Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 191 to 200 of 1948.

• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I wish to remind Hon. Members that this is quite a departure from the policy direction that had been established by the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) administration under retired President Kibaki, which focussed more on maximising our capacity for self-financing. That included some very good measures like tightening the loopholes in the taxation arena, maximising tax revenue, widening and broadening the tax base and collecting more taxes internally so that we would then be able to finance important projects like this one using locally generated resources. At one time, this country was able to finance its development Budget to as ... view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Let us see through these mega projects, namely, the Second Container Terminal Phase II and the SGR. All these are important projects. They have mega positive effect on the growth of our economy. However, let us also think about future generations and the depressing effect that a big or huge debt burden has on the economic stability of our country. Otherwise, I hope that as soon as this deal is secured, this project will take off and it will run to conclusion. I hope that it will not be stopped by headwinds like we experienced with important projects like the ... view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I support the Special Motion on the Approval of Financing for the Development of the Second Container Terminal Phase II. view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, anything concerning the NGCDF must be supported because if there is one model that has really proven a success, then it is CDF. With the benefit of hindsight, you even imagine that if we had taken the CDF model, refined it and built it as the framework for devolution, this country would have made greater strides in development than we have witnessed with billions of shilling being pumped into counties but there is really not much to show for it. Therefore, I support this Motion because we are inching closer to the process of transiting from ... view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: health centres and rural access roads have been constructed all over the place using the NGCDF funds. If you come to Budalangi, you will see that we have constructed a whole university campus that just opened its doors to students last month using the NGCDF. It was progressively developed over a period of five years. It is a fantastic statement or testament to the transformational power of the NGCDF. This Fund should be supported. I tell those who have been against this Fund and those who have been plotting and conspiring to kill this initiative “shame on you” because if ... view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this important law. It is intended to improve the environment within which we conduct our elections. It is good that this law is coming at a time when we are grappling with the issue of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) as the referee for a political competition. But, that is beside the point. I wish to make my contribution on two issues. One is Section V of this Bill. It seeks to amend Section XIII of Bill No.24 of 2011. I commend the effort to increase the number of days ... view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I am very happy that this law has now provided more days in which political parties will hear and determine all intra-party disputes arising from party primaries. That is commendable. It is one section which, in my view, we should carry as it is, and the contribution there is just to commend it. Section 7 on leadership and education is an interesting one. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will recall you and I as Members of the 10th Parliament had an opportunity to debate this matter at length and it raised a bit of heat. I remember tears even rolling ... view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: This House will recall that when the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) was preparing the scales for remuneration, salaries, income and allowances for public officers and State officers, among the greatest challenge that they had in providing a logic empirical scale for Members of Parliament was the question of absence of academic standards. It is an issue that has continued to disturb the SRC to date. The SRC has continued to ask us how they are supposed to prepare salary scales for Members of Parliament when they have no standard or empirical measure in terms of education standards. That is ... view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: In my view that is a gap that has to be filled. We cannot have public officers and State officers such as Members of this House who expect to be remunerated vis-a-vis other public officers and State officers yet you keep on insisting that your role should not be gauged on the basis of academic qualifications. That cannot happen and listening to my colleague who was 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
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: quoting Henry, Rockefeller and all these fellows, we must admit also that those were days when opportunities for education were very limited. Now, we have opportunities for education. Every corner you turn there is a secondary school and every direction you look there is a college. You have to be a really lazy bone to not take advantage of the countless opportunities we have for education. view