Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1661 to 1670 of 1948.

• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: I am much obliged, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government:- (a) if he could confirm that the Government, as communicated vide Circular MLG No.4/2009 dated February 23, 2009 intends to halt remittance of LATF support to all local authorities which have failed to eliminate their outstanding debts/liabilities by the commencement of the Financial Year 2009/2010 view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: (b) if he could justify the reason for this short notice and state why the notice should not be extended for five years; and view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the ramifications of the action contemplated by the Minister would be seismic if they were to be implemented within the time frame that he proposes. Knowing that this is one action that would affect virtually all local authorities in the country, without exception, and knowing that the Ministry has already put in place a reform process that is already rolling, and that we are also in the middle or that we have already started the process of reviewing boundaries in the context of an anticipated new constitutional dispensation, why is the Ministry rushing this process? Why can ... view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to appreciate the very pragmatic position taken by the Minister. The only assurance that local authorities would want to hear from the Minister, from Nairobi to Port Victoria Town Council, is whether after Thursday, as we commence the Financial Year 2009/2010, they will be looking forward for LATF remission from the Ministry. view
• 2 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I seek the Chair's guidance as to whether the hon. Minister is in order to debate a Motion that has not even been seconded. view
• 28 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this issue is, really, a grave matter and the manner in which the Government is dealing with it gives one the feeling that we are growing impervious to the sanctity of human life such that, the death of 43 innocent lives of this land does not invite the kind of serious concern--- view
• 28 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am coming to my question. This matter could only mean that there is either inertia on the side of the Government machinery, complicity or incompetence! What I would like the Minister to assure this House and to assure a concerned nation is whether, in these circumstances, we can maintain confidence in the intelligence bureaucracy of this country that goes all the way to the smallest administrative unit of this country; and whether we can have similar confidence in the security machinery over which the honorable Minister presides over. Can that assurance be given with confidence ... view
• 28 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we may all have been nourished on Nyayo milk, but those sentimental attachments aside, could the Minister focus on the fundamental issues that are at the heart of this matter? First, I want to believe that the Minister is on top of the game. Perhaps, she is the game itself in the Ministry. However, if a matter of this magnitude can proceed, be concluded and made public without the Minister being aware, could she assure this House and the country at large, that she is, indeed, in control of all processes that go on in this ... view