Dr. Simon Ogari

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 111 to 120 of 219.

• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to the condition of Muthurwa Bus stop, this information was sourced from the Nairobi City Council, which is seeking for additional land from the Railways Pension Scheme to enable the expansion of the bus stop. I would like to assure Members that the Government will continue to facilitate operators to ensure that they conduct their business in a conducive environment and make reasonable profit out of their business. view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would take the first by hon. Abdi. First of all, I want to comment on the public awareness, or the notice by the Matatus to go on strike. I still want to state that as the Assistant Minister, I am not aware of any pending strike due to police harassment. However, I am aware from the Press that matatu might be going on strike due to the cost of fuel. As far as I know,, this information has come from the matatu Welfare Association, who I know do not own matatus. There is Matatu Welfare Association ... view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: So, the information we have even today before I came to this House, I have talked to the Chairman of the Matatu Owners Association and he has assured us that they are not going to take part in that strike, which is being called by Matatu Welfare Association who have nothing to do with the ownership of the vehicles, and who are not buying the vehicles. view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as to the letter of the President, I am sorry, it has not reached our attention. I believe maybe that is not the right channel of communicating about the strike. I think the labour relations laws are very clear on how to notify the Ministry or the Government about the pending strike. view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of harassment by the police which was raised by hon. Hassan, as much as possible, we might aware that there could be some harassment, but as I said, we had formed a taskforce which is looking into this matter. Maybe in line with what hon. Shebesh had asked, the recommendations of the taskforce are being implemented. We are trying to work on some of them at the moment. view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: On the issue of Muthurwa Bus Terminus which has been raised by hon. Hassan, I know of the very appalling conditions. That is why I said that the Nairobi City Council is doing something about it. Even if they try to do something now, the place is too congested. They are trying to get land from the Railway Pension Scheme, so that they can expand it, try and see how they can tidy the whole place. view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. C. Kilonzo raised the same issue about the cost of fuel. We have been assured that the Matatu Owners Association will not take part in that strike because they realized that the issue of fuel prices will also hurt them if they go on strike now when they have a lot of business during this Christmas period. view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, as I said earlier, I am not aware of that letter to the President. It has just been tabled in this House. Maybe, if there is anything I have to answer, I can answer after that. view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Secondly, the Statement that I have made is about the pending strike due to harassment and other issues and not about price increases. This is because the Ministry of Transport does not fix the prices of petrol. In any case, when we talk about wananchi going on strike, then that is an issue because when prices of unga and any other products in the supermarkets go up, it is not the supermarkets which go on strike but wananchi. The hon. Member has just read a section of the letter about mobilizing wananchi to go on strike because of the rising ... view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not sure whether that correction will alter the answer which the hon. Member already has; all the same I will reply and then, maybe, he could raise issues later on. view