Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1701 to 1710 of 1775.

• 31 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was sitting next to the Questioner and I looked at the last paragraph of the answer given and which the Assistant Minister did not read out. However, I would like to find out the development partners whom the Ministry is consulting with, to support the financing of this project. view
• 30 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Considering that the CDF is a new concept which has served our people well so far, instead of us following a horse which has bolted already, what measures is the Minister putting in place to ensure that the loopholes we see including collusion are sealed so that we do not have to get into a situation like this again? view
• 30 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I remember yesterday, you made a ruling yourself that the Statement by the Minister for Water and Irrigation was going to be given this afternoon. view
• 30 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a very important Motion. I think it is long overdue. Village elders exist. It is only that we have not recognised the role they play. The only way we can be able to recognise the role they play is to create structures in the Government that can recognise what they do. I have just listened to the Minister when he was talking. He has contradicted himself so much! I did not even get what he was saying. You cannot deny what is there. I want to commend the Mover of this Motion for the ... view
• 30 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: per sub-location, we are talking about 60,000 people. If you were to pay them just Kshs1,000 per month or Kshs2,000, we are talking about Kshs60 million or Kshs120 million. That is very little money compared to what the Minister earns per month. I think we debate to justify what we are talking about. But this is not a subject to be debated on. It is something that we should 2216 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 30, 2008 have formalised a long time back. We have got low cadre civil servants in Job Groups "A", "B" and "C". view
• 30 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I respect the Minister. He is a friend of mine. I was just giving it as an example. I do not deal with money. If the arithmetic is wrong, it will be corrected. The engagement of the village elders should be formalised. What I would like to suggest, and I hope the Mover of the Motion will take it into account, I would like a situation where we can overhaul the Chiefs Act. The Inter-Parties Parliamentary Group (IPPG) in 1997 removed a lot of powers from the chiefs. I think it is high time that we ... view
• 29 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Roads:- (a) whether he is aware that the Kisumu-Kakamega Road is among the busiest in heavy traffic in the country; (b) whether he is further aware that the road is in a very poor state of repair and is therefore, dangerous to motorists and other users; and, (c) what steps he is taking to ensure that the road is brought to good motorable condition. view
• 29 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the answer is very inadequate but I would like to inform the Minister since, maybe, his officers have not advised him, that this road was done many years ago in 1962. They have only been doing routine maintenance on it which includes pothole filling 2138 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 29, 2008 and so on. The amount of Kshs105 million that the Minister has allocated for its repair is about 10 per cent of what is required to do this road which is 50 kilometres. Could the Minister assure this House that this money will be used for pothole ... view
• 29 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me thank the Minister for the assurance. However, could he assure the House that among the programmes that he has in place to tour and look at the roads, he will very soon visit the place so that he can see for himself what is happening, including the road from Majengo to Luanda, which is in your place? view
• 29 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have very high regard for the Minister but I think this is a let down for the first time. You have to be attentive when we are raising these questions. It is very important. view