13 May 2009 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. About two weeks ago, I did forward three Questions to the Prime Ministerâs Office. One was answered while he was away. Two other Questions â one concerning the issue of retirement age and the another one concerning the Kenya Railway line â were never answered. I would like to
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13 May 2009 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In particular, on the Question about the railway line, you will recall very well that when the Minister for Transport was answering it during the last Session, the Prime Minister stood and intervened. I have now brought the Question directly to the Prime Ministerâs Office. How come that now it belongs to the Ministry of Transport?
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13 May 2009 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We are very disappointed with the Government. It is very disappointing that Prof. Olweny, who is an Assistant Minister, can even add to the problem. What we are asking is that the Government must be seen to be serious. That is not what is being portrayed today. It has gone to the level of Prof. Olweny claiming that a very cool man like Mr. Kutuny is threatening him.
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13 May 2009 in National Assembly:
I want to get to deal with the gist. This is very important---
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13 May 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Committee says that after they reached Mombasa, they were taken through the relevant Government agencies who had tested the imported maize and by the end of business, were convinced that the maize was not fit for human consumption.
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13 May 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, when this team went there, they realized that there was a private company, which had been appointed by the Prime Ministerâs Office called Inter-Tech. They are saying the presence of the Inter-Tech at the Port seemed to have been deliberately and prearranged to appear like they were part of the sub-committee. So, this team objected and was even ready to go back to Nairobi. The team, therefore, visited silos. In the course, they had the privilege to see the silos purported to have been holding the rejected maize. They said: - âThe physical appearance of the maize ...
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13 May 2009 in National Assembly:
They said in the conclusion:-
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13 May 2009 in National Assembly:
â Given the above scenario our conclusion, as a sub-committee is that: - (i) It was a big mistake to off-load and remove the maize from the ship in the absence of all Government agencies responsible for the inspections of the goods, including Government security forces before off-loading of the maize from the ship; (ii) If it was found necessary to have the disputed maize from the ship then it should have been taken to the Government warehouse under heavy security surveillance, but not a private warehouse as the position is currently; (iii) At the time of the removal of ...
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29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second.
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29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I want to support this Motion with reservations. I always say that when Parliament goes on recess, the Government is on a honeymoon. A few decisions have been made by the Government. One of the decisions was to increase the retirement age from 55 years to 60 years. To understand what that meant one needs to look at the age brackets in the Civil Service. As I talk here, the age brackets are as follows. Those who are 20 years and below, in the Civil Service, are 29,000. Those ...
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