Robinson Njeru Githae

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1861 to 1870 of 2672.

• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I also wish to support the amendment to the Schedule and, in particular, I want to address the issue of development of metropolis. It is true that the Ministry that I am heading is the Nairobi Metropolitan Development, but under the Vision 2030, there are supposed to be six more metropolis; that is, Kisumu, Mombasa, Eldoret, Isiolo, Mwingi and Garissa. It is important that this is recognized in the Offices of Minister Bill so that when the President appoints, then he can develop these metropolis. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I support. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir I also wish, first of all, to commend the Minister but even more so, the Committee that superintends this Ministry. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have seen where the Minister consults the Committee, the business of this House is facilitated and it is easy. Therefore, I would request my colleagues that, before they bring any issue to be passed before this House, to consult the Departmental Committees that represent their Ministries. It makes the life of this Parliament much easier. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to take this opportunity to congratulate the Mover of this Bill, hon. Ethuro, for having done what all successive Parliaments, since 1963, have not done. The Constitution gave this job to Parliament to create offices of Ministers which all other Parliaments have not done, until now. So, I wish to thank the Mover for this wonderful Bill. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. What we have done today in this House is historical. I only wish that the Mover could have been more courageous and put a clause that says that Ministers should be appointed from outside Parliament. That is what Kenyans are saying. They want Ministers to be appointed from outside Parliament so that, when we are in this House, we are just legislators. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Indeed, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I just want to seek your guidance on this issue under our Standing Orders. This is a Motion and not a Bill. Therefore, it has no maturity period. We know that Bills have a maturity period and not Motions. Our Standing Orders do not specify or state after how long a Sessional Paper should be discussed after it has been laid on the Table of the House. We have had cases where a Sessional Paper is laid on the Table of the House in the morning and we discuss it in the afternoon. We ... view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this very important Motion. Hon. Members will recall that before the amendment of the Toll Charges Act, the requirement for Parliament to approve toll charges was not there; this was done by the Government so as to enable Members of Parliament to scrutinise toll concessionnaires. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this very important Motion because of the things I know it is going to do to Nairobi metropolitan. Previously, we used to have traffic jams only in the morning. Then, we had them during mid day, then in the afternoon, and now we have them throughout the day. The construction of this overhead route is going to eliminate these traffic jams. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you also have realized that whenever we have any small happening on the roads like a very small accident or rain, it causes traffic jams. Since this will be an express highway, the issue of traffic jams will be a thing of the past. The Government has no risk in this undertaking. Everything is upon the concessionaire. He is the one to look for or borrow the money and construct the road. The only thing the Government will do is to give him a piece of land where he can construct an overhead road. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason why it was found necessary to construct an overhead road is because of the land grabbers. They have grabbed land where an alternative road could have been done. Now, the only place available is the area between the two roads, the one going towards Mombasa and the one going towards Nairobi. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: This is one of the many interventions that the Government is undertaking. We have the northern and southern bypasses which have started. When all these interventions are done as a whole, the traffic jam problem will be a thing of the past. I would urge this House to approve this Motion, so that this concessionaire can start working. view