Alice Wambui Ng'ang'a

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, even though this is just a Procedural Motion, which should really face minimum resistance, I have my reservations and I would like to oppose it. view
• 17 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Firstly, the quality of debate is not dependent on the number of people who contribute to debate but rather the quality of time that an individual speaker would have, or the kind of input that individual speaker would give. Some Bills are very detailed, technical and complex. Giving a member just ten minutes to debate on a Bill would not be sufficient for any reasonable debate on the Bill. Even though I know that the membership of the Eleventh Parliament is bigger than the membership of previous Parliaments, I would urge that each Bill be treated on a case by ... view
• 17 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Firstly, the quality of debate is not dependent on the number of people who contribute to debate but rather the quality of time that an individual speaker would have, or the kind of input that individual speaker would give. Some Bills are very detailed, technical and complex. Giving a member just ten minutes to debate on a Bill would not be sufficient for any reasonable debate on the Bill. Even though I know that the membership of the Eleventh Parliament is bigger than the membership of previous Parliaments, I would urge that each Bill be treated on a case by ... view
• 17 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: I think each Member would be allowed 30 minutes to contribute to a Bill and we realized that at times the 30 minutes were not sufficient. If we reduce the time to ten minutes, one will barely say a word before one is told that his or her time is up. Therefore, I would urge that the Leader of Majority Party considers withdrawing this Motion, so that we can give it more thought with a view to rationalizing the time aspect. In the meantime, if there is need to limit the time for each Member speaking, there is nothing that ... view
• 17 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: I think each Member would be allowed 30 minutes to contribute to a Bill and we realized that at times the 30 minutes were not sufficient. If we reduce the time to ten minutes, one will barely say a word before one is told that his or her time is up. Therefore, I would urge that the Leader of Majority Party considers withdrawing this Motion, so that we can give it more thought with a view to rationalizing the time aspect. In the meantime, if there is need to limit the time for each Member speaking, there is nothing that ... view
• 17 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I oppose and urge my colleagues to kindly oppose this Motion. view
• 17 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I oppose and urge my colleagues to kindly oppose this Motion. view
• 17 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, the effect of this Motion, after going through it, is an attempt to relegate Motions by private Members. We have already given the Government, through the Leader of Majority Party, Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday afternoon and Thursday afternoon to transact business. That is enough favour. So, asking us to limit contribution to Motions by Private Members which are not sponsored by the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of Minority Party is demeaning to the Motions produced by hon. Members in this House. There is no difference between Motions brought by Members in this House. So, ... view
• 17 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, the effect of this Motion, after going through it, is an attempt to relegate Motions by private Members. We have already given the Government, through the Leader of Majority Party, Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday afternoon and Thursday afternoon to transact business. That is enough favour. So, asking us to limit contribution to Motions by Private Members which are not sponsored by the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of Minority Party is demeaning to the Motions produced by hon. Members in this House. There is no difference between Motions brought by Members in this House. So, ... view
• 17 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker, Sir. view