Alfred Sambu

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• 20 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to address this august House. My names are Mr. Alfred Wekesa Sambu. I am the hon. Member for Webuye Constituency. From the outset, I would like to thank the people of Webuye Constituency for taking 20 years to elect me as their hon. Member! view
• 20 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: I do not look at this situation with any form of regret. To the contrary, I look at it with a lot of satisfaction, because over the 20-year period I have had 20 years experience in facing the challenges posed by ethnicity. As we know, ethnicity is a great disease in this country and, all of us, of good faith, should fight hard to eliminate this problem. In 1988, when I first vied for this seat, I faced the challenge of ethnicity. I also faced the same challenge in 1992, all through to 2002. I am happy that the people ... view
• 17 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would not like to interrupt our colleague, Ms. Ndung'u. However, the Motion that she is moving must be the same as the one in the Order Paper, unless there are two versions of this Motion. Instead of the words, "ought to lead" she said, "must lead". That is what I heard. view
• 17 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the hon. Member was reading from the words, "Kenya is now the Chair of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and, therefore, ought to lead---" I heard her say, "must lead". That is a very different Motion all together! view
• 17 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: In that case, it is sad--- I am Sambu! Not you! Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it is sad that we are bringing up issues like these here. For example, when we say:- "equally accessible to boys and girls and men and women". When we give bursaries, we do not--- We just see that he or she is from Mosop and I give the bursary! Why are we bringing up issues like this? Let us shoot it down! view
• 17 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support the amendments that have been made to the Constituencies Development Fund Act. Those who talk about majimbo should know that this is the best majimbo. We only need the Government to increase it to 10 per cent next year and we will re-elect them! 4588 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 17, 2007 view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this year the North Rift districts of Uasin Gishu, Nandi and Trans Nzoia received rains much higher than normal--- view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said, three or four districts in the North Rift have received rains this year which are much higher than normal. Consequently, most of the roads which are not tarmacked are in very poor condition. The rains have now subsided. When I demanded a Ministerial Statement from the Minister, Mr. Nyachae, promised that there would be emergency repairs of these Roads D305, D288, D289 (Mosoriot-Chepteruai-Rivatex-Kipkaren--- view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Could the Assistant Minister direct the Provincial Roads Engineer in Eldoret to start emergency repairs as promised by the Minister? October 16, 2007 PARLIAENTARY DEBATES 4465 view
• 11 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister of State for Administration and National Security the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that a police officer, Erick Kipsang Sirtui (PC 60310) was accidentally killed by a colleague on 11th December, 2006, while on duty in Machakos Police Station? (b) Is he further aware that the deceased officer left behind a widow and three young children? (c) Could the Minister take immediate steps to compensate the widow for the tragic loss of her husband? view