Danson Mungatana

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• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a trend amongst Ministries to hold conferences every time. A lot of money is going towards conference facilitation and yet, the Assistant Minister himself has told us that, out of the Kshs6,500 possible products that we should export to the USA, we are only utilizing 20 products and he hopes that, by the end of the year, we should be utilizing 100 products. view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, he also said that it is the small scale traders who are supposed to reach that market. The question that begs an answer is: What is the Ministry doing to build capacity among those small scale traders? That is because the Ministry of Trade is not giving them loans. The Ministry of Trade is not training them. The Ministry of Trade, in fact, charges them to exhibit in such conferences. The Ministry of Trade is not helping them in any practical manner. But they have millions for holding conferences to entertain those big guys who come to ... view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance whether, following the directive that Ministers and top Government officials use one official car with an engine capacity of not more than 1800cc, he could:- (a) state the rate of compliance with the directive and confirm how much savings are expected from the initiative; view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may the record read that this is the fourth time this Question is on the Order Paper? It has been before this House during Prime Minister’s Time twice. It is before the House today. It was brought before the House last time. An Assistant Minister requested that it be brought up today, and that they would have an answer but they are not even present today. So, they are either dodging this matter, or the Government is not serious about its directive to cut costs. If they do not answer this Question, you should take the necessary ... view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is the fourth time the Question has been on the Order Paper. view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. That is why we are thinking that the Government is not taking this matter seriously. view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is good news to hear that there is a draft Bill on herbal medicine and a Sessional Paper that is supposed to come before this House. Many Kenyans are suffering. When will this draft Bill and Sessional Paper be brought before this House, so that we can pass them and solve this problem, once and for all? view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am referring to the Questions that have been dropped. I wanted to raise one issue that could help the House--- view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, most of us--- view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Assistant Minister mentioned two particular sectors that were affected by this global recession, particularly the tourism and the horticulture sector in Kenya. The Question that is before us is: What particular incentives has he given to revive the tourism sector? Just across the borders here, we saw President Kikwete giving a very elaborate interview on what he is doing to revive the tourism sector. In this country, it is like these issues are not being taken seriously by the political elite in this country. What I want to know is: What is it that the ... view