Peter L. N. Kiilu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 301 to 310 of 386.

• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not think I should thank the Assistant Minister, because the facts are straightforward. This District Treasury was closed for reasons other than the shortage of staff. There was a District Accountant whose office was closed by the District Commissioner, and he was chased away. Why has the Government not found it fit to post there another District Accountant? view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Roads what plans he has to repair the badly damaged sections of Kwasomba-Kasikeu Road (C99). view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Minister for the answer that he has given. But could he specify what kind of repairs his Ministry is carrying out between Kwakotoe and Kwasomba? Then he should also tell us when the contractor will move to the site for this road. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while thanking the Minister, he has avoided to tell us what specific repairs are going to be done on this road. Nevertheless, the road between Kwasombe and Kasikeu is seriously undermined by the rivers crossing at Kwasombe and Ngauni market because of continuous sand harvesting. Could the Minister tell us what he intends to do along those rivers so that he makes the road, which was recently graded, passable all year round? view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second this Motion. view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: First of all, I would like to commend the Mover of this Motion for the able manner in which he has presented this Report. Our findings upon visiting the Nairobi City Council and Lang’ata Women Prison form part of this Report. The recommendations that have been made by this Committee will be useful if adopted and implemented by other local authorities and penal institutions in this country. This is because they apply equally. view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: The most crucial issue which kept coming up now and again is the need for an urgent review of the Local Government Act which gives the Minister for Local Government a lot of sweeping powers over the performance of civic leaders and chief officers. As you know, the civic leaders in Nairobi and other local authorities are the policy makers. However, the implementation of their policies is limited in the sense that they must be in good books with the chief officers who take instructions from the Minister for Local Government. Therefore, there is an urgent need to review this ... view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, looking at the tenure of a Mayor or a County Council Chairman, which is 18 months, I think it is a very short time for any serious leader to come up with resolutions, programmes and start implementing tangible projects in the local authority. This is because at the end of the first year, the person will be busy planning for his campaigns to come back. This gives no room for the implementation of the council’s programmes. At the end of the day, the local people continue to say: “Look, this civic authority is doing nothing ... view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: With regard to reforms in the local authorities, I hope the Ministry will start thinking seriously on the type of local authorities this country should have in future. The tradition has been that wherever a district has been created, an equivalent county council for that district is also created. The last two years have seen a creation of so many districts even within a constituency. One wonders whether it is necessary to create a local authority for every district. For example, in Makueni Constituency which I represent, I have three districts. Should I have three county councils for each of ... view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: With regard to the Kenya Prisons Service, a lot has been said about the need for reforms in this area. It is an important service in terms of the administration of justice. Apart from the areas we visited with my colleagues, I had an opportunity to visit some prisons in this country. I can assure you that the kind of reforms we have been talking about are nothing but cosmetic. Those reforms are only tangible here in Nairobi, view