Dickson Wathika Mwangi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. That is because the answer that we have is not satisfactory. I despatched some officers to go and establish the actual position on the ground over the weekend. Therefore, I will be ready with the answer on Tuesday next week. view
• 10 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to support the Motion. But I want you to allow me to be saddened by the revelations that the Minister made during her presentation that only 1 per cent of our youth access university education. So, from one million pupils, we get 78,000 graduates. Even after graduation, it is only 25 per cent who are absorbed in the job market. It is a sad situation that requires very urgent and serious approach to correct it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will propose that the Government should move with 1774 PARLIAMENTARY ... view
• 10 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: I did not talk about bull- fighting. Dr. Khalwale will talk about it. I beg to support; thank you. view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. My names are Dickson Mwangi Wathika. I am the Member of Parliament for Makadara Constituency in Nairobi. First, allow me to thank the people of Makadara for electing me to represent them in this august House. Also, allow me to thank the councillors that I worked with as the Mayor of the City of Nairobi for having elected me to serve as the Mayor of Nairobi for two consecutive terms. Allow me also to thank, particularly, the people of Ofafa Maringo in Makadara Constituency for having elected me to serve them for three consecutive ... view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am making my maiden speech. I do not think I should be interrupted. view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, hon. Members should better learn the rules of the game. I was talking about the manner in which we are developing our economy. Kenya is on the run. We must be able to produce and encourage as many young people as possible, to take up accounting as a profession. They will be 460 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 15, 2008 very much needed. view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. We need to encourage many young men and women to take up professions like accountancy, so that they can contribute positively to the development of this great nation. We have a lot of small-scale businesses referred to as kiosks, especially in Nairobi and other urban centres. We, as Parliament, need to make sure that these people access cheap accounting services, so that they can put their books in order for them to access capital from financial institutions. This Bill is very important for this nation. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I serve as the ... view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was saying that large-scale farming will benefit the owners of land. Nobody will ever kill anybody because of that piece of land. You will not get access to the shares of that particular farmer. That is one aspect. The second one is the fact that we have continued to sub-divide land in accordance with the April 15, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 461 number of children in a family. You find that a family of ten boys with ten acres, each boy is given one acre. Then each person builds a house there to live ... view