28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
In addition, my Ministry has directed the factory to instal a waste-water treatment plant for the treatment of water before being allowed to flow back to Voi River. The factory management was further directed to construct a closed drainage system with channels and special chambers to convey waste water from factory across the dry river bed to the effluent treatment plant to stop
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28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
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28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
discharge of untreated effluent into the surrounding environment, especially during the rainy season.
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28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Other measures which the Ministry has instituted include directing the factory to institute measures to eliminate emission of foul smell and facilitating the area's District Environment Committee to ensure that these measures are effected in the shortest time possible, failure to which legal action would be taken without any further reference to the factory.
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28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr Speaker, Sir, we directed the factory to do that in September, 2008.
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28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we told the owner of the factory to comply with the NEMA requirements. From that time to date, he has not complied. Therefore, NEMA closed the factory until such a time that the owner will comply with the regulations.
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28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to support this Motion and congratulate hon. Linturi.
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28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, local authorities in this country are disorganised. They are not disorganised by the councillors. They are disorganised by the Central Government. That is because the last regimes sub-divided local authorities and created more. There are many local authorities that are not productive and, hence, cannot collect revenues to pay councillors.
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28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is need to pay salaries to councillors from the Consolidated Fund. That is because whatever they collect as revenue in their local authorities may not be enough to support the allowances. I am saying that because I have the experience. I have been a councillor in Mombasa Municipality for 15 years. I have been the Chairman of Town Planning, Works, Housing and Finance during that time. Those days, chairmen of standing committees of local authorities were given offices. It was from those offices that they planned their departments. But, today, the Minister for Local Government ...
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28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, today, tendering for contracts in local authorities has been taken away from councillors and yet, they are the policy makers. The whole exercise has now been handed
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