Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1911 to 1920 of 1948.

• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to know from the Minister whether there is a system established by the Ministry for auditing ongoing projects on the basis of which decisions on termination and blacklisting are taken. I got a little concerned when the Minister said that some of those issues cannot be effectively dealt with until legislation comes to this House. I do believe that the Ministry has some administrative mechanisms through which some of those issues could be tackled. Would I be in order to request the Minister to, perhaps, table before this House a comprehensive report of ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am in the process of asking the question. I have actually asked the question but I am just amplifying it. I would want the Minister to tell me from that audit, when I can expect that road leading to Budalang'i to be completed. view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The obvious is never clarified. It is on record that the Chair has previously ruled that we are at liberty to float across the House and sit on either side of the House. That is a point of order that does not deserve a ruling from the Chair, because it has already been dealt with. view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise on a point of order to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Is the Government aware that there are number of foreign envoys accredited to this country, whose conduct and public utterances threatened to erode the sovereignty of the Republic of Kenya? Specifically, I want the Minister to tell this House what the Government is doing to ensure that envoys, like the US Ambassador to Kenya, His Excellency Michael Rannebeger, stop posturing as prefects, monitors, overseers and governor-generals over the affairs of the Republic of Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, appreciating the critical role of the Official Opposition in Kenya's progression as an emergent democracy, and further recognizing the unique circumstances that have beget the Grand Coalition Government and the probability of similar circumstances arising in the future; this House grants leave to introduce a Bill for an Act of Parliament entitled "The Official Opposition Bill" to anchor, govern and regulate the Opposition in Parliament. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the objective of this Motion is to open the way for the enactment of what, if passed, would become ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the third imperative is that of satisfying public expectation. The public has very high expectation of the Tenth Parliament. They have expectations to see a new Constitution emerge out of this Chamber. They have expectations to see far-reaching statutory, institutional and policy reforms enacted by this House. These expectations will only be fulfilled if the left hand side of the Speaker functions as effectively as the right hand side. These reforms can only be pursued and achieved if this House is balanced in its operations. That balance can only come if we have a formal Official ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: I tell this House that it can choose to be that Parliament that refused to think inside the box. It became that Parliament that decided you can have Opposition homogeneity, as we have had before, or you can also have Opposition heterogeneity; just as we have had Government homogeneity, with a single party ruling this country, and today we have Government heterogeneity. What is good for the Government is also good for the Opposition. view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I move this Motion I am very aware that there are May 7, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 889 certain underlying fears and apprehensions that I have already made reference to. There is the suspicion and fear that this Motion is founded on political vengeance. There is suspicion and fear that hon. Members are seeking the establishment of this institution because they missed out on Cabinet appointments. That is not only an insult to the integrity of hon. Members sitting on your left hand side, but it also is also a very myopic view. I do not ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: There is also the fear that this amounts to a political coup. I want to assuage this fear. There is no attempted political coup. We are motivated by the public good. Many fear that this is going to amount to another political party. No, this is not the formation of another political party. It is a seed to plant a new dispensation that will introduce parliamentarism in its purest form, where this House functions and operates effectively. There is also the fear of the unknown. People are imagining how they are going to deal with an "animal" they have never ... view