Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 171 to 180 of 1948.

• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the end of the day, the ultimate solution here is a grand marshal plan that can respond to the challenges bedevilling the areas that have suffered this menace since time immemorial – a marshal plan that can put all these young people through school and equip them with skills so that they can start changing their way of life. I support. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bill No. 03 of 2016). I want to start by saying that there is nothing more profound in the new architecture of our constitutional order than devolution; both as a concept, a philosophy of managing affairs of our country, as a practice and a model of development. It is fantastic. Because of devolution, we now have a guarantee that every single corner of this country that has been divided into 47 counties is assured of irreducible minimum share of the revenues of this land. It is so ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: forum, whether it is on the Floor of this House or on a political platform in any village of this country, and condemn the wanton misuse of public resources going on across virtually all the counties in this country. The primitive accumulation of wealth that you witness in every corner of this land is terrible. The Member for Rarieda has mentioned the overnight millionaires that are being created all over the place. I dare add that it is good to see people prosper. In fact, we supported devolution because we wanted to see prosperity in our villages. We wanted to ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: It makes you the greatest coward that ever walked the face of this earth. I do not believe any of us here is a coward. We must speak out. Many sectors that have been devolved, which in the wisdom of the drafters of the Constitution should have been performing a lot better than previously, are actually on their knees. The health sector demonstrates the failures of the managers of devolution in the first five years. Healthcare has literally collapsed in many parts of this country. The entire infrastructure of health care in Busia County has virtually collapsed, including Busia County ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I support the Bill. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to reiterate a fundamental point; that the cost of production of sugar in this country remains stubbornly, persistently and inexorably high. The Mover must have already shared this statistic that comparing Kenya to Uganda, our next door neighbour, the cost of producing sugar here is almost twice as high. The cost of transportation and harvesting account for almost 45 per cent of the cost of production. Among the worst mistakes we made that has only made this problem worse was the VAT Act of 2013 that obligated sugarcane farmers to pay VAT ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I commend the Member for Kanduyi for bringing this Bill which will remove this adulteration that should never have been there. The VAT Act of 2013 should never ever have burdened the sugarcane farmer with this additional cost of VAT on transport. I thank Hon. Wamunyinyi who is farmer number one in Kanduyi, and a real champion for sugarcane farmers. I believe this is a major effort to reduce the cost of production by Hon. Wamunyinyi. This will increase the revenue that will go directly to our sugarcane farmers. This will bring Hon. Wamunyinyi a step closer to the people ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I want to use this opportunity to urge the Government to continue with the conversation we have had as leaders from the sugar belt. This conversation that has gone all the way between us and his Excellency the President about reviving the sugar industry, and investing further in this sector should be implemented fully. More resources should be pumped into this subsector. Efforts such as this to reduce the cost of production will make sugarcane farming and production a very profitable venture. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I support the Bill, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 9 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am a consummate conservationist at heart and definitely I would love nothing more than to see resources in the direction of conservation, especially for such an important national resource like the Tsavo. I am also aware of the challenge of compensation because of rogue wildlife that go roaming uncontrolled. However, it has been said that if ever there was going to be a Third World War in this world, it is going to be triggered by water. This is because of the greatest challenge of sufficiency of clean drinking water or for other ... view