Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 381 to 390 of 1948.

• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with due respect. 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
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I really hope that this is not the end of this debate, namely, this debate is not closing in 25 minutes. If this debate is closing in 25 minutes, then it is a travesty of justice to the millions of Kenyans who have been waiting for this Report in the hope that it would provide a platform to fix these problems. So, if there is any way we could extend this debate, I would plead that we do so. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in the interest of other Hon. Members who want to contribute to this debate, I am going to conclude by saying that this Report is a disappointment. I know this may not be parliamentary, but this Report is a big joke. I do not see a solution whether short-term, interim or long-term in terms of fixing what ails this sector. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I have already mentioned it, tell the Government unequivocally, unreservedly without prevarication, that it is not serious about the sugar industry. The Government must get serious. It has the capacity to end the cyclic challenge of importation of cheap, unregulated and untaxed sugar. It is possible and it can be done. The Government can make sure that the KSB serves the best interest of the sugar industry instead of playing around with the sector and failing to enforce laws and regulations. It can be done. Management in a lot of these factories is a mess. We have to call it ... view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The Chairman must not be allowed to interfere with this debate. He had the opportunity to bring a serious Report here and he has brought a joke of a Report. He cannot keep on interrupting the flow of my thinking and contribution because he failed to do his job. I oppose this Report. I would actually plead with this House that this Committee be requested and ordered to go back and do a better job, because this House is definitely better than this. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am not shouting and that is unparliamentary. The Chair must withdraw that. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, may I conclude by pleading with this House that we have a rare and historic opportunity to finally fix what has ailed this key subsector of agriculture, the backbone of our economy ad infinitum . Let us seize this opportunity and not prescribe “Panadol”, a pain reliever, to cure an ailment that requires radical surgery. Let us undertake this radical surgery on this subsector that is ailing chronically. We will not do it through this kind of a joke of a Report. Therefore, I plead with this House not to approve this Report, so that this ... view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to support these appointments. These are fine Kenyans that have been given the responsibility to serve the country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to say that I personally know quite a number of the nominees we have had occasion to look at. Not necessarily the names that we are looking at right now, but just to applaud the professional competence of quite a number of the names that this House has looked at. I congratulate Kenyans like Mrs. Nancy Karigithu, a lady I have worked with in certain quarters, with absolutely top qualifications. ... view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: I would like to conclude by stating that when you are a head of state, you have the power and the responsibility to choose those people you want to work with. If you want to work with members from your tribe only, it is up to you. Ultimately, if you pay the political price, it is up to you. We should not be making too much noise as to who the President has chosen to work with. That comes with the executive fiat, pleasures and burdens. So, let us watch and see and we wish all these Kenyans well. We ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to support this Bill and in doing so, I want to applaud the efforts and steps that the international community is taking towards ensuring better management of our environment. I particularly want to applaud the Kenyan delegation to the climate change gathering in Paris that concluded a few days ago. For the first time, the world was able to strike, maybe to borrow the words of Obama, “perhaps the best deal ever” on management of the environment ever discussed and adopted by the international community. I applaud everybody who was party to ... view