Robinson Njeru Githae

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to seek the indulgence of this august House. The answer to this Question is not ready basically because this Question was first referred to the Ministry of Transport. It is only this week that it was re-routed to us. We are working hard on the answer and we will be in a position to give a comprehensive one on Tuesday, next week. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to make my contribution to this very important Ministry's Vote. May I take this opportunity to congratulate the Minister and his staff for the good work that they are doing. As we congratulate the Minister, it is my request that the Ministry should start thinking outside the box. They must be innovative and come up with new solutions to new problems. We cannot sort out old problems unless we use new solutions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the things we can do is to make all constituencies to be districts. ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, wealth creation instead of poverty. We have a register for wealth creation. When you have poverty index, you are only glorifying poverty. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you look at all the statistics from the Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, they give emphasis on the girl child. In my constituency, the problem is not the girl child. We have more girls in primary school than boys. We have more girls than boys in secondary schools. My problem is the boy child. However, this problem does not seem to have been recognised by the ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) In the 2007/2008 Financial Year, KenGen paid the Pokot County Council Kshs.6,352,350. October 15, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2763 (b) Out of the amount paid by KenGen, no money was used to buy iron sheets for the pre- unit schools by the end of the year 2007. (c) It is only Ortum Secondary School which benefited from the money paid by KenGen. It received Kshs300,000 from the council. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the information of the hon. Member, I did not say that no iron sheets were bought. I am saying that no iron sheets were bought with the money given by KenGen, but the council bought some iron sheets. I can give him the names of the pre- unit schools that benefited from the iron sheets that the council bought, not KenGen. They are Lowar Primary School, 40 iron sheets of 3 metres, gauge 30; Kamayek Pre-unit School, Pasakas School, Karapolong School and Chemilil School. The total cost was Kshs156,000. As I said, in our Ministry ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not sure that we are communicating. I am saying that KenGen gave that money to Pokot County Council. How it used the money has nothing to do with KenGen. I am also saying that part of the money given by KenGen was used by the council to buy some iron sheets, and on some other expenses. I can give him a breakdown of how they used the money, but not by KenGen. Once KenGen has donated money, their responsibility ends there. If the money is misused, or he is not happy with the way ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Ministry has absolutely no intention of getting involved in turf wars between the Pokot County Council and Turkana County Council. The money that KenGen paid to Pokot County Council was not from generation of electricity. It was in leu of rates, because of the area that they are occupying. We must also put it on record that it has been a fallacy to say that KenGen has not been contributing anything to the local communities. For example, in the Financial Year 2007/2008, KenGen gave the county council--- view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am saying that in the financial year 2007/2008, KenGen paid the Pokot County Council Kshs11,370,350. In 2008, they have paid another Kshs5 million. That is the amount that KenGen has paid to Pokot County Council. If my friend, Mr. 2764 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 15, 2008 Ethuro, also wants Turkana County Council to be paid, they need to make a formal request and it will be considered. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the heart of the project is in Pokot, but now that my friend has mentioned that Turkana County Council needs to have a share of the goodies, this is the right time for him to make a formal request. We will definitely ask KenGen to give something in leu of rates, as part of the dam is in Turkana South. It is only that they have not been making a request. The county council that has been making a request is that of Pokot. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, five years is not a very long time to stay in one station. In fact, one of the reasons why the local authorities are not performing is the frequent transfers of clerks. If the hon. Member has some issues with the county clerks, he only needs to tell us about them, and if we think that those issues warrant attention, we will effect not only the transfer, but even a dismissal. We have said that we will not just be transferring an officer who messes one area to another area to mess it up. So, if ... view