10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise on a point of order. Is the Hon. Member in order to suggest that the Committee does not have the specific reports that he is showing us and yet, he is a member of that Committee and he is holding the reports? Is he in order to hold those reports and blindly tell us that the Committee has not seen those reports?
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10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute. However, I opt to pass this chance to another Member, as I wait for the next Motion.
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10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute. However, I opt to pass this chance to another Member, as I wait for the next Motion.
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10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to talk about dams and water in effect. Like I already said, I am a Member of this Committee. We all know that water is an essential commodity that every single Kenyan needs and would benefit from. We also know that only 50 per cent of this country has access to clean safe and adequate water. Kenya can be referred to as a water scarce country. The Committee found that the distribution of dams in this country is skewed. You find that there are particular areas that have more ...
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10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to talk about dams and water in effect. Like I already said, I am a Member of this Committee. We all know that water is an essential commodity that every single Kenyan needs and would benefit from. We also know that only 50 per cent of this country has access to clean safe and adequate water. Kenya can be referred to as a water scarce country. The Committee found that the distribution of dams in this country is skewed. You find that there are particular areas that have more ...
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10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
So, there is a consistent pattern in all these dams where steps are taken which do not help in effective completion of construction of the dams. If you look at earlier variations, Umaa has a variation of Kshs318 million being requested and paid just almost two months after construction had begun. So, you wonder what the variation is for when work had not even gone to a certain extent. When you look at the Kshs318 million, it is 38 per cent of the total cost of the project. How did they get the project, get advance payment and get a ...
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10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
So, there is a consistent pattern in all these dams where steps are taken which do not help in effective completion of construction of the dams. If you look at earlier variations, Umaa has a variation of Kshs318 million being requested and paid just almost two months after construction had begun. So, you wonder what the variation is for when work had not even gone to a certain extent. When you look at the Kshs318 million, it is 38 per cent of the total cost of the project. How did they get the project, get advance payment and get a ...
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10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
whole project when they had only done seven per cent of the work? These are the issues which the Committee found out. In terms of the work stalling, you look at Badasa in Marsabit and Umaa in Kitui where…
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