TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE VETS THREE PS NOMINEES IN THE TRANSPORT MINISTRY
Members of Parliament Mwangi Kiunjuri (Laikipia East) and John Chege (Limuru) during yesterday's vetting session.
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Worth Noting:
- “Following the approval of the nominees by the Committees I will then table the report in Parliament tomorrow (today) for approval and I am optimistic that the House will approve it too,” said the chairman.
- During the approval hearing process the nominees outlined their agenda for their respective Departments to the Committee if given a nod to assume office.
- Engineer Mbugua who was the first one to face the Committee said that top on his agenda would be to ensure that the pending bills worth Sh92 billion owed to contractors were settled.
- “President William Ruto has stated clearly that one of his priorities is to have the thorny issue pending bills settled and that will be top on my agenda,” he explained.
The National Assembly Committee onTransport and Infrastructure has approved three nominees for the positions of Principal Secretaries for three State Departments in the Roads, Transport and Public Works Ministry.
The Committee chaired by Ndia MP George Kariuki approved nominees, Engineer Joseph Mungai Mbugua for State Department for Roads, Mr Mohamed Daghar for State Department for Transport and Mr Shadrack Mwadime of Shipping and Maritime State Depertment.
Members of the Committee unanimously approved the nominees after conducting a vetting exercise for the trio that found them qualified and eligible to hold the key positions.
Kariuki explained that the Committee will table the report in Parliament tomorrow for approval as he thanked Members for successfully conducting the process as required by the law.
“Following the approval of the nominees by the Committees I will then table the report in Parliament tomorrow (today) for approval and I am optimistic that the House will approve it too,” said the chairman.
During the approval hearing process the nominees outlined their agenda for their respective Departments to the Committee if given a nod to assume office.
Engineer Mbugua who was the first one to face the Committee said that top on his agenda would be to ensure that the pending bills worth Sh92 billion owed to contractors were settled.
“President William Ruto has stated clearly that one of his priorities is to have the thorny issue pending bills settled and that will be top on my agenda,” he explained.
He added that in conjunction with other stakeholders he will work towards ensuring that the country achieves the universal acceptance level of roads infrastructure standards that requires that citizens access all weather roads in their backyards.
He added that he will work closely with Constituency Roads Committees in using the labour based method of constructing and maintaining roads in rural areas for many jobless local people to earn a living.
Mr Mbugua explained that he will promote use of new technology which includes installation of cameras of roads to deal with traffic offenders.
He added that he will ensure that all roads projects started across the country are completed.
The second nomineee to be vetted was Mr Mohamed Daghar who told the Committee that he will use his wealth of experience in security, peace, conflicts and development to ensure security and safety in the transport sector if he will be given a clean bill of health to take charge of the Transport Department.
“I will give priority to development of policies bent towards streamlining the eight authorities in the Department alongside restoring sanity in the transport industry and ensure its growth,” he told the Committee.
Noting that boda boda sector was key to the growth of the economy of the country, Daghar noted that together with other stakeholders he will streamline the sector to make it more efficient and generate more revenue to the State.
“Statistics have indicated that by September this year 3900 people lost their lives on our roads with 900 of them from accidents caused by the boda boda sector. This are worrying statistics that needs urgent intervention,” he pointed out.
He said he will ensure phase one C of of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) that will ensure that the project reaches Malaba border in Western Kenya is completed.
He said he will address the Kenya Airways challenges to avert strikes by pilots as experienced last month.
Mr Mwadime said he will probe the alleged misappropriation of public funds in the construction of the Sh2.5 billion headquarters for the Kenya National Shipping Line (KNSL) in Mombasa.
Mwadime noted that he will push for restructuring of the KNSL noting that there was need for government to take full ownership of the organization so as to have powers to inject reforms that will improve it’s performance and revenue to the State.
“The government has 53 percent of shares and members of the private sector 47 percent in KNSL. The organization’s performance has been wanting. Since it’s establishment it has never procured a single ship and only rely on international service providers thereby denying the country more revenue and jobs for Kenyans,” he added.
Mwadime said he will put measures in place aimed at revamping the dormant Bandari College in Mombasa which he noted with concern that it has failed to prosper because for the last six years it has been led by an acting Director General who could not make crucial decision.
The Committee on Transport and Infrastructure will prepare a comprehensive report on the suitability of the nominees which will be tabled before the National Assembly today.
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