30 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Okay, my colleague says that we are now sanitizing, but I do not want to use that word. It is more of benefiting towns as opposed to rural constituencies where we come from. You talk of Kazi Mtaani, but when I go to Nyatike, my youths are not even benefiting from anything. If you talk about money ring-fenced for health facilities, my county borders Tanzania yet no money is going there. When you talk of the population of people affected, you look at Busia and there is no money going down there. It is high time we got a budget ...
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18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2) (c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism regarding mismanagement and gross malpractices at the Kenya Utalii College. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I am concerned about various incidents that border on graft and malpractices by the management of Kenya Utalii College. Further, the management has proposed to make Utalii Hotel an independent entity from the College despite the fact that Utalii Hotel was established primarily for training and attachment of students taking hospitality courses. Secondly, the College management has breached the institution’s intellectual property rights by engaging Rwandan hospitality to undertake curriculum consultancy for Rwanda Polytechnic, leading to a loss of Kshs44 million.
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18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Thirdly, procurement laws were not adhered to during the College’s Navision ERP upgrade project and, fourthly, 64 acres of beach land has been illegally allocated to private developers. Hon. Speaker, it is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism to address on the following: (i) What is the rationale behind the illegal proposal to hive off Utalii Hotel from the Kenya Utalii College and making it an independent identity? (ii) Why did the college management sanction corporate piracy of its intellectual property rights by engaging Rwandan hospitality through GIZ ...
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16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government the following Question: (a) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide a list of all prison officers who have undertaken further studies or acquired specialised training, skills and qualifications, but have been seconded and deployed as technicians? (b) Could the Cabinet Secretary justify the recent placement of an external advert calling for the recruitment of 500 general cadet officers and technicians into the Kenya Prisons The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be ...
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16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Service before an internal recruitment was carried out in line with the Public Service Commission’s policy? (c) Could the Ministry put in place measures to ensure priority is given to promotion of serving officers who are qualified before recruiting externally, in line with prudent human resource practices?
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13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask Question No. 491/2019 on behalf of the Member for Nyatike, Hon. Tom Odege, to the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Petroleum and Mining.
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13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
(i) Could the CS provide a list of all the firms licensed to prospect for minerals in Nyatike Constituency?
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13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
(ii) How many local companies have been licensed to undertake mineral prospecting in Nyatike Constituency?
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13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
(iii) What steps is the Ministry taking to safeguard the lives of persons, flora and fauna in the mining areas including contamination of rivers and streams flowing into Lake Victoria?
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