Dr. Simon Ogari

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 161 to 170 of 219.

• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not in a position to answer that now. I will need to check on it later. view
• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we respect the court process. However, what I am referring to as an administrative process included the terms and conditions of employment. I am very sure that in the Public Service, authorities like KPA have the powers or the right to terminate--- view
• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a point of order which was raised before I finished answering Mr. Nyamweya’s question. I perused through the papers I had, and I have realized that the calculations include Mr. Oudus’ pension; it has all been paid. I honourably table these papers. view
• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to restate that in the calculations all the dues due to Mr. Oudo, including pension, were paid. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Ministry is aware of indiscipline in the transport industry, including in some of the drivers of the mentioned companies, Citi Hoppa and Kenya Bus Service vehicles. In order to address this challenge, the Transport Licensing Board has instructed the owners of these companies to take full control of all buses operated by them, including those under franchise. In addition, the Traffic Police have been asked to enforce the law and impound any buses, including those belonging to these companies found to be operating contrary to the law. The TLB will in future review the licences issued ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I agree with the hon. Member; as I had said earlier, we are aware of indiscipline. It is not only in the area which he has mentioned but is all over. First of all, it is important to note that both these companies were licensed to operate in the Central Business District (CBD) as companies, but later on they gave out franchises. We later on came to notice that they were not in charge of the buses apart from franchising their colours and their company name. Therefore, they are not in control of the buses that ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as the hon. Member might be aware, my Ministry is more of a policy Ministry and transport is a multi-sectoral issue that cuts across many Ministries. If we listened carefully to the answer given by the Minister for Roads, we will discover that he also covered a similar question. In conjunction with other Ministries and other Government bodies, we are in the process of trying to establish joint bodies. One of those bodies, and a Bill will be coming to the Floor shortly for enactment, is the National Road Safety Authority. At the moment, we have no ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the hon. Member for that. In my earlier answer to another Question I had told the House that we are drafting the Traffic (Amendment) Bill which is almost ready to be brought before the House. I am sure that the issues that he has raised have been addressed adequately. If they are not addressed adequately, hon. Members will get a chance to give their input. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, again that takes us back to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. That is why we are trying to form this authority which will comprise of officials from all the Ministries. We have asked the police to arrest the drivers of these vehicles. That is the much we can do at the moment. Once we form an authority which will come up with policies and implement them, maybe, we shall get there and we are on the right path. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have confessed that we are aware of the operations that the two companies have been doing. They might not be legal but are irregular as I have said. Lately, we have partnered with the Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing and we have issued instructions to all vehicle operators to join SACCOs so as to eliminate transport cartels and reduce congestion on the road. We do not want to paralyse the transport industry and that is why we have taken the soft approach. We have had consultative meetings with the Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing ... view