Alfred Bwire

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, we are now in the Committee of the Whole House to consider the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill of 2009. view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: There was a proposal by Mr. Kapondi. Is Mr. Kapondi around? The proposed amendment is dropped. view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: There is a proposed amendment from hon. Kapondi. view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Hon. Kiilu, I would request that you, please, put on record that you are withdrawing all the amendments proposed by hon. Kapondi. view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to report that a Committee of the whole House has considered The Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill and approved the same with amendments. view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank hon. Mututho for bringing such a timely Bill. The issue of alcohol consumption, especially among the young people is on the increase. A lot of our children’s lives are getting messed up because of consumption of alcohol, some through peer pressure, but others through no fault of their own. A lot of work that I have done with children in schools indicates that there are people who actually lace the drinks of children with alcoholic contents without their information. Many children without knowledge have become addicted. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other issue I want to laud the hon. Member for, is the mention of rehabilitation. The issue of lack of places for rehabilitation, especially for persons addicted to alcohol is a problem. I am very happy that the hon. Member is obligating the Government to ensure that we find places to rehabilitate, especially young people. I support and thank the hon. Member for this timely Bill. view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. I want to say that a lot of the issues that I wanted to respond to have been responded to by other Members. However, I want to say that as the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, we went through a very rigorous and thorough vetting process. Even though the law did not require us to go through that high level of the process, we did. Even though we knew that the names that had been presented before us went through an interview, we still underwent a due diligence ... view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: It says the major attributes of Lumumba are, he is candid and frank, strict on professionalism and ethical standards, clarity of thought and articulate in communication, high integrity and intelligence, amongst many others that I do not have the time to give. Also, the same is said of Mr. Pravin Kumar Bowry who was born in Nakuru and has 38 years of experience, has adherence to the highest professional and ethical standards, logical and methodological, determined and decisive, reliable and dependent, high integrity, diligent and conscientious, amongst many other things that again I am not going to mention. view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir I would also want to say in response to the issue that Prof. Lumumba worked in the constitutional process; that as a technocrat he did what was required of him. We also got a letter from the Registrar of Societies that actually confirmed that he is no longer a member or even official of the party that is mentioned. view