Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 281 to 290 of 1948.

• 13 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to join His Excellency the President in applauding our soldiers who continue to put their lives on the line to secure the territorial integrity of our nation and to ensure the safety of all of us. As leaders, we ought to show great appreciation to these gallant sons and daughters of our land. Having said that, I listened to the President and he asked us as the Opposition to critique his performance in a manner that is objective, sensible and that is absolutely acceptable. If we were to criticise in a manner that pleases ... view
• 12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me say at the outset that this is absolutely an important piece of legislation. I expected this House to be full to the brim and with enthusiasm in support of this very historic piece of legislation. As a recent former Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in this country, I have interacted with these issues at close proximity. I have interacted with the WADA in their determination to rid of sports cheating across the world, especially through steroids and all sorts of substances that are foreign to the body. This is a matter to which we must ... view
• 12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: There is Ben Johnson in the 1998 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. This is a gentleman who took the world by storm setting the then world record of 9.79 seconds. This race won by Ben Johnson came to be known as the dirtiest race in history. After Ben Johnson was banned and his gold medal taken away, the fellow who had finished second, the American Carl Lewis, was handed the gold medal. But it turned out that Carl Lewis himself, another great icon of short The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version ... view
• 12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: races like 100m and 200m, had cheated and had tested positive to banned substances in the build up to the 1988 Olympics. It would be proven later that only one athlete in the whole team that raced for the 1988 100m final was clean. The whole team had taken substances. Marion Jones, a girl that many young girls had looked up to also failed because of these banned substances. The list is long. I mention these names to send a warning to our athletes because I know that the law alone is not enough as a deterrent. I mention these ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I was actually targeting the next one. view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I have contributed to both. view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Let me apologise to the Member for Nambale. My intervention was supposed to come earlier on. I had sought to find out from the Speaker whether due to the oppressive heat all over, we can be allowed to sit in the Chamber without our jackets. I had intended to make the request to the Speaker. Maybe the Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker may want to consider that request or convey it to the substantive Speaker. view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I hear the Member for Kisumu East insinuating that I want us to sit topless in the Chamber. I do not want us to sit topless. I merely want us to sit with less attire to respond to the punishing heat all over the place. view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of information. view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, two wrongs do not make a right. Before she seeks clarification from the member for Ndhiwa on the reference to insanity or madness or magneton posturing, I still insist that she either substantiates that within the ranks of ODM or CORD, there are levels of sobriety, which means that some of us are ordinarily not sober. This means that we imbibe foreign elements that influence the functioning of our blood. The English language is foreign. So, when a Member, metaphorically, refers to matters like madness, it does not give licence to the gracious colleague to cast ... view