All parliamentary appearances
Entries 12081 to 12090 of 17810.
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10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, this is exciting and very hot for some of us. There is no problem we will find a way of handling it. That is why we are in leadership. Hon. Eugene Wamalwa, on a lighter note, has joined two other party leaders, namely, Hon. Charity Ngilu and Hon. Najib Balala. I am sure that is a very good indication for party leaders that the President has not forgotten them. More party leaders are bound to join the Cabinet in the near future. Among them is Hon. Dida, my good friend, Hon. Martha Karua, my good friend, Hon. Peter ...
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10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Pursuant to Article 152(2) of the Constitution and Standing Order No.204(4), the Committee on Appointments recommends that this House approves the nomination of Hon. Eugene Wamalwa for appointment by His Excellency the President as a Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Water and Irrigation. I beg to move and ask the Leader of the Minority Party in the National Assembly, my good friend, Hon. Francis Nyenze, Member of Parliament for Kitui West, to second the Motion.
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10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I want to thank my colleagues. It shows the confidence this House has in Eugene Wamalwa. I hope the confidence he has in this House is the same he will have from the people of Kenya in the docket he has been nominated. I beg to move.
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10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
The Member for Gatundu South has really disorientated me. In replying, at the outset I want to thank Members for their valuable contribution to the Fisheries Management and Development Bill. Meru County is all behind me. They are people I respect because we share a very rare commodity.
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10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Yes. Hon. Speaker, I want to thank my colleagues for their valuable contribution to theFisheries Management and Development Bill, 2014. This is a very important Bill because of the global demand for fish which has put pressure on the natural fish stocks. This was very critical in the food security of our country. We felt as a country that we should align our fisheries laws and management to global standards. Kenya earns close to Kshs18 billion, approximately USD250 million.
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10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Due to that and Kenya being a leader in legislation, we felt that the Fisheries Management and Development must be aligned to global standards because 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.
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10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
this is a very serious sector that gives us Kshs18 billion every year. It gave us Kshs4 billion in exports in 2013. Fish farmers in fish farming areas are very critical components of the Kenyan population. That is why we have a Department of Fisheries. I wish to tell my colleagues that this new law is doing a review to the existing Fisheries Act, Cap.378 which has now been put together in a more inclusive Fisheries Management and Development Bill, 2014. I will ask each and every Member and the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives to prepare the ...
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10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
With those many remarks, I will ask each and every one of us to be aware of the timings when this Bill will come for the final Third Reading. I beg to move.
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10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Transfer of Prisoners Bill (National Assembly Bill No.25 of 2014) be now read a Second Time. This is a very important Bill. I want to make a confession that Kenyans across all shades of life accost me a number of times telling me that, as the National Assembly, we must enact this law because our children are languishing in foreign prisons. As we go into the Second Reading, let us debate and finish this Bill by the end of next week so that the President can assent it into law so that ...
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10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Prison is not a good place although I have never been in prison. It is better to be 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.
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