Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 551 to 560 of 1948.

• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: constitutional order. I wish the leadership of the House well and my hon. colleagues and all my constituents of Budalangi the best wishes this festive season. Thank you. view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Let me just put it on record that as at the time when the House rose last evening, I had made considerable progress in moving this Motion. I had given an outline of the three reports. I had indicated to hon. Members that, for ease of reference and debate, the Committee provided executive briefs in each of the three reports, which will make it easy for hon. Members to have a snap preview of the reports, and take note of the big issues noted by the Committee in each of the financial years. I had already ... view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon.Temporary Deputy Speaker, I apologise for interrupting my very good sister, hon. Chidzuga. I just wanted this House to note for the record that for the first time in the history of this Parliament, debate is going on with the right hand side of the hon. Speaker absolutely empty. What a time for us to debate and pass some far- reaching reformist transformational Motions and Bills in this House when the other side is completely empty! I just wanted it to be noted for the record, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that the entire Jubilee membership has abandoned the House. view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. One of the most exciting things of serving in this Eleventh Parliament is seeing our new constitutional order rolling into action. Right now, it is really gratifying to see Article 132(1)(c)(iii) of this Constitution coming into force, which requires the President to submit a report for debate to the National Assembly on the progress made in fulfilling the international obligations of the Republic. view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, before I go into the details of this Report, and aware that among the treaties, conventions and international obligations that have been extensively reported on here is the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is reported specifically on page 23 of this Report, allow me this opportunity to use this platform to congratulate the President for having the ICC burden lifted off his shoulders. Indeed, it is undoubted that this has been a big fat monkey on the back of the President and I congratulate him that, that is now behind him. view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in the same light, I also wish the Deputy President (DP) well, that may his case also proceed well so that he can get fairness out of this process. However, having said that, the Government or the President reports in this Report that the Government has taken measures to fulfill our obligations under the Rome Statute. Specifically, the President reports at paragraph 4.55 on page 23 and I quote: “The Kenyan Government has taken measures to address the welfare of Post- Eelection Violence victims and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).” view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: The Report proceeds at paragraph 4.56 to say: “An effective and robust witness protection programme has been established and is available to all.” view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is important that when we report progress to this House and, therefore, to the whole world, we are factual and truthful. Even though the Government has made some efforts in terms of addressing the IDPs challenge, we know that many IDPs in many parts of the country especially the so called Non- Integrated IDPs continue to face considerable challenges because the Government has done absolutely nothing in support of these people. I am talking of IDPs who were unsettled or displaced and whose original homes were principally in the Western circuit of the country. You ... view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is also not true to say that we have addressed issues concerning the victims of these most unfortunate programmes that we witness in 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
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: this country. It is a known fact and it is not a secret that while we are pleased for the President, and I have just delivered my personal congratulatory message to His Excellency the President and I have just wished well the DP, and I am sincere that I wish him well in similar measure, but even as we wish the two well, and I also wish my brother arap Sang in similar measure, we must also turn our attention to the victims of these programmes. Hundreds and thousands of our people lost their lives. Hundreds of thousands were displaced ... view