Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1191 to 1200 of 1948.

• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: It is unfortunate, actually it is a national shame, that the one sector we all celebrate as being the backbone of our economy; the one sector that employs 80 per cent of our people, agriculture is one sector that we have not gone the extra mile to protect. When we talk about the agricultural sector, we are talking about the hardworking ordinary Kenyan farmer across the length and breadth of our nation, including the dairy. The dairy farmer through the history of this land had come to take pride of place as a hardworking Kenyan and the Kenya Co-operative Creameries ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: We know that because of myriad challenges, including complicity on the side of the Government, this KCC ran into strong head winds in the late 1990s which led to insolvency resulting in receivership that ultimately led to the KCC collapsing and being offered for 30 pieces of silver. I literally mean that. This eminent farmers’ organization that held the hopes, dreams, aspirations and investment of thousands of farmers across our land, was allowed to totter into the abyss and collapse. In that collapse, it was duly picked up by persons, who I have no doubt, share responsibility for that collapse, ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when the NARC Government came to power in 2003, they made what at that moment, had the appearance of positive measures to rescue this eminent organization, KCC. Hopefully, the Minister in responding to this Motion, could help to lift the veil and let the country know who exactly KCC 2000 was. But the Government did offer Kshs400 million to the directors and owners of KCC 2000 to buy back KCC, which they duly renamed New KCC. The New KCC has since the year 2000 been a wholly owned Government enterprise. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in that whole metamorphosis and transformation from KCC to KCC 2000 and onwards to New KCC, a series and continuous litany of injustice has been committed to the dairy farmer in this country. When KCC changed hands to private ownership in the form of KCC 2000, nobody bothered to lift the veil and find out the interest of the dairy farmer in that company at that time and what the fate of the interest of this farmer was, as KCC changed hands and even names to KCC 2000. One would have expected that when the Government ... view
• 14 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is common knowledge and this knowledge is in the public domain that the Government did take a position on this particular census and that position was made public through the Minister for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030. view
• 14 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, when this matter went to court, it was on the basis of that official Government position which had questioned the validity of the census results in the affected districts. My question, therefore, would be whether the Government – with the public aware of the position you had taken on this matter – has any plans to appeal this decision? view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, very briefly, I want to support this Bill. Let me also add my voice in applauding the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and the Treasury for making every effort humanely possible to steer the economy of this country in the right direction in a very difficult global context. The economy of this country, especially in the last two or three years, has had to weather many storms. Of course, we are not an island and we have, certainly, been affected by the global economic meltdown, and yet we remain an economic force in this ... view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and the Treasury, of course, including the Central Bank of Kenya and all the organs that go with the Treasury for making every effort to make sure that our economy remains on track. view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill is long overdue. Again, I do believe that by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance bringing this Bill, it is part of the very drastic reforms we have witnessed at the Treasury in the recent past. One, of course, is aware that for an economy to grow and remain stable, you need confidence; confidence of not only the biggest investor who may want to put his or her money in the economy, but also the smallest investor or the smallest player in the whole economic matrix who wants to be confident that ... view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, my apology. When the Chief Whip calls, you have to obey. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is my pleasure to second this Bill. Let me start, of course, by congratulating my eminent attorney sister Milly Odhiambo-Mabona for bringing this Bill. This Bill is very much like her in terms of its progressive outlook, its reformist credentials and in terms of its every attempt to advance the letter and spirit of the new Constitution. The Constitution of the Republic of Kenya vests in this House the power to make law. Article 109 of the Constitution is absolutely ... view