Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 101 to 110 of 1948.

• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: “(a) may be moved at any time and any other business then in progress may thereupon be interrupted---” With due respect to all hon. Members in this House, I really want to plead that we pay keen attention to the business we are seeking to transact after we conclude this matter. Hon. Speaker, what that clause, without any ambiguity indicates is that as at the time when this Motion is moved, business must be in transaction, which then presupposes that such a Motion can only be moved during the regular time of sitting of this House. We can shout at ... view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: The law that we are handling is one that has emerged from circumstances comparable to those. Just in a like manner, the 10th Parliament proceeded with so much caution and consideration any time we had to handle anything touching on the National Accord and Reconciliation Act of 2008. Similarly, we must proceed with caution and consideration in handling this law. This is because this is not an ordinary piece of legislation. So, whatever comes out of this process and what you are ruling, may we be so guided because this shall always be a House of record and rules. view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: I submit, Hon. Speaker. view
• 22 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I believe I have contributed to this Bill. So, I will pass it. Thank you. view
• 22 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I believe I have contributed to this Bill. So, I will pass it. Thank you. view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The primary means of ensuring an orderly society, indeed the best way to guarantee that society is different from the jungle is sanctity of proceedings in the courts and absolute respect for decisions of courts. Indeed, right at the heart of the rule of law rests respect for the courts, respect for judicial decisions, and also to ensure that the court process that leads to those decisions is respected and sanctified. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the ... view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Therefore, insofar as this Bill seeks to edify the court process, to protect the court process from contemptuous actions or expressions that may call court process to question or cause odium to those processes, this Bill is absolutely timely, even though I want to agree that maybe we are over-legislating a bit. This is a Bill whose provisions could, perhaps, have fitted in the Judicature Act, constituting a core part of that Act. Therefore, even as we proceed to debate and pass this Bill, Government and the State Law Office need to take a look at the concern that we ... view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: where State organs openly and without any justifiable cause disrespect court orders or rulings of the court. And courts have, in virtually all instances, been helpless. A ministry, department of Government, or organ of State just chooses to disregard a court order. And courts have been virtually powerless to act in such instances. I would want to see stringent provisions in this Bill, which are not there at all, this Bill does not make even any mention of that, that would punish severely and act as a deterrent to this habit that has been witnessed time and again of State ... view
• 19 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I would like to applaud my brother, the Member for Changamwe, for this pro-people and pro-vulnerable Motion. One, there is nothing in the law that makes the P3 Form available at a fee. We need a regulation by the Ministry to declare in certain terms that, that service is free. Two, we should do this within the broader agenda of reforms in the health sector. I have sponsored a Bill that should be coming to this House very soon; the National Health Insurance Bill which, if enacted, will provide a broad platform to provide public insurance facility for vulnerable Kenyans ... view
• 19 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is normal to have natural phenomena like droughts and floods. This is not surprising but what is annoying is our perennial unpreparedness that any time we face situations like this we are caught classically pants down, as it were. Five years ago, I chaired a committee that was styled as a Parliamentary Select Committee on Cost of Living and we investigated a wide array of issues including just how prepared this country is in dealing with natural phenomena like droughts and shortages and also how we share our resources from areas of plenty to areas ... view