Prof. Samuel Poghisio

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Feb 2022 in Senate: Clause 10 of the Bill seeks to amend Section 16 of the Act, by substituting the reporting obligation under the Act from the Department to the Irrigation Authority. Clause 11 of the Bill seeks to amend Section 17 of the Act. It proposes amendments that take into account the already existing legislative and regulatory structures, when prescribing administrative and regulatory framework on water storage. view
• 10 Feb 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Clause 12 of the Bill seeks to amend Section 20 of the Act by inserting the Words, “subject to mandatory approvals” immediately after the word “a scheme”. view
• 10 Feb 2022 in Senate: Clause 13 of the Bill seeks to amend the Act in Section 22 on annual estimates, to include estimated expenditure for development of infrastructure for the provision of irrigation services. Clause 14 of the Bill seeks to amend the Act in Section 27 to include the output level of results in monitoring and evaluation. view
• 10 Feb 2022 in Senate: Clause 15 of the Bill seeks to amend the Act in Section 34, to enable the Cabinet Secretary (CS) to make regulations to provide for the development of irrigation. Such regulations include infrastructure and water storage as well as to provide for multi- government agencies consultation and collaboration. view
• 10 Feb 2022 in Senate: Clause 16 of the Bill seeks to amend the Act in the Schedule in paragraph 2, to provide for other conditions for removal of a board member by the CS. It further proposes amendments in paragraph 3 of The Schedule, to provide for quorum for meetings to harmonize the provision of the existing policies on board meetings. view
• 10 Feb 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very important amendment on the Act. I request Members to look at it carefully and support it because the sooner we pass this, the better for all of us, as we are going to see an improved irrigation sector services in this country. view
• 10 Feb 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we know that we have had issues even with irrigation matters. I think that these amendments will come to help sort out the issues. With those few remarks, I beg to move and ask Sen. Madzayo to second. I thank you. view
• 10 Feb 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to reply. I take this opportunity to appreciate all hon. Members who have spoken and made their contributions to this amendment. We hope that from here the hon. Members will approve the amendments, so that we can proceed to use this law in practice and make the necessary regulations to operationalize the amended Act. view
• 10 Feb 2022 in Senate: This is a good way to do it. A number of issues have been raised and are well noted. I hope that during the Committee of the Whole and the Third Reading, we can make the necessary changes. view
• 10 Feb 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I also appreciate the concerns about monies spent in Government projects. As much as it has been said that Kshs7 billion has gone down the drain, the fact is that this is what went into the investment and it did not arrive at 100 per cent. view