Soita Shitanda

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 101 to 110 of 148.

• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: VOTE D44 – DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE view
• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Between 2004 and December, 2008, housing property prices in Nairobi, and its environs have increased by approximately 100 per cent, while property prices in other urban areas have increased by between 30 and 50 per cent. (b) The primary reasons for the huge increase in housing property prices in urban areas include high cost of land, mainly due to scarcity of serviced land, increased cost of building materials, supply of housing units being low at approximately 30 per cent of the total demand, sustained growth in the Kenyan economy by up to ... view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are, currently, collaborating with various agencies in trying to do research on various forms of building materials. These agencies include our universities. However, we have had a major hindrance in the use of alternative building materials, because of the Building Code that we have been using, which was developed in 1968. My Ministry is in the process of making changes to the Building Code. In fact, there is a committee that was put in place by the Prime Minister. The Committee was given up to 24th August, 2009 to come up with a draft building code ... view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, through the appropriate building technology centres that we are putting up in the constituencies, we intend to utilise different forms of building technology systems to avail housing to people in both rural and urban areas. However, as I said before, the existing Building Code is very restrictive in terms of technology. It literally confines provision of housing to the brick and motor technology. The changes we are going to make to the Building Code will go a long way in trying to open up the sector to different forms of technologies. We believe that the centres we ... view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the housing shortage in the urban areas stands at 150,000 housing units as of today. We have 300,000 housing units in the rural areas. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the prices of houses are normally dictated by a number of factors, including the cost of oil. However, my Ministry’s initiatives aimed at providing incentives to home developers are geared towards making housing more affordable than it is today. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As I was saying, the prices are normally dictated by several factors. The Government can address some of these factors through the Ministry of Finance. We have made the necessary proposals. Other factors like prices of oil are out of our control. I want to assure the hon. Member that if the Ministry of Finance can extend all the incentives proposals that we have forwarded to them, you can be sure the prices of houses will come down. view
• 30 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. While I do not wish to term the dressing on my colleague as inappropriate, under our Standing Orders, the way I know, what is inappropriate dressing for Parliament is dressing that is meant for other occasions. view
• 30 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: If we allow this to continue as Dr. Khalwale has said, are we saying that if a man comes to this House dressed in a dress, we will allow it because it looks smart! This dressing is for the High Court or a court of law. This is not a court of law. This is Parliament and so the hon. Member is inappropriately dressed for Parliament! view