drafters of these regulations, even in the ... view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join my colleagues too in condoling this family. On my behalf and on behalf of Mavoko people and the entire Machakos County – you know I am the Governor in waiting. view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: We have been talking of dynasties. When I look at the Mwendwas, Kyalo Mwendwa was an early educationist. He was a brother to the late Kitili Mwendwa, the first Chief Justice of this country. You are also aware and alive to the fact that the first lady Minister in this country came from this family. This is a family that has brought blessing to my community so much. Those days when education was not known, the late is known in history of the community for having gone to the village and picked every young man who was ready to go ... view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. At the outset, I support this Sessional Paper. Let me explain to her before she forgets. When a lady is genitally mutilated, she is not “well-greased”. When you mutilate this organ, and I agree with… view