Robinson Njeru Githae

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Construction of sitting facilities and planting of flowers within the Nairobi CBD is a function of the City Council of Nairobi, which does not require a feasibility study before it is carried out. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (b) Planting of trees and flowers and construction of sitting facilities are functions carried out by the Environment Department in the Council. In 2006/2007, the said department submitted its budget for approval. The budget included, among other items, expenditure on parks and open spaces whose total cost was Kshs142,960,882.78. That was broken down into personnel, Kshs119,870,508.78; operations, Kshs15,290,187; and maintenance, Kshs7,800,087. The Environment Department budget was approved by the Finance Committee in June, 2007. The resolutions of the Finance Committee were later adopted as Item 15 by the Full Council Meeting held on 3rd July, 2007. I, hereby, table the ... view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (c) The security aspect of the trees, particularly in the NCBD, were well taken care of during the early stages of the enhanced tree-planing and beautification programme. The spacing of the trees was carefully correlated with the types of trees to ensure that the canopies are well broken to ensure visibility. Further, there is a periodic tree canopies management programme that gets rid of any unwanted branches that may be obstructing the street lights and other vital aerial installations, including surveillance by CCTVs. My Ministry has directed the council to make sure that its security officers monitor and report any ... view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you start washing your body, you start with the face. So, we are starting with the face of Nairobi before going to the slum areas. The slum areas and other parts of Nairobi are going to benefit from the beautification programme. We intend to plant trees in all the estates. The programme has now moved from the City centre to the surrounding areas. The intention of the Ministry is to take the programme to other areas. They are also Kenyans and require beautiful trees like those in the City centre. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, those trees were carefully chosen to avoid such kind of cases. I am aware of the tree at the Westlands Roundabout, but we are praying for the rains to come because it will not be environmentally friendly to prune the trees during this dry season. I would ask the hon. Member to pray with me so that the rains could come quickly, so that we can prune those trees. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, Kenya is a democratic country. There is no law that prevents you from jienjoying on those benches that have been constructed by the Nairobi City Council. However, we have issued instructions that they should be on the look out for suspicious characters without harassing them. It is a tricky thing trying to balance between a democratic society and security. We will, however, continue monitoring the situation. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to make a Personal Statement on an issue that has been reported on page one of today's The Standard, with a beautiful photograph of myself. The newspaper says that I assisted Kinyua Mbui to obtain 3,000 bags of maize. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I wish to state that hon. Kinyua Mbui, a former Member of Parliament for Ndia Constituency, my predecessor, is one of the biggest maize millers in Kirinyaga District. This fact is well known. He is one of the millers with very reasonable prices. I am not a shareholder in his company. I am not a director in his company. I am not even related to him. At that time, he had no maize in his factory. He came to me and said that he had been trying to obtain maize from the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), but he ... view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this factory was on the verge of closing, because it had not received maize. Even today, the factory has actually been closed, resulting to a loss of more than 100 jobs, because of non-availability of maize. Part of my concern is that the NCPB has conveniently revealed this letter, but there are other letters I wrote on non-payment for maize delivered to the Board by farmers in my constituency, asking them to pay for the maize delivered to them. Conveniently, those view