Soita Shitanda

Full name

Peter Soita Shitanda

Born

9th November 1959

Post

Parliament Buildings
Parliament Rd.
P.O Box 41842 – 00100
Nairobi, Kenya

Email

malava@parliament.go.ke

Telephone

0721341241

Telephone

020 783463

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 71 to 80 of 148.

  • 12 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: I can do that, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
  • 12 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the sale of the non-strategic houses realised about Kshs1.2 billion which was used to start the civil servants housing scheme. That scheme has an asset base of about Kshs5 billion and we are putting up more houses using those funds. Right now, about 800 houses are coming up in various parts of the City. view
  • 12 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the demand is very high. We were trying to create “seed money” for the development of more houses. The money obtained from the sale of 1,200 houses has been used to put up about 800 houses which have already been occupied. Another 800 houses will be ready for occupation by February next year. Finally, another housing project of 2,000 units will commence in Starehe Estate. So, we were trying to use an intervention that will help us put up more Government houses. view
  • 2 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I apologize for coming in late to answer this Question. I was held up in a traffic jam from Community to this place. view
  • 2 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to reply. (a) The current national housing policy was adopted by the Government in June 2004. It is intended to address deteriorating housing conditions countrywide by facilitating annual production by, at least, 150,000 housing units in urban areas that include Migori Municipality and quality improvement of, at least, 300,000 units in rural areas. The combined annual housing delivery is, therefore, 450,000 for the entire country. The role of the Government will be to facilitate stakeholders, especially the private sector, to construct houses in urban areas. In this regard, the Government has developed ... view
  • 2 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the NHC has approached all the councils of the 90 towns where they intend to carry out this programme, including Migori. We are just awaiting communication from Migori Municipal Council before we can move to the next stage; that is after they have availed land for the development of housing. view
  • 2 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have the list of the 90 towns where we intend to carry out this programme. On the issue of availability of land in various councils, this has been the trend and any council that has intended to benefit from NHC programmes avails land. So, if there is no land, it might be a problem for the National Housing Corporation (NHC) because it does not have any land in any council. If a council is able to avail land, we are able to construct housing units in those councils. view
  • 2 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, currently, we have more than 200 districts. It is true that those districts are facing a lot of problems in terms of housing. My ministry is drafting a proposal to discuss with the Minister for Finance to see how we can address the problem of housing in the new districts. But as we do that through the NHC 90-Towns Program, funds have been a major problem. But we are trying, with the little that we have, to see if we can start housing programs in some of the towns. I do not have the list of ... view
  • 2 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have the list here, but I have it in my office. If the Chair rules, I can avail it. view
  • 2 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, once we get an undertaking from Migori that they are able to avail land, my Ministry will take action. view

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