Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 821 to 830 of 1948.

• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, with due respect, I second. view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: 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
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I wanted to draw your attention and request whether this is a matter on which you could allow the House a few minutes to ventilate. view
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: May I proceed then, hon. Speaker, Sir? view
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, my understanding of the regional parliament--- When I talk about regional parliament, I am thinking of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). This is an assembly to which you send representatives of the people, elected to represent people in that capacity. I know that in jurisdictions that have a bicameral arrangement like our own--- Let me use the mother of the Commonwealth because we have always operated within the Commonwealth Parliamentary tradition. When you look at the role of the House of Lords as a Chamber operating separately from the House of Commons, it is very clear ... view
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. Actually it causes me a lot of pain to interrupt my senior brother who I respect so much. However, I believe he is not view
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. This is not just a matter of husbands, wives and co-wives. This is a grave matter! The hon. Member for Nambale has cast aspersions on our integrity, capacity and sense of judgment! To presume that when there is unanimity and consensus in this House, it is through paucity of thought and shallowness of debate is an insult to the integrity of this House. This is a House of debate and when we are debating, we can disagree, agree, build consensus and we can even cross the Floor and hug, to express unanimity. ... view
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: No! No! I have not heard his apology. His apology must be heard unequivocally and, I would plead for a sanction by the House against the hon. Member. Thank you. view
• 24 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, in fact, I am so glad that the response to the request will come from the Chairperson of the Committee. As you can see, she has actually moved to the right side of history. So, I believe that there is going to be a very honest response. view
• 24 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, in that response, the Chairlady should also clarify that the 8-4-4 System of Education is certainly not a failure. When I look around this House, I can see that it is packed with products of the 8-4-4 Education System, including her, who, certainly, does not look like a failure. So, that clarification should be part of her. When we talk about the 8-4-4 Education System, we are, certainly, not talking about failure. We are talking about very successful products, including many of us, hon. Members. Am I correct? view