20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Kenyans who tried to bid in that tender, tried to appeal so that they could be given an opportunity but they failed. So, when this thing starts working, it will be a national of another country distributing signals across the entire country. I do not know whether we are not exposing ourselves, in terms of security. I want to relate this to what happened on this day. On this day, whatever was going on in this House was interfered with. The sound system was interfered with by some programming, or things which were going ...
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20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so, I think as we adopt this report, we need to bring into question what it is that we can give out to other people, and what it is that we need to retain by law in this country. I am very uncomfortable with a situation where the signals of this nation will be distributed by a person who is not a Kenyan. I do not know whether our security people are even comfortable with a situation such as this one.
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20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
I beg, as I support the adoption of this report, to also say that it is time now that the Minister, and the Government, brought legislation that is going to protect this nation. It is terrible to be in a situation such as this. I think if there is a way in which we can interfere legally with this planned takeover of the signal distribution in this country by a foreigner, then it must be done, because we do not know what is going to happen in future. Anything that is done by foreigners is done to the strategic benefit ...
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20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
So, I support this report and say that we have to do something to protect this nation as a whole, and also this Parliament as this report has recommended.
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20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
I support. Thank you.
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19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to take this opportunity to thank the Minister for bringing this Bill to this House at this important time within the dispensation of our Constitution making. I also want to join myself with the Minister, the Seconder and Mr. Wetangula and the sentiments which they have expressed as regards this Bill.
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19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is a joke that is told about a university graduate who went to look for a job in a supermarket and he was told: “Your job is, first, to sweep outside this place as we look for what you are going to be doing inside the main core business.” He complained and asked: “How can you give me a job to sweep outside and I have a degree?” The owner of the supermarket told him: “Oh, I forgot; you are a university graduate!” This means that there is a misconception or some truism that we ...
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19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
In countries like Japan, there is a very clear and dedicated plan to churn our certain skills so that a nation targets to be known as a critical supplier of manufactured goods like cars. They are developing a critical mass of employed technicians for a certain technical character so that this nation will produce this kind of machine for other people to buy.
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19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the same, you have countries that produce aeroplanes and they will develop a certain critical skill that will be used specifically to manufacture certain small parts of the plane so that, that country earns foreign exchange when it sells its goods outside. Therefore, this Bill will also help this country in terms of bringing income for the nation as a whole.
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19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Having said the good things about this Bill, I wanted the Minister to note, first of all, a minor point that I noticed with great concern – and I hope it has not been repeated elsewhere – that even in the introductory bits of this law, there is reference to “Minister” on page 6 right here at the top. As minor as it may seem, to me, it means that the Minister has really picked up something from under the desk and the people in his Ministry may be did not even look at the new Constitution because they have ...
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