Paul Kimani Wamatangi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Apr 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to congratulate the Chairperson and the Members of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget for a job well done. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have come across this before since I am the Chairperson of the Committee on Transport. Urban Development and Public Works falls under my Committee. In our first term, when we paid a visit to Kitui County, and I was with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., we found out that the Speaker of the County Assembly of Kitui had constructed a 20 by 20 bathroom and a Jacuzzi inside ... view
• 28 Apr 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is a reality, and I was with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. However, I wanted to say that, that Report needs to be taken a little further than that by the Committee. This is because in a tour where we went to inspect the buildings that have been constructed by governors as their residences and other buildings, one thing came out. For example, in Turkana County, the governor’s residence that had already been constructed and was three quarters to completion had cost way much more than what the ceiling allows. The same situation obtained in West ... view
• 28 Apr 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not repeating. The point I wanted to make is very simple. We must have that Report finalized by stating precisely what should happen to the structures that have been put up. view
• 12 Mar 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to move the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts the reports of the Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation on the visit to the Malaba International Border Point (OSBP) and the inspection visit and familiarization of the Kibwezi- view
• 12 Mar 2020 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 12 Mar 2020 in Senate: Athi-Mutomo-Kitui Road projects in Kitui County, laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 4th December, 2019. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee on Roads and Transportation undertook an inspection first to the Athi-Mutomo-Kitui-Kibwezi Road. This was the third visit of the Committee to this road. The first visit was conducted by this Committee on the invitation of the Senator of Kitui, who is a Member of the Committee. Subsequently, when the Senate sat outside Nairobi, during the visit to Kitui County, the Committee, again, in conjunction with the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources, undertook a visit and ... view
• 12 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, several issues arose in all the visits. The most crucial one was compensation of members of the public on the land that has been taken up by the construction of the road since inception, from Kibwezi and the rest of the way. Many of the members of the public have not been compensated up to date, despite several promises and visits by the Ministry concerned and the National Land Commission (NLC). This includes orders that have been made after members of the public came to this Senate upon the invitation of this Committee. No positive action has ... view
• 12 Mar 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the next morning, despite the protests of the members of the public, they would see bulldozers demolishing their homes, running over their property and digging them up. After a few months, there is a road. All that family is left to hold on to is a promise in form of a paper called ‘a letter of award,’ which is not an alternative. It does not function as a security that, that family can use to get alternative housing or even a loan to construct a house elsewhere. This is a problem that has persisted all the way ... view
• 12 Mar 2020 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 12 Mar 2020 in Senate: been affected by blasting when the contractors are extracting materials to make the road. They blow dynamite a few metres from somebody’s home, and the house cracks. They promised them compensation. However, besides not paying them, there is a collusion to con members of the public. You will find that somebody has constructed a brick house. We noted an attitude whereby the valuers of the land and property seem to think that those houses are not worth being valued at a decent value. For example, someone is asked to accept the compensation of Kshs500 for a house that has cracked ... view