Robinson Njeru Githae

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• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (b) The County Council of Nakuru, through the Local Authority Service Delivery Action Plan (LASDAP), is continuously funding several water projects in Nakuru North District. Such projects include the Subukia/Kirima Water Project which is ongoing, Gituamba/Kware Water Project, Wanyororo B Water Project and Amos Borehole Rehabilitation Project. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: My Ministry will explore possible ways and means of assisting the council to undertake a sewerage system which will require heavy capital involvement and, hence, cannot be left solely for the council. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is difficult for me to give a time-frame because we are only assisting. I would like to draw the attention of this House to Presidential Circular No.1 of 2008, which gives the various functions of Ministries. The functions of water and sewerage were by that circular, removed from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. In fact, under the functions for the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the circular says gives water resources management policy, water and sewerage policy service, public water scheme ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a Ministry, we have recognised that sewerage systems involves very heavy capital cost. Therefore, we are, at the moment, negotiating with donors such as the European Union (EU). We are also negotiating with the Treasury to get funds to advance our local authorities. That is not a unique case. In fact, there very major towns in this country which do not have sewerage systems. But the regulations are very clear. If a town has no sewerage system, the local authority should not be approving storeyed houses. But that is not happening. So, we are going ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I fully agree with my friend, hon. K. Kilonzo. That is a very serious issue. There are very many towns in this country that do not have sewerage facilities. Those towns were not properly planned. They just came up. So, we are now reacting to a situation which is already there. To start with, my Ministry is in the process of recruiting physical planners so Ja nuary 28, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the design to supply clean water to Subukia Town has already been undertaken by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. But it has not yet been implemented. Currently, Subukia residents are relying on Moro Community Borehole and River Subukia which traverses the town. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: As I said, we have recognised the importance of sewerage and clean water in our major towns. The Ministry of Water and Irrigation has already done the survey. We are going to push them so that, that survey could be implemented. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for Subukia, I have said that it does not have what we call treated water. But they use water from River Subukia and a borehole. The borehole water is portable and clean. But because River Subukia passes through some towns, there is some pollution. I said that the Ministry of Water and Irrigation has already designed a project to supply clean piped water to Subukia Town. I said that, in conjunction with that Ministry, we are going to push until that project is implemented. view