All parliamentary appearances
Entries 17611 to 17620 of 17799.
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15 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me support the further amendment to the amendment moved by Mr. Muriithi.
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15 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must remove the Mau Forest Complex issue from ethnic and party politics. We must also remove the Mau Forest Complex issue from the various allowances in this House. All we are saying is that we must solve the Mau Forest issue through dialogue, and in accordance with the Constitution and other laws of this country. Mr. Muriithi basically cited Section 70 of the Constitution, which talks about the human rights of the people of the Mau Forest. I want to say very clearly that every hon. Member of this House must put himself in the shoes ...
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15 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
With those few remarks, I beg to support.
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9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Bill. I have a number of reasons for supporting this Bill. First of all, I want to thank Mr. Ethuro for his foresight and timeliness in bringing this Bill to Parliament at this crucial hour. We are in an era where we want to assert the authority of the legislature. We want Parliament to take its role. We are taking this country towards a parliamentary democracy. Each and every one of us in this House went out to our respective constituencies to campaign in order to become a Member of ...
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9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, even this bloated Grand Coalition Government Cabinet, which I am a Member--- We have set a precedent where Members of the Cabinet will come to the Floor of this House and challenge the authority of the President. I am not the first one. Even this Grand Coalition Government Cabinet has people whose character and integrity is in question. We have Members of the Cabinet
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26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand here to support Vote 35 â Ministry of State for Special Programmes. I also want to thank and commend the able Minister, the Assistant Minister, the Permanent Secretary and the technical staff in that Ministry. This Ministry is one of the most important Ministries, as we face the daunting task of food insecurity in this country. I come from a region that has faced, in the last eight months, a crucial moment in the livelihood of the people of north eastern, upper eastern regions and also the 57 affected districts in this country. ...
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20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to Vote 10 of the Ministry of Agriculture. I do support this Vote from the onset.
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20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to congratulate the able Minister for Agriculture, Mr. William Rutto and the professional Permanent Secretary that runs that Ministry. We have confidence in the team and we respect them. We know for the last 19 months how this Ministry was run.
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20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Coming back to the basics, investment by the public sector in agriculture is very crucial if this country has to go ahead in terms of food security. We all know that 80 per cent of our people live in the rural areas. To improve on their livelihood and reduce poverty, promotion in agriculture and livestock investment by the Government in this region is very crucial.
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20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Minister. For the first time in the history of this country, he has taken the lead in finding a way of taking this country towards adopting irrigation. We have seen Kshs3 billion allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture. We were at the launch of the Hola Irrigation Scheme from where we expect to harvest 14 million bags of maize in the next quarter of the year. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, coming back home, when I say âhomeâ I mean where I come from. I want to dwell on the ...
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