Samuel Gonzi Rai

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 441 to 450 of 531.

• 7 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that Thika Municipal Council still owns this utility Block 11/338 in Ziwani Estate and the same has not been hived to create a new Block 11/1037 as purported. The Block, therefore, has not been allocated to Thika Institute of Technology vide letter of allotment reference 23136/XLII. (b) In view of the above, no steps will be taken by my Ministry since records in my Ministry show that the land is still intact. view
• 7 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the parcel No. Thika Municipal Block 11/338 also known as LR 4953/732 is registered in the name of Municipal Council of Thika. A copy of the title is attached here and I will inform the House confirming that the title is still intact and no subdivision has been done on it. view
• 7 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the conditions of this land as I had earlier stated is that, special conditions No.1, 2 and 3 as contained in the grant I(R)21632 states as follows:- (1) "The land and building shall only be used for council housing. (2) The grant cannot subdivide the land. (3) The grant shall not transfer or part with the possession of the land and part thereof." view
• 7 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I confirm that. Further, I can also assure the hon. Member that apart from the title being intact, if any construction or development is to be done on it, they will need approval from my Ministry and we will not grant any approval for any development on this particular land. view
• 26 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware. (b) I am aware that the said land was subdivided by the Thika Municipal Council after getting approval from the Commissioner of Lands. However, no plots have been illegally acquired by the councillors. The land is still being held in trust by the council. (c) In view of the above, it is illegal for any councillor or person to encroach on the said piece of land and use it for personal gain. view
• 26 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, prior to answering this Question, the Commissioner of Lands has been directed to cancel the subdivision of the land that had earlier been erroneously approved. view
• 26 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry has decided to cancel all transactions of land at this particular moment. We are carrying out an audit. Unless somebody has accepted the letters of allotment, which have been issued to some people, there are no transactions going on at view
• 26 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: this particular moment. If we come across any irregular allocation which was done, we will deal with it according to its merit. view
• 26 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not get the question properly. view
• 26 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, by saying that we have stopped all land transactions, we are saying that we are carrying out an audit, so that, at least, we are in a position to comment on all irregular allocations of land which were done. From there, we will be in a position to advise the country at large on what we are supposed to do. view