Robinson Njeru Githae

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: I would also like to take this opportunity to ask other investors who have identified a road where they can put up a toll station, to approach the Ministry of Lands who will give you the concession. Even on railways, if you want to construct a railway, please approach us. We will give that concession. Even if you want to construct a tram, approach us and we will give you the concession. If you want to construct helipaths, approach us and we will give you that concession. So, this should not just be looked at as a one-off thing; it ... view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion because the two recommendations that the Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development put forward have been taken care of. One is that there will be an alternative, so that if you do not want to use the road that has been concessionaire, then you can use the ordinary road. So, you will not be forced to use it. Second, there should be a method of charging, so that we do not leave it to the concessionaire to charge whatever amounts that he will want to charge. That has been taken care of. ... view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am actually shocked that Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry, who is a member of Government is actually opposing a very important Motion of the Government. He has said that he has serious misgivings. Is it in order? view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to answer. (a) No. The Ministry has no intention of raising car parking charges within Nairobi to Kshs 500 per day. (b) In view of the answer to part “a”, this does not apply as the Ministry’s programmes are implemented through existing local authorities. (c) Since its inception, the Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development has had thorough consultations with all the stakeholders in the region on all issues affecting its mandate. For example, the Nairobi Metro 2030 Strategy document was launched by His Excellency the President in the presence of the Prime Minister ... view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the new thinking is that the residents must be involved where the Ministry’s decisions will affect them. Therefore, we have involved them and we will continue to involve them and not only the residents but even other stakeholders in the activities of Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development. The most important is the service delivery to the residents because we want to give service to the residents of Nairobi City. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also launched the decongestion measures which incorporate turning some of the major roads into one way streets. Again, this is under preparation and all ... view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is unfortunate that the fees we pay for parking do not include security services. Security is provided by the Kenya Police. We have requested the local authorities that they should talk to their askaris and inform them that it is not good enough to collect parking fee. The motorists must also be given security. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is part of our mandate. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there has never been and will never be any infighting between the Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government. We know our mandates. We were all appointed by the same appointing authority and our mandates are very well specified in Presidential Circular No.1. The only problem that has been there has to do with the attitude of the Nairobi City Council when we started the decongestion plans. Traffic has been there for the last 40 years and we said that we are going to intervene because ... view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will admit that until we get the Nairobi Metropolitan Bill into an Act of Parliament, this Ministry will still depend on the goodwill of other Ministries. I will give three examples. We have come up with a system of “park and ride” and there is one that is currently running at Bellevue. However, for that system to work, we need to have a dedicated bus lane. The road from Athi River to Westlands belongs to the Ministry of Roads. We have asked them to give us a dedicated bus lane for that process to be effective. ... view