Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1671 to 1680 of 1948.

• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this issue of Land Control Boards and Tribunals is a critical one. This is because some districts, including my own Bunyala District, have been operating without this important organ. This has been going on for close to one year. Could the Assistant Minister clarify how long it takes for a communication from the Ministry to reach the district? In my case, we have been waiting for a communication from the Ministry for the last eight months and we have not received any. What is the process of the district getting to know what could be holding the ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have the highest regard for Waziri view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Ojode, and I think he has earned our respect because of his hands-on- approach to issues of Government. Many times, he has taken on tasks that require immediate action with the speed and expedition deserved. Could the Assistant Minister, therefore, give an assurance to this House to the comfort of the nation and to the hon. Member who was injured by this despicable act, by confirming now that he knows this officer who committed this act, based on the fact that he knows where this officer is based at the moment, simply that he will undertake to have the ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. It can be excused when members of the public engage in speculation and rumor mongering. It can even be excused if members of the Fourth Estate, in their pursuit of a story, engage in speculation. But it cannot be excused, and it is absolutely unacceptable, when this august House becomes an arena for speculation of any kind or of any shade. The responsibility we hold on behalf of the people of this country places a heavy burden on each one of us, severally and collectively as individuals and as an institution, to make sure ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have witnessed here, in the past, allegations thrown around this House in the guise of debating national issues. Yesterday, I sat here through the debate on the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade regarding the discrepancies in the Supplementary Budget Estimates. Looking at that Report and the manner in which that debate was conducted, it re-ignited my belief in this House, that we can rise to the occasion and handle matters of national importance with the decorum and seriousness they deserve. That Report did not only pass the mark of maturity, ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we sit in the various Departmental Committees, especially the key watchdog Committees whose responsibility is to audit the actions of the Government and the expenditure of public resources, we owe this House, ourselves and this country the ability to bring to this Floor only those matters that can stand up to scrutiny! To attempt to interrogate any matter purely on account of speculation or rumor mongering, that can only lower the dignity of this honourable House. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to congratulate the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources for the work they have done in preparing this Report. I believe that, for the first time since this whole saga of maize erupted in this country; a saga that has captured the imagination of the country like no other because it touches on the matter of food--- For the first time, we have been granted a platform and an avenue through which such matters can be interrogated and investigated with the seriousness that they deserve and not purely running on the rumor ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me lead the way by concluding in a couple of minutes. I want to conclude by saying that what pleases me most about this Report is the recommendation that our national investigative agencies; the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission and others, take up this matter and conduct thorough investigations to tell us the truth about this whole maize saga that goes beyond mere speculation and rumor mongering, that has dragged the names of many people through the mud. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Let us go further as we amend this Report to even remove every mention of any institution and allow the investigative agencies to have a carte blanche; a blank cheque, so that they can conduct investigations on anybody and anything that may shed any light in this matter. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support the Motion. view