Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1491 to 1500 of 1948.

• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: (ii) Subsidy, including subsidies for kerosene and some basic goods. (iii) We must destroy cartels and slay the dragon of corruption, however hard corruption may fight back because we know it will always fight back. view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I move and request the hon. Member for Rarieda to second this Motion. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is the Ministry that is responsible for affairs touching on the young people in this country. Fortunately, this Ministry has the benefit of being run by some of the most youthful Members of the Government and appropriately so. Could he give assurance and comfort to the young people of this country that the Ministry, notwithstanding this policy position, will do everything within its powers and in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya to allow every young person in this country that desires to seek a position in this election to do so? view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me, first of all, assure my learned friend and very good sister, the Nyar Suba beauty not to be overly-concerned about being the only lady in the House. Many of us are proudly honorary feminists. We very strongly share the passion; that philosophical connection to the empowerment of both sexes to attain the kind of gender equity that is celebrated by the Constitution. So, rest assured--- view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, he is my very able Chief Whip. Is he, by any chance and any stretch of imagination, insinuating that this Nyasuba lady is not beautiful? Is that what the Chief Whip is insinuating? view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not think I am precluded from celebrating beauty especially when I am in such close proximity to it. view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me start by applauding the CIC on two accounts. One, for producing this report on time. In the law that we enacted last December, we amended a clause on the Floor of this House requiring the CIC to report to us more frequently than originally intended. The original intention was six months. We shortened that period to three months. It is so gratifying to see that the CIC, even with that shortened reporting period, has been able to submit to this House a very comprehensive report of their work over the last three months. view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Secondly, I want to applaud the Commission on the position and stand it has taken right from the beginning to protect the spirit and letter of this Constitution. I say so especially because recently, we had what I personally thought to have been the first test of our fidelity to the letter and spirit of this Constitution when appointments were made to the offices of the Chief Justice, Attorney-General, Director of Public Prosecutions and Controller of Budget. That was a litmus test of whether we are truly committed to defending the letter and spirit of this Constitution or whether we ... view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we must appreciate even as we debate this report and take note of the same, that the paradigm has shifted. This Constitution has taken this country to a completely new dispensation. When you look at Article 10 of this Constitution which sets the national values and principles of governance, it speaks of a new order and regime in whatever we do. The Article says that these values apply to anybody who is interpreting this Constitution and to anybody who is enacting or applying any other law other than this Constitution; or to any authority or anybody ... view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: If we only made effort to lead by the national values and principles that we have said in that Article, then a lot of the issues we are grappling with – issues of gender equity and issues of addressing questions of ethnic balance in public offices will become so easy. Sometimes, you wonder why we struggle so much when we have already set the standards for ourselves. The problem is that even though we have enacted a new Constitution for ourselves, there are people in this country who have maintained such a strong attachment to the old order that they ... view