Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 971 to 980 of 1948.

• 29 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was undertaking to contact the Minister just right now and see if we could have some word on this before we rise. view
• 29 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, before the end of the day. view
• 29 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the word I was giving is that I just wanted to contact the Minister right now. I believe that this may take up to next week. But I think the hon. Member and the House deserve to know how far this has gone. So, I wanted to do that contact right away and see whether in the course of the afternoon, we could have something to work on between now and next week. view
• 29 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister is not in the House. Let me communicate this to him right away. view
• 29 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I also just report back that I have reached the Ministry of Energy and there should be word on this shortly. I can confirm that. view
• 29 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I had indicated earlier, I have been in contact with the Ministry and I expect my colleague to walk in any time now. You could indulge him for a few minutes. view
• 29 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, I brought this matter to the attention of the Minister for Energy and we even talked as he walked out of the Chamber. At that point, he was looking for Mr. Ethuro, but he was not in the Chamber then. view
• 29 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will bring that to his attention. view
• 29 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I oblige. STATUS OF AIRPORTS AND AIRSTRIPS IN THE COUNTRY view
• 28 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take this early opportunity to commend the Minister for Agriculture for bringing this Bill to the House, especially for two main reasons: One, this Bill does confirm, beyond any reasonable doubt that agriculture which remains the mainstay of the economy of this country has continued to operate under obsolete laws which were enacted during the colonial days, some dating as back as 1923. Many of these laws have been restrictive and have not been able to provide an enabling environment for the kind of modern agriculture that this country needs. The second reason is that this ... view