21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it took a demonstration by the concerned parties for the Government to listen. Did the Government not know that there were interns who were to be recruited?
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21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what measures is the Assistant Minister taking, as a Government and not as a Ministry, to ensure that this does not occur in future?
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21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is Parliament and Parliament is asking the Executive. He is giving a condition that if he is not given money by the Executive, he will not act. What measures is the Assistant Minister taking, as a Government, to ensure that these funds are always factored in the Budget? Is he in order to evade this question?
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19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Forestry and Wildlife the following Question by Private Notice. (a) How many elephants have been killed by poachers in the last eight years? (b) Who were the exporters of the consignment of elephant tusks worth over Kshs380 million and equivalent to 120 elephants killed, which was impounded by the Thailand Customs Department? (c) What action is the Government taking to address the issue of poaching?
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19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, nowhere in my Question have I asked the Assistant Minister whether the consignment originated from Kenya. What I want to know is the identity of the exporters. Since the Assistant Minister confirms that, indeed, they are holding some documents, could he tell us from the documents he is holding who the exporters are?
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19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will not wait for investigations to be completed. All I am asking the Assistant Minister to do is to tell us the identity of the exporters. He can carry on with the investigations because those are two separate things.
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19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We do not have to waste valuable time of this House. All we are asking the Assistant Minister is to tell us the identity of these people. He says in his written answer that, indeed, they are holding some documents. Whichever the documents are, he should tell us the identity of these people. Unless he is protecting people within the system like in the pyramid schemes.
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19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. One of the most interesting aspects about this Government is that when Parliament and especially the Back Bench tries to query the Government or to ask the Government what it is doing, the Executive or the Government joins in lamenting.
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19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, they lament that ooh, do this or you should have done that. This is a Government which has no idea on how to solve any problem. I want to give you an example. On the Floor of this House, Ministers are asked simple Questions on who owns Grand Regency and they say that they do not know. When they are asked who brought the illegal gold into this country, they say that they do not know. They were asked today who exported ivory to Thailand and they said they do not know. When they were asked ...
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19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when they were asked on the Floor of this House what names were forwarded to the Attorney-General for prosecution, they said that they do not know. So, how do you expect them to know how to solve the issue of prices of food?
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