5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, a case in point is the titanium in Kwale. We have seen that for a long time there has been a certain firm that has been trying to mine this titanium; I believe this has taken the last 12, or so, years but nothing tangible has come out of it. We also have what we are now calling “the untapped huge resources of coal” in Kitui at Mui Basin. You find that there are so many squabbles between the residents, the would be miners and the Executive. So, I believe that this legislation will streamline all this business.
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5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, we may not also forget the untapped iron ore in Mbeere, especially in Mbeere North. We would want to have legislation that is going to define how the local community is going to benefit from the minerals. A word of caution is that we have seen in many areas in Africa where minerals are found people end up in war. Countries go to war because their leadership compet to either mine or own these mine fields.
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5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, in as much as I support this Bill, I want to give a word of caution to the leadership in this country, that we should not take the beaten, or trodden, path of leading people to war, or having warlords to controlling these minerals.
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5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
With those few remarks, I support. Thank you.
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24 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I pressed the intervention button earlier when hon. Cheruiyot was speaking. He was saying that he has not been in the
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23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Yes, hon. Deputy Speaker. You know I am shocked when I listen to the contributions by some Members of Parliament. Quite a number of these Members are saying that their constituents bribed and some of them even died after their daughters were not admitted to the police force.
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23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, it takes two people to tango. Unless we want to reduce this House to one of corruption that where Members of Parliament can come and start saying that people were bribing their way to the police force, we should get names. We should assist this Committee chaired by hon. Kamama. We do not have to just keep on bandying words left and right. So, I would seek your guidance on this. Any Member who has said that somebody was bribing should give the names forward so that within the police force we---
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23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, may I take this opportunity to thank you for giving me this chance to acknowledge the gallant boys and girls of Kambaru Primary School, who are seated on the Speaker’s Gallery. They hail from Mbeere North, which is my constituency. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, now that I am on my feet, I do not know whether I could contribute to the Bill.
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16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I had pressed it a while earlier, but I wish to notify the House that---
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16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Much obliged, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker.
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