Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1641 to 1650 of 1845.

• 20 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to give my comments on the Budget Speech that was presented to us last week. It is a Budget which, to me, has a lot of misleading information. It was a wonderful Speech, but with a lot of misleading information. The Minister said that he would give a little more money for roads. It is true that our roads are in a pathetic condition. The Minister said that we had realised some development over the last four-and-a-half years. However, we cannot talk about economic improvement if our roads are ... view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) what the findings and recommendations of the inter-Ministerial committee established to look into the status of Miwani and Muhoroni Sugar Companies are; (b) whether he could table the committee's report; and, (c) whether there are individuals/organisations which have shown interest to revive Miwani Sugar Company. 1738 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 13, 2007 view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we discussed and agreed. I hope he will answer it next week. However, it should be noted that this Question has been on the Order Paper for a very long time. view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. What did I do? view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me this opportunity to make some contribution in support of this Bill. My concern is that the Minister is here alone. He is not with his officers who could have been helping him to take note of what we say. That is a serious concern. However, we are talking about roads here today. Roads, just like the rest of infrastructure, is a major key to development. Good roads are one of the major indicators of good economic growth. We are talking about good economic performance within the last four years. To ... view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I withdraw so that I can proceed in peace. view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, those people are interfering with my contribution. I do not know who is supposed to supervise road engineers. I doubt if the Minister can. The Permanent Secretary may not be in a position to do it. Who is supposed to ensure that money that is meant to construct and maintain our roads is properly used without the taxpayer losing? view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Wanjala is trying to do his best to interfere with my contribution. Many hon. Members have talked about the road from Nairobi to Kisumu. It was an issue yesterday. The section between Kericho and Kisumu does not have potholes. It has huge uncovered craters. I am inviting the Minister to, one of these days, drive along that road to have a feel of what that road is like, so that he can come back to Nairobi and decide what should be done on it. I wonder whether our engineers ever inspect the roads. When ... view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Members are consulting too loudly. Could you help? There is Mr. Biwott here and Mr. Wanjala across the Floor. I plead with you, could you help? view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. So, if the engineers were inspecting roads regularly, they would tell where a crack is developing. Once a crack develops on a road and rain water collects in it, it forms a bigger opening. That is how potholes develop, which graduate to uncovered craters. If our engineers were inspecting the roads regularly, they would make sure that any cracks are handled before a road is totally messed up. We just see what is happening on the road from Kisumu to Muhoroni via Miwani. It has a similar problem to that of the road ... view