2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly:
I am sorry, Hon. Speaker. The Member for Kibwezi was consulting me on some issue. The issue of mechanisation of tea picking reminds me of the time when computers were introduced. We had a lot of opposition towards the introduction of computers. As a tea grower, I have looked at the profits that we will make once we mechanise. They will be good profits. So, we need to find a way to train the current tea pickers so that they may learn to do other things. I can see the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Sankok and my neighbour, ...
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1 Dec 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I want to make a few observations which I noted during the State of the Nation Address. One of them is very fundamental. The Session was gazetted to begin at 2.30 p.m., but we began one hour and 15 minutes late at 3.45 p.m. and no explanation was given. It would be important for us to know why there was a delay and if it was proper. During parliamentary sittings, the quorum bell is rung for ten minutes and, maybe, some extra ten minutes. If still we do not ...
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11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
(Soy, JP); Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this important debate. I have a few reservations about this Report. First is the fact that the complaint was made on the 29th of August 2018, and the first visit to the site was made on the 16th of May 2019. It has taken almost four years for this Report to make it to the House. This is justice delayed. The recommendations of this Report are not conclusive. When the Committee says the distillers should keep on improving, it means that the pollution is going on ...
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11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am looking at the Report. The last page has signatures for adoption by the Committee. I see four Members only signed to have the Report adopted. Is that in order? Is it properly before the House?
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11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you. I am guided.
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5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The petitioner has a right and we need to listen to him because, maybe, he has issues with his Member of Parliament and has decided to come and attack him. We would have loved it if the petitioner had divulged more information. Has he attempted to run for office against the Member of Parliament and failed? Was he denied a bursary? What services was he denied such that he is now cross with his Member of Parliament? It is also good to note that when we are given a position to serve, we should do so ...
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5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Petitioner has a right and we need to listen to him because, maybe, he has issues with his Member of Parliament and has decided to come and attack him. We would have loved it if the Petitioner had divulged more information. Has he attempted to run for office against the Member of Parliament and failed? Was he denied a bursary? What services was he denied such that he is now cross with his Member of Parliament? It is also good to note that when we are given a position to serve, we should do so ...
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