Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1861 to 1870 of 1948.

• 16 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of clarification! view
• 16 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to commend the Minister for a clever answer. He has answered the questions so cleverly as to avoid certain fundamental issues, that should have received very concrete response. Before I raise a number of those issues, I want to affirm that, indeed, this whole picture, that the Minister has attempted so cleverly to camouflage, does not look prettier at all. It is an ugly picture. It is a picture that perpetuates a culture of impunity and abuse of due process. I insist that this process has been held hostage by wheeler-dealing in his July ... view
• 16 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for your guidance. I want to know whether, indeed, it is true that the President himself has made some undertaking with the Libyan Government and that, that undertaking is at the heart of a lot of the issues we are seeing and hearing--- view
• 16 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. May I kindly request the Minister to table before this House a letter that was written by Tamoil to the Treasury indicating among other things, that the company was not ready and willing to go through the process that has been established by Wood Mackenzie? view
• 10 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Energy. In the Statement, the Minister should clearly explain the following:- (a) What is the status of the programme to upgrade the Kenya Petroleum Refineries in Mombasa as recommended by the Foster Wheeler Report of 2004? (b) What is the justification for the escalation of the projected upgrade budget from the initial US$322 million or Kshs20 billion to the current US$430 million or Kshs28 billion especially in view of the fact that, Esal Company of India has made an offer of US$400 million or ... view
• 10 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are many who are still learning the ropes in the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the final part of my Question is: Has the Government paid Stanchart PLC any public funds for their consultancy services that have been largely ignored in this process? If so, how much has been paid? Could the utility of those monies to the Kenyan taxpayer be 1758 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 10, 2008 demonstrated? What is the guarantee that the Government will conduct that upgrade programme above board and protect the interests of the Kenyan taxpayer who subsidises the operations of the Kenya ... view
• 10 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, according to the Assistant Minister's Statement, the industrial action taken by the RVR employees was merely because of delayed pay. This is not true. 1762 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 10, 2008 There is a litany of issues that the staff have raised, which indicate that the Managing Director of RVR, Mr. Roy Puffet, is running this company like a fiefdom. These employees are actually working more as slave labourers than employees. There is a litany of irregularities which I would want to hand to the Assistant Minister here, if he does not have access to them, that show ... view
• 10 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could you indulge me a second one? view
• 10 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. I would also want the Assistant Minister to clarify the fate of the Kenya Railways employees who were retrenched before the RVR came into the scene. They also have serious issues that require to be addressed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for your indulgence. view
• 9 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: asked the Minister of State for Special Programmes:- (a) if she could table a detailed status report on the Western Kenya Flood Mitigation and Community-driven Development (WKFM&CDD) Project which was funded by the World Bank to the tune of Kshs6 billion; (b) if she is aware that the rehabilitation of weak points on dykes along the southern and northern banks of River Nzoia within Budalang'i Constituency has stalled because the contractor; the National Water Conssservation and Pipeline Corporation, has not received funds under this project; (c) when funds will be allocated to enable the contractor complete the rehabilitation works ahead ... view