Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 721 to 730 of 775.

• 2 Aug 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion- AWARE that the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) is mandated to plan, manage and regulate the road transport system, while ensuring the provision of safe, reliable and efficient road transport services; FURTHER AWARE that motorcycle transport services have been rapidly embraced throughout the country, leading to several challenges including: rise in road accidents involving motorcycle riders, unlawfulness, insecurity and road congestion; COGNIZANT that the National Transport and Safety Authority (Operation of Motorcycles) Regulations that came into force on 1st The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is ... view
• 2 Aug 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me also take this opportunity to welcome the students. We are looking forward to having young leaders in the Senate. Please, learn, dream big and follow your dreams. Let nothing stop you from following your dreams. On the issue of boda bodas, we ask counties to also step in and help the riders. The most interesting thing that I once read in a newspaper – I do not remember the specific county where this was happening – about boda boda riders who had been organised into a Savings and Credit Co-operative Organization (SACCO). They ... view
• 2 Aug 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me also take this opportunity to welcome the students. We are looking forward to having young leaders in the Senate. Please, learn, dream big and follow your dreams. Let nothing stop you from following your dreams. On the issue of boda bodas, we ask counties to also step in and help the riders. The most interesting thing that I once read in a newspaper – I do not remember the specific county where this was happening – about boda boda riders who had been organised into a Savings and Credit Co-operative Organization (SACCO). They ... view
• 2 Aug 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to start by thanking the Speaker for giving the ruling that has allowed this debate to continue. This issue is dear to those of us who were in that Committee. Indeed, the Senate will be pleased that Members of that Committee did quite a bit of work. We put our hearts into this matter. More importantly, we promised the people of Solai to get to the bottom and the heart of issues surrounding the tragedy. Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to thank the Chair of the Committee for his very able steering that has led ... view
• 2 Aug 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to start by thanking the Speaker for giving the ruling that has allowed this debate to continue. This issue is dear to those of us who were in that Committee. Indeed, the Senate will be pleased that Members of that Committee did quite a bit of work. We put our hearts into this matter. More importantly, we promised the people of Solai to get to the bottom and the heart of issues surrounding the tragedy. Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to thank the Chair of the Committee for his very able steering that has led ... view
• 26 Jul 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I made a mistake by pressing the wrong button. I want to make a point of intervention and information as well, if allowed. view
• 26 Jul 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Indeed, I am a Member of the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources. This particular Bill has raised a lot of interest from the public. We had public participation, but up until yesterday we were still getting submissions from various stakeholders and professionals in the industry. Madam Temporary Speaker, we had a meeting today and we were going over all the recommendations that have been made; they are quite a number. Our Chairperson is not here because he has been unwell for the last two weeks. If it is possible, I request that we ... view
• 26 Jul 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the Motion on Management of Construction contractors- THAT, AWARE that Section 15 of the National Construction Authority (NCA) Act prescribes the requirements for registration as a contractor; ALSO, AWARE that Section 18 of the Act mandates the NCA Board to accredit firms incorporated outside Kenya to carry out construction works in Kenya for a prescribed period; CONCERNED that a large number of registered local contractors cannot perform up to the expected standard leading to collapsed buildings, poor county roads and infrastructure and incomplete contracts; APPRECIATING that there are still a good number of ... view
• 26 Jul 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, what I said is that the conversation around the fact that we have a lot of foreigners doing work that locals can do has already been discussed here in the House but the Motion is still alive. view
• 19 Jul 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I beg to move the following Motion- THAT, AWARE that infrastructure development and specifically, construction of roads is a key pillar of Kenya’s vision 2030 whose objective is to spur movement of people and goods, promote trade and economic activities, encourage development and attract investments; NOTING that there is a very strong correlation between a country's economic development and the quality of its road network; CONCERNED that Government’s efforts to expand the roads infrastructure are mainly focused on the urban and peri-urban areas of the country thus leaving rural areas with ... view