Njeru Ndwiga

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• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Hon. Speaker, within a week, we will be done. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I agree with the Senator that a larger part of Meru and Tharaka-Nithi counties have a problem with water. The mitigations we are doing currently as we wait for the big dams is water pans. I inform this august House that by next week, we will be advertising for boreholes construction. We are mitigating by constructing water pans and boreholes. The little money that we get, we can come up with those as we wait for the bigger dams that will serve larger areas. I submit, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Thank you, Hon. Senator, for that question. I want to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: inform the Senator that we have received a proposal from Baringo County on that issue. We are analysing it as a Ministry to see how best we can utilise Lake Baringo, which is a fresh water lake, to benefit people living within that area. I assure you that the Ministry is analysing the proposal that came from the County Government of Baringo. I submit, Hon. Speaker. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and the hon. Senator for the supplementary questions. One, we are going to distribute what we get as per the budget. Our water agencies usually have their budget. So, we are going to make sure that we distribute whatever we have as per the budget. On the Kipkarren Dam, yes, we have had issues with the construction of that dam. However, I report that the contractor has been terminated and now, we are in the process of getting a new one. On the Two Rivers, like I said, it is among the Public Private Partnership ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir and hon. Senator, for that question. We have two projects: The Marsabit Water Supply and the sewer projects under the KTSWSSP. For the water, we are done. What is remaining is the last mile connectivity, which is among the proposals we have done to the African Development Bank (ADB) requesting them to allow us use money from the savings. So, I assure the Senator that those projects will be commissioned soon once we are done. We have a 6.2-kilometer area that had some issues. One of the issues was on land. However, now that we ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Sorry, it is the sewer that is remaining with the 6.2 kilometers, not the water project. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for that Question. On issues of projects that are not complete on matters irrigation, it is true, we have many projects that started but stalled. However, I request to be given time, especially, on that matter of irrigation so that I can give facts within the next one week. For the Ndakaini project, there are projects that are currently ongoing to make sure that people living within that area, also get access to the water that is being taken to other areas. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I realised that most projects that we have done, have not been considering people living within the upstream and that has been a problem. However, as a Ministry, we are now going to make sure that going forward, that problem will be not be repeated. I submit. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir and hon. Senator. I confirm that Lowaat Dam is among the 100 dams that are currently going through the PPP program. I submit. view