Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1001 to 1010 of 1948.

• 3 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before hon. Millie asks her final question, this, indeed, is not my maiden statement per se . For the hon. Member for Chepalungu, for whom I have acted as counsel since 2001 to purport that I cannot counsel anybody and yet he has been taking legal counsel including pro bono legal counsel for the last 11 years, he might be suffering from short memory forgetting that I serve as his counsel up to-date. view
• 3 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I acknowledge that as the situation stands today and as those exemplified by the ping-pong that informed the answering of this Question because the Question was kicked from the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, it actually bespeaks lack of coherent position within the Government on how to handle this matter. That is why I have indicated that the Ministry will now take the initiative to provide leadership in this regard. The Ministry has a number ... view
• 3 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the significance and critical nature of this Bill cannot be over-emphasized. Certainly, it gives me great pleasure to second this Bill. I beg to second. view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did bring this matter to your attention and to the attention of the Clerk as well as Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona, my dear sister. I just noticed that there has been some kind of ping pong in terms of where exactly the responsibility for this Question lies. Initially, when this Question came to the House, it had been filed under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development which then brought it to the Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports, which referred it to the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. I have ... view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Question has been lying around for quite a while. A week should be sufficient. view
• 20 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am also a rice farmer in Budalangi. So, I can appreciate the very serious concern by the Member for Bura. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would imagine that whereas the Minister says she talked to her people on the ground, but in this House, the ground in Bura is Dr. Nuh. I do not believe there would be any better ground to listen to than the hon. Member for Bura. Would I be in order, therefore, to reiterate what has already been requested that really in the next 48 hours--- view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on a day when this House was seized of the very grave matter of the very fatal insecurity in the Tana Delta, perhaps, some hilarious moment or some comic relief was necessary this afternoon. This certainly falls in the province of the comic and the hilarious. But that notwithstanding, may I say that, first of all, this matter, in my humble view, is not about the person of hon. Ethuro, the hon. Member for Turkana Central; eminent, senior ranking Member of the Tenth House and, I do believe, supremely qualified to sit on that Chair. ... view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I dare say for good measure that you can engage in a philosophical argument; you can want to engage in a purely pedantic and academic argument. What is important is that I do not believe that this matter really carries any importance or significance to this House. But significantly, I also want Mr. Mbadi to address himself to the wording of Article 107 which I do insist is part of the chapter that I do not wish to--- view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: The hon. Member for Chepalungu who purports to be a governor of some jimbo in Bomet might want to inform me. I welcome the information. view