Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1691 to 1700 of 1948.

• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we sit to draw curtains on this extended session, I just want to urge hon. Members as we debate this Motion, to reflect on the challenges that face our country today. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The issue of food insecurity must rank topmost among the issues that we must reflect on and see how we can quickly find a solution. I want to fault this Government, that even as we run around and speak about all sorts of issues like importation of maize and so on, there is information that our farmers, especially wheat and rice farmers are holding huge stocks of food that has no market. There is information that wheat farmers are holding up to one million bags of wheat that has not been collected and which the National Cereals and Produce Board ... view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Rice farmers, including those from my own constituency of Budalang'i are holding huge stocks of rice; food that could go a very long way to ameliorate our food insecurity today. So, even as we seek to go on recess, it is important that this Government gets it's priorities right and really find a way to utilise the resources within our own borders before we even start talking about importation. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is also the question of the Constitution review process. We have experienced hiccups and these are issues that one would have wished that this House would have sorted out before we proceed on this recess. However, looking around this House, the mood seems to be so heavily in favour of a recess, whereas wisdom would have demanded that we take time to sort out the outstanding issues. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: However, be it as it may, I think this is one session we can take pride in. We have achieved some measure of success. We have enacted some important pieces of legislation. We are on the verge of introducing new Standing Orders. Talking of new Standing Orders, let me take this opportunity to applaud some of the very innovative measures that have been imparted in these Standing Orders, including the provision to allow a Back bench caucus to play the role of the Opposition. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Let me take this opportunity to urge party leaders, that these new Standing Orders in Section 2, require party leaders to give consent to Members of the Back Bench who want to serve in the Opposition Caucus and it would be a great disservice to this country for any party leader in his or her right senses to unreasonably withhold consent to any Member of the Back Bench that might want to serve in the Opposition Caucus, in accordance with the new Standing Orders. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I want to urge the Government that as we seek to go on this recess, let us take time to reflect on these issues. Let us take time, particularly to start working on a budget that will reflect the face of Fe bruary 24, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, of course, it is true that this country has other minerals, but it is known the world over that soda ash remains the pre-eminent mineral mined in this country. I would like view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it has been customary for the Ministry to indicate that, say, region "B" or region "X" is the next frontier for tourism. A few years ago, the western circuit was identified by the Ministry as the next big thing in the exploitation of the tourism potential of this country. So, I would want the Assistant Minister to tell the House what became of that big dream of exploiting the western circuit, including my own constituency of Budalangi, which has a lot to offer in respect of tourism. Does the Ministry have any concrete plan budgeted, for exploitation ... view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Related to the same matter, I think that ruling should also delve into authenticity of documents that are computer generated because as we move into the era of e-government and e-communication, many of our registries are now computerised. You can walk in the Registry of Companies for instance and get documents that are computer-generated but may not necessarily appear on the letterhead of that department. Part of the document that the Chair ruled on that day included documents that I had tabled here that had been computer-generated from the Registry of Companies. ... view