Cyrus Khwa Shakhalaga Jirongo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. At the outset, let me start by supporting the Motion, but I wish the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance was around because there are certain developments that are very disturbing. Maybe the technocrats seated at the other end will be able to explain certain things to Kenyans. Six months ago, inflation in our country was just at about 3.8 per cent and within six months, we are talking about inflation being at 13 per cent. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you remember very well the time we experienced that kind of instant jump in inflation, you will find that it is during the Goldenberg time when some very strange money came into the market. We would like the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance to physically look at various Ministries and find out exactly what is happening because that graph is all of a sudden. From 3.8 per cent inflation and within six months, we are talking about 13 per cent, definitely, there is something wrong somewhere and I wish ... view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, an issue of bribery has been raised by an hon. Member in this House. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government did not respond to it, meaning whether the matter is substantiated or not, it remains in the record of the HANSARD as the gospel truth because he has an opportunity to deny it. Do we then take it that the allegations are true? view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have a lot of iron deposits across the country, and the areas mentioned have at one time been involved in trying to mine iron ore. However, one of the biggest problems you will find is that the Department of Mines and Geology has no equipment at all to establish exactly the amount of deposits that can be found. Could the Assistant Minister tell the House what the Ministry is doing to equip the Department of Mines and Geology to ensure that they can establish with certain precision the amounts of deposits spread all over the country? view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: What are you doing about it? view
• 23 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, mine is to seek direction from the Chair as far as the issue raised by the hon. Member for Gwassi is concerned. We have many Ministers in the Government today who have powers to appoint. Section 73(ii)(b) of the new Constitution is very clear on nepotism. The Minister has answered the question and cited the Act. Now that the new Constitution is in force, what do we do, as Members of Parliament? When we come here and ask a question like the one that hon. Mbadi has asked and, clearly, nepotism as mentioned in Section 73(ii)(b) of ... view
• 23 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Could he confirm to us that the new Managing Director of KAA was a junior officer compared to Mr. Wamalwa who was then the Deputy Managing Director? It is just on other grounds other than seniority that he found himself being a Managing Director other than Mr. Matthew Wamalwa. view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. You have heard what the Assistant Minister has been talking about. He is referring to view
• 4 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. While a number of people languish in prison as we speak here, the Assistant Minister must have had enough evidence against the people he has charged in court. Therefore, there is no reason why he should be asking for more time and yet there are people he has charged selectively. Is he in order to continue asking for more time when he has already charged people like university students who are languishing in jail and yet he claims that he does not have all the details? On what basis did the ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while thanking the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government for the Statement that he has issued, when we had this situation last time, I remember the Minister for Agriculture travelled to Israel to look at means of producing food using irrigation instead of depending on rain-fed agriculture. We also have a number of irrigation schemes in this country such as Weiwei. I remember the Minister for Regional Development Authorities has been looking for money to make sure that this scheme produces food. What has the Government done to ensure that we use the irrigation schemes ... view