Danson Mungatana

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am surprised by the answer that the Assistant Minister has given with regard to a very simple administrative thing that he could do. The Registrar of Political Parties, without a budget of Kshs10 million, or even Kshs1 million, wrote a letter to demand compliance of the Constitution and the spirit, with regard to people who are holding state offices and are holding political party offices. I received that letter as the Secretary General of NARC Kenya. It is a simple letter. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what is so difficult about writing a letter to all state officers ... view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the Assistant Minister is losing the relevance here, because that was an example. If the Registrar of Political Parties can write a letter to seek compliance, why can the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs not write a letter to all State Officers to simply tell them that they are not required under the new Constitution to have money and accounts abroad. Could they start complying? What is so difficult about doing that? view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, like hon. S. Abdalla has said, we feel aggrieved that Coast Province, according to the statistics presented, is ranking quite high. However, I wanted to go further than that. Last week, the US Ambassador presented information to the effect that senior Government officials were actually in the list of those who had visa bans because of connection with narcotics trade. This is putting the Government on the spot and showing that amongst its ranks, there are, indeed, some suspected criminal drug dealers. It is clear that the inaction on the part of the Government is not ... view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Unless the information that is out there in the public is completely wrong, the fact of the matter is that the names were inside the report that was handed to the KACC. In fact, the USA ambassador only said that he could not talk about the names himself, but they were contained in that report. Why is this country so afraid when it comes to the high and mighty? During the time of the Waki Report, the envelopes were hidden. Now, the names of these persons--- view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister clarify how many psychiatrists are in active service to undertake mental check-up of these officers every year? When he recruits officers, do they only undergo a physical examination, or are they also subjected to psychiatric evaluation? These are people who handle guns and we wonder what is happening right now, because this incident is not isolated. How many psychiatrists do you have and how can you assure this country that you will undertake the psychiatric evaluation within your force, so that we do not have a recurrence of this incident? view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to say that the Government will only pay against a view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just yesterday we were talking about the problem of unemployment in this country. Kenya has an unemployment rate of 40 per cent. It is 118th in the world ranking as far as unemployment is concerned. It is at the same level as Afghanistan which is forever in political problems and other small countries like the Kingdom of Swaziland. We know for a fact that 70 per cent of the labour force is absorbed in the agricultural sector. Could the Assistant Minister clarify why they would even consider allowing these tea picking machines to operate and ... view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what are the security arrangements that have been put in place for Kenyan businesses which are operating there? I know, for instance, that owners of petrol stations have been expropriated by Southern Sudanese citizens. I also know for a fact that one salon operator, for example, as soon as the business was doing well, was expropriated again. What is in place to secure Kenyan businesses in Southern Sudan today? view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The issue is not, and has not been, whether the House Business Committee meets or not. Hon. Ethuro was very clear that there is a breach on the face of the record of the Standing Orders by both the Prime Minister and the Leader of Government Business. Those are two senior officers of the Front Bench and the Executive. It borders on contempt of Parliament. We wanted to request you to issue a considered opinion on this matter because if it does not get addressed, the House is going to ... view