29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to say that once the results are ready, I will table them in this House. Secondly, on the issue of pollution, as far as this Statement is concerned, I think that is a supplementary question because I made it very clear that the death of fish was due to drought.
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23 Feb 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the water hyacinth has drifted back and has temporarily paralyzed transport and fishing operations in Lake Victoria, particularly Kichinjio, Usoma, Ngege, Paga and Ogal beaches in Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria. It is known that the weed drifts back and forth during the December to March period. I am also aware that the Winam Gulf was cleared from 6th January 2011 and the weed has drifted away. (b) My Ministry is in the process of engaging manual and physical removal of water hyacinth at the Winam Gulf by ...
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23 Feb 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a Ministry, we approached all the groups which operate at the lake, especially from these areas. We started giving jobs through the KKV Programme, but later on, we were able to secure Kshs182 million from the World Bank. Out of this, Kshs121 million is going to do what has been recommended by the Council of Ministers from East Africa partner states. The sum of Kshs61 million will now go to intervention measures, especially to educate the beach boys on how they can go about it.
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23 Feb 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is very right that, that bridge is in a very bad state. The issue of the bridge and other things which were to be renovated was raised in our Council of Ministers from East Africa meeting and it has been included in this package for renovation.
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23 Feb 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me disassociate myself from that allegation that in the first phase, money was misappropriated. I am not aware of that. The running of the Lake Victoria is a responsibility of five partner states; that is, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. As I said earlier, we have set aside Kshs182 million to be distributed to the beaches. This is the only time the beach boys will be told what to do and they will---
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23 Feb 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Olago is right. That is the term which is used there. As I said earlier, we have set aside Kshs61 million for intervention measures. We are going to distribute this money to beaches and each one of them is going to benefit.
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23 Feb 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Ministry is co-ordinating eradication of the hyacinth in the lake. However, we have other nine lead Ministries which are engaged in these activities. I want to assure the hon. Member that we have the capacity and funds to eradicate hyacinth in the lake. I would like to invite hon. Members whose constituencies are surrounding the lake to play a more active role in this exercise. We want to make decisions together.
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23 Feb 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Motion. I am very much concerned about the fertilizer plant that was supposed to be put up by Ken-Ren Chemicals and Fertilizers Company Ltd. This plant was to be built in my constituency at a place known as âChaaniâ. This happened many years ago, and the project was abandoned by past regimes. An agreement was reached amongst the Government of Kenya, the fertilizers company and the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA); that in the event that project lapsed, the ownership of the piece of land on which the factory was to ...
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2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have just come in and we have not done a follow up on these deliberations. If the Mover agrees, with your permission, the Motion can be deferred to an appropriate time when there will be somebody to respond to it.
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2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. Within a period of three years to 2015 when we are supposed to meet MDGs we can do wonders. We must change our attitude. The Government and the people should work hard to ensure that every Kenyan gets food, and that every Kenyan has enough money to meet his or her needs. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are not giving our people awareness. For example, today when we talk of famine, the Ministry of State for Special Programmes will go to rural areas, and give two or five ...
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