Wahome Wamatinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 241 to 250 of 620.

• 21 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support. We know that the Kenya Kwanza (KK) Government is moving towards the construction in the Affordable Housing Programme (AHP). In the energy sector, looking at the figures that are proposed, one is left with the question of how we intend to power and electrify those units. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I think that more time is required to interrogate how we are going to ensure that the power we are supplying will be enough for the enhanced demand that will come with the new houses. I support. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support. Indeed, when the President comes to the House and gives the roadmap that the Government wants to take, it is an important opportunity for us, as legislators, to look at the gaps, the framework that is supposed to be put in place and importantly, to explain to our constituents that we represent what the Government intends to do, how it intends to do it and maybe put the legislative framework that is needed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is also a high time that we changed our mentality. Instead ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Bill with amendments. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I sit in the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources where this Bill has been discussed. We have held various public participation with various stakeholders who have expressed their reservations. Some support while others support with amendments that need to be done. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we know the Kenya Kwanza Government intends to make water a tradable commodity. Therefore, it is important to come up with a framework that makes water a bankable business. As good as that ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: important to note that water supply being a devolved function, the county governments which have been starved of the budget from the like Ministry are left to do the reticulation. Some of them rely on very old infrastructure. I have seen some counties lose as much as 70 per cent in terms of non-revenue water. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to be able to address this, we must come up with a comprehensive solution. Since, some of the water infrastructure goes cross-counties, we need to have water development agencies as envisaged in the Water Act of 2016, so that the issues ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: We must also be alive to the fact that some of the functions, especially in the water development infrastructure, have crosscutting issues that lie in multiple counties. The mega dams like the High Grand Falls will serve several counties. Therefore, putting a legal framework in place that will be able to govern the construction and later the repayment of the cost of the dam needs to be anchored in a law. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this can only be done if we amend the Act, as is currently constituted, to introduce other factors. However, we must also hold at the ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just wanted to inform my colleague that I did not say that county governments do not have the budget. I said that with the kind of allocation that county governments get--- view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: He has accepted. That is the point of information. view
• 5 Dec 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of Senate, today, 5th December, 2023- Report of the Standing Committee on Energy on its consideration of the Energy (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 42 of 2023). view