Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 261 to 270 of 1948.

• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: . If you are not careful when driving behind those vehicles, some of those wrappings will land on your windscreen and may even cause an accident. You see this in public transport and private vehicles. That is just our culture. It is our culture to soil, dirty and defile our environment. A few years ago, you remember a debate raged in the 10th Parliament about the Mau Forest. The whole issue was whether we should protect that critical water tower. It was an issue that became a hot potato for the 2013 General Election. It was being asked: Who evicted ... view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: who are used to throwing litter through the windows of their cars. Some of us in this House maybe do it. You lower your window without thinking twice about it and throw out litter. You should be dealt with ruthlessly on that Thursday. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Sometimes when you drive behind a truck or a car, you find that the fumes that come out of the exhaust pipe of that vehicle can send you to an early death. They rob you at least one year of your life span just by inhaling those fumes. That is a day when we should deal ruthlessly with those kinds of people. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is fantastic for Hon. Ottichilo. When the history of this country and House is written, his name will be inscribed in golden letters and shall exist forever for having initiated this kind of action. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I support the Motion on the initiative to promote a clean environment. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This House has to respect the Speaker, otherwise, we could degenerate into anarchy. I am worried and concerned. My concern is that this is a House of debate. We sit here to debate and express our opinion, bring public views and opinion to bear on issues that come to this House. A trend is forming and it is very worrying where before any debate has started, a Member comes up and moves this kind of Motion to limit the time allocated to debate. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you know this since you are a veteran in the affairs of this House. It is absolutely impossible to debate in five minutes. It is not practical and effective to stand here and express substantively and comprehensively to a matter in five minutes. Whereas the Chair has the discretion and Members have that latitude to propose Motions of this nature, let us do it with moderation. It is becoming too much of a habit and trend that, at the end of the day, it is stifling debate. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Budgeting is one of those responsibilities we sought as a House for years. We sought the responsibility, the opportunity and the power to deal with the Budget. Now that the Constitution has given us that important responsibility to deal with Budget, it will not be in order for us to limit the time within which this House deals with matters of the Budget. I want to plead with the House that even if fewer Members contribute, let those contributions be substantive and solid for posterity because we are a House of record. Many years from today, people conducting research and ... view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is how Goldernberg entered the lexicon of the finances of this country. We were in such a hurry to approve matters such as this that we ended up with the monster we call “Goldenberg” today. I plead that we defeat Hon. Shabbir Shakeel’s Motion and debate this matter substantively. 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
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view