Chris Obure

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to make very few remarks. The matter before us is very important and I only wish that we had more time to study and make more meaningful suggestions on how this Fund can best work. This is an initiative intended to help reduce poverty among our population. It is an initiative which is intended to involve people by engaging them in various useful economic activities. It is an initiative that is intended to improve the quality of life of our people. To that extent, it is a really welcome ... view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand to second the Motion. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. In the light of what you have just said, would it be in order if I proceeded to move the Motion? view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was also expecting to get the Statement from the Chair of--- view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was also expecting to receive a Statement from Sen. Haji in respect of the Statement that I requested and which has been pending. I spoke to him yesterday and he assured me that he was ready with the Statement. I am just inquiring if any of the Committee Members is ready to issue that Statement here. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to start by appreciating the efforts made by the Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Haji. I also know that he has gone through a lot of frustrations in trying to get this Statement. I appreciate that at last he has been able to issue the Statement to this House. As much as I appreciate this effort, the information provided in the Statement is far from being correct. I want to state that the wife and son of Mr. Omwange, according to this Statement, reported a missing person at Ogembo Police Station. That ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The issue here is that the police are claiming that the report the family made was of a missing person and yet the information available even at the police station is that the family reported this case of kidnapping in the evening, just an hour or two after the kidnapping took place. However, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the issue before us raises some fundamental questions. On the 21st of November, 2013, the CS agreed that he was not aware. In fact, even at yesterday’s meeting, we were told that even the Inspector-General (IG) of Police and his deputies were not aware of who withdrew Sen. Muthama’s security detail. This, then, prompts me to raise the following question. In this report which will be tabled here following yesterday’s proceedings, can it be explained who gave all this authority for the withdrawal of the security detail, subjecting Sen. Muthama to obvious risk? We would like ... view
• 21 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will recall that you issued a directive last week so that the question I had raised in connection to Henry Nyabuto Omwange be responded to today. So far, I have not received any response and the Chair does not seem to be ready to come to read the Statement. I would like to know why. view