Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1801 to 1810 of 1948.

• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: It would be diabolical for the integrity of this House for us to allow a culture, where a chairman of a crucial Committee of this House uses--- view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. This House has been seized of that Report for a while because it was laid on the Table of the House. I want to imagine that it is now the property of the House. Therefore, would I be in order to plead with the Chair to protect the Chairman of the Departmental Committee so that he can finalise the submission of this Report? This is because he is not moving this Report in his personal capacity, rather he is doing so in his capacity as the head of a Departmental Committee. ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. In view of the fact that this House has already got into the groove of debating this matter and the great interest that the country has in this matter that it be concluded, would I be in order to plead with the Chair to consider extending the sitting of the House this afternoon so that we conclude this matter or in the alternative---? view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I am on a point of order. I am speaking to the Chair. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was asking of the Chair that it considers either extending this sitting or proceed to put this matter to vote right now. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to support the Motion on the adoption of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Post-Election Violence. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to start by saying that the post-election poldrons reflected the very worst of our nation. It reflected our intolerance to each other. It reflected an entrenched culture of impunity. It reflected our greed as a people. It manifested to a great measure how feeble and brittle the bonds that bind us together as a people are. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I speak myself as a living manifestation of a victim of some of the most vile violence during the election period. During my campaign, I experienced what it means to run politics in a culture devoid of responsibility or respect for the rule of law. Therefore, in so far as this Report seeks to provide us with a bridge to transit from this culture of impunity to an environment where we can live with each other appreciating our difference and distinctions, ready to compete with each other but live together with harmonious symphony like we have ... view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am particularly heartened that we debate this Report after this House has commenced the process of putting in place a tribunal that will put into effect the recommendations of this Report. As we proceed with that critically important national assignment, I want to say that ours has become or has been a country that thrives on rumour mill, speculation, innuendo and character assassination. We have become a nation that is more excited by half-truths and all sorts of rumours and not a country driven by desire to make our nation better. So, as we debate ... view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this matter is grave and one would have expected that the Ministerial Statement would have been very precise, and provided all the details sought. The Minister has provided a list of millers and companies that have been allocated maize in the recent months, but he has omitted the one element that is of great interest to the nation, and even to Members of this House. The absence of that information has led to speculation that is destroying the reputation of other people. view