Simeon Nyachae

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 111 to 120 of 226.

• 12 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a very useful suggestion. However, the truth of the matter is that we have no way of telling a transporter which route to follow, as long he reaches his destination. We are coming up with a new gazette notice indicating the tare weight or the carrying capacity of vehicles which can use certain roads. That will then bar the heavy vehicles from using the smaller roads. view
• 12 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Kenya Roads Bill be now read a Second Time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the objective of this Bill is to implement the comprehensive reform of the management of the roads sub-sector in Kenya in accordance with Sessional Paper No.5 of 2006 on Management of the Roads Sub-Sector for Sustainable Economic Growth. It is important to give the background to this Bill. Before I mention some of the features of the Bill, allow me to reveal the background to the roads sub-sector reform. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we ... view
• 12 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this afternoon--- You know we have always followed the tradition of me nominating the seconder. This afternoon, I heard the Speaker telling us: "You are not supposed to do it! It is the Speaker to do it". That is why I am waiting for you to do it. But if you want me to do it, I will ask Dr. Kibunguchy to second. view
• 12 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy 1720 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 12, 2007 Speaker, Sir, I concur. view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. ole Ntimama in order to imply that it is the GNU which sat down to nominate these names, when FORD(P) did not sit down with anybody to nominate any names, except one? Although FORD(P) belongs to the GNU, when it came to this matter, we did not participate in the nomination of names of people representing the NARC. Therefore, it is wrong to insinuate that the GNU is the one which nominated these names. view
• 24 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. With your indulgence, I recall that earlier in the week, Mr. Speaker ordered the Office of the President to issue a Ministerial Statement on what happened in Mombasa to warrant the arrest of contractors and Ministry of Roads and Public Works engineers. The order was that the Ministerial Statement be issued today. Where is that Ministerial Statement? view
• 24 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, we must show respect to this House and not to feed it with falsehoods! view
• 24 May 2007 in National Assembly: The truth of the matter is this--- view
• 24 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the "gentleman" called Mutua never contacted the Permanent Secretary as it is being claimed here. Secondly, when he arrived in Mombasa, he contacted the Provincial Roads Engineer and ordered him to go! The Provincial Roads Engineer went there to see what he wanted, because he thought it was a routine inspection of cleanliness. When he met him, it was not at the road site; it was at a place called Tamarind Village. That was where the meeting took place first. Then, he said: "Let us go down to look at the roads". At that time, neither ... view
• 24 May 2007 in National Assembly: He cannot tell us that he was protecting those people when he had already come with policemen with guns to the road site! They were all pushed into the--- view