Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1381 to 1390 of 1948.

• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let this House also take due note that the Government has attempted to deal with this matter through tax breaks. Both the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance did announce certain tax relief measures in this House; reducing duty on diesel and zero-rating kerosene, but the Kenyan consumer has not felt the effect of those taxation measures at all. The other thing to note is that whereas the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) was intended to be some kind of buffer for the consumer and ensure that the consumer is not exploited ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: amongst the oil majors and other industry players. When the Committee on Cost of Living concludes its work and submits its comprehensive Report in this House, this House will be able to access a lot of the information that the Committee has unearthed with regard to the sector. There are concerns that this country should be moving towards investing in affordable green energy, solar and wind; the capacity for which this country has in enormous proportions. We can produce power and lower the cost of energy in this country considerably merely by exploiting the solar and wind power capacity that ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, therefore, a 3.5 per cent contribution from every Ministry to this Fund, to subsidize this cost as an emergency measure - I believe this measure is not being proposed as a permanent measure – is a measure worth supporting. I urge this House to pass this Motion and support this measure. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to support. view
• 21 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me add my voice to this important matter. The time when proceedings before this Committee were going on, I did participate in those proceedings at that time as an Attorney representing one of the key witnesses who appeared before this Committee; a Swiss national called Maryanne Brinner. I, therefore, got the opportunity to be intimately associated with the work of this particular Committee. However, my submission is that this gives this House an opportunity to set a precedent in terms of responsibility, what properly falls within the purview of privilege and what any Member of a ... view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education: (a) if he could explain the status and terms of service for teachers employed by TSC on contract basis in the 2009/2010 Financial Year; (b) when and how the Government plans to absorb the contract teachers on permanent and pensionable terms; and (c) what the success rate of the contract teacher initiative is and what the fate of this initiative is. view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister had the courtesy to call me and inform me that the information that is required for this Question which had previously been deferred for purposes of additional information--- I am reliably informed that that information is not available. I seek your guidance on the same. view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was saying that the Minister had the courtesy to call me earlier in the day to indicate that the information that was required for this Question, which was deferred from an earlier date, is not available to him yet. I oblige the Minister the opportunity to have the Question deferred. I just needed your guidance on the same. view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we agreed that it be deferred until Thursday, next week. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of State for Special Programmes. In that Statement, I wish to request her to clearly and substantively respond to the following questions. view