Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 271 to 280 of 1948.

• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we are a House of rules. I have just taken a few minutes to flip through the Regulations. It is actually surprising that they have already been gazetted without going through the process of delegated legislation that is established by this House. As far as the legal framework for the management of this fund is concerned, we have to take a fresh look at this matter. But I want to tell my colleagues in this House that the sibling rivalry between the National Assembly and the Senate must come to an end at some point. Even the rivalry ... view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I want to submit that if you look at this Budget, you will find that there are certain expenditure lines that we could as well raise issues with in terms of how the money is spent. We are giving a considerable portion of money to the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), for instance. How do we ensure that this money is used in a manner that is in the best public interest? We give funds for entertainment and travel to the Presidency. We do it in a casual manner that would raise questions about whether that is in public interest. But ... view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I want to urge my colleagues, after we have enhanced these Regulations, that let us allow the Senate to execute its oversight mandate. Let us give the Senate not this meagre money but more money to strengthen its oversight mandate. I submit, Hon. Speaker. view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I wanted to speak to an earlier amendment. view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I support this amendment. I also want to tell the Chair that I am a very good friend of this Committee. There has been an obsession to have the name of the Cabinet Secretary dot every page of this Bill. It is a good amendment to delete this one and reduce the obsession with the Cabinet Secretary dominating this Bill and the affairs of management and administration of community land. I support the deletion. view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: No. view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: The question of planning needs some standardisation. Therefore, you do not want to localise some of these critical services in such a way you remove that national oversight that ensures standards across the Republic. I also dare say that sometimes we forget that even though we have gone devolution, Kenya still remains very much a unitary state. We have not created separate little states out there. So, this amendment would deny the Bill that necessary role of the national standardisation. view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I oppose the amendment. view
• 13 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Of course, I want to support this Bill and commend Hon. Njomo. It has been a long journey in an attempt to clean up the banking arena and make the whole issue of interest rates fair. In this respect, we need to pay homage and congratulate previous efforts that have attempted to deal with this issue. In this regard, when the history of this country is written, the area of representation called Gem will always be inscribed in the history of this House with golden letters. The former Member of Parliament for that constituency, ... view
• 13 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I support this Bill. Thank you. view