Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 761 to 770 of 1948.

• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Number one, I want to send my really very deepest and sincere sympathies to the people of Marsabit County and to congratulate my very good friend and brother, the Member for North Horr, hon. Chachu Ganya, for seeing it fit to bring this matter to the attention of this House. The matter of security is grave, important and critical. Indeed, the primary responsibility of the Government, the reason why we elect governments, primarily, is to secure the lives and property of the citizens. Therefore, number one, even as we decry the factors behind ... view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Marsabit are related to the last elections. They are related to sharing of positions and relations around leadership in Marsabit County. However, it is inexcusable, leadership or no leadership, elections or no elections, for the Government to sit back and watch as people butcher each other. It is inexcusable. Therefore, Members, whether you are from the CORD Coalition of from the Jubilee, you must be indignant about this matter. You must express your disaffection with the manner in which the Executive is handling this matter. Whether you belong to the Jubilee Coalition or not, at the end of the day, ... view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, just like the hon. Member for North Horr has very lucidly linked this question of insecurity to elections and leadership, we ought to acknowledge, as a House, that, indeed, there is a very direct connection with insecurity and how we handle our matters of national importance. view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me two minutes to wind up. I would like to wind up by saying that we may have a Government that has got no respect for the rule of law. When you have a government that has got no respect for the Constitution, it will be a government that will also not respect the value of human life. We have a Government that does not value the media and we have witnessed it here. When debating issues of the media, the right hand side of the Speaker is full of vigour and faber and a ... view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: I support the Motion. view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, it is perfectly in order for an hon. Member to seek the debate on any matter to be adjourned. It is, indeed, within the rules of the House. However, I hope that this adjournment is not motivated merely because we want to use an opportunity or the extra time as an opportunity to deliberately stand in the way of a proposal to a particular position. I want to plead with this House that we have had countless opportunities to vet names, debate and approve names or reject names for whatever reasons. Many times, we have had issues ... view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is what is called leadership. This is leadership; this is decisive; and this is timely. I want to commend the President. In supporting this Motion I want to say that the insecurity scenario in this country has reached levels which cannot be tolerated. The provisions in Article 241 of the 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
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Constitution are supposed to be used sparingly and in very special circumstances. I want to challenge the President and the Government that even as we do this and as we support this fully as the National Assembly let him also use this opportunity to overhaul the entire machinery of the police and other departments that are responsible for homeland security. This is because we want a scenario where all our security apparatus are functioning effectively. We are proud of KDF and we want to be equally proud of the Kenya Police Service. May the President use this opportunity to overhaul ... view
• 4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I do agree with you that this is a House of records. In fact, this is a House of rules. This is what distinguishes this hon. House from a market place and Jua Kali shed . We are called the august House; the house of honour. We are a house guided by rules and those rules are either encapsulated in these Standing Orders or in the practices, customs, usages and traditions of the House. It is established both in the rules and in the practices of the House that when a matter of constitutionality is raised, it ... view