Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1261 to 1270 of 1948.

• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I have noted from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government says that there has been no audit so far and that there is a figure of Kshs33 million that could possibly have been ineligibly allocated. My first clarification is whether there is anything called counter-funding within this kind of arrangement between the Government and donor agencies where both the donor and the Government finance particular aspects of a given project. Could the Deputy Prime view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Minister and Minister for Local Government provide details on those areas that are counter-funded by the Government? Secondly, I would want the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government to explain the diffusion of this whole KKV Project in terms of who exactly are the implementing agencies, whether this project is implemented by the Office of the Prime Minister or any particular line Ministries, who those line Ministries are and what exactly are the responsibilities of the line Ministries vis-a- vis the responsibilities of the Office of the Prime Minister. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. Let me say from the outset that I support this Motion and in doing so, I really want to applaud the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Relations. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Finally, this House is starting to respond to issues that are of direct relevance to the people of this country. I have been chairing a Select Committee of this House on the cost of living. This Committee has had the opportunity to go virtually across the length and breadth of this country and interact with the people of this country all over the place. Among the people that this committee has had the opportunity to interact with are the workers of this country. I can say - this House can confirm this when the report that I tabled in this ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, a country that does not take care of its workers really does not have a foundation for a take-off. For a country like ours, that is talking about Vision 2030; we want to be a medium-sized industrialized country in the next 19 or so years; there is no way we will get there if we do not take care of the toiling and moiling workers of this country. If we continue to treat them the way we are doing, perhaps we should revise Vision 2030 to become Vision 3020, because the people who will power ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this House has a very worrying trend where we adopt very good reports, but they are simply not implemented. Therefore, I want to challenge the Government. I am very happy that the Government Responder to this report is my learned senior, the very respected and venerated Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. I hope that he will move quickly to give a Government commitment that this report is going to be implemented fully and expeditiously. I also challenge the Committee on Implementation of this House that when we adopt reports of this nature, ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to conclude by challenging the Government on the overall employment policy and legislation in this country. We are not taking good care of the Kenyan worker. Our employment laws and policies are lopsided. They are not in the best interest of the Kenyan worker, and I want to challenge the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs that as we implement the Constitution, let us take this opportunity to revise the employment laws and policies of this country, so that we can take better care of our workers. Kenyan workers working in ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Therefore, I support this Motion fully and I want to repeat that we want to see this report implemented speedily and fully. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to start by applauding the Member for Kandara for bringing this matter to the attention of this House. Today, the face of cancer in this country is a little ten year old girl called Rose Nasimiyu. The other day I was watching TV in my living room and this girl came onto my screen. She was being interviewed by one of our TV stations. I was moved to tears listening to the story of this little girl. Her spirit, her determination but above all the message was so powerful that cancer is no ... view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: view