Danson Mungatana

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very, very serious Motion, and when hon. Ethuro was moving it, he mentioned the question of a lean Government. A lean Government--- view
• 14 May 2008 in National Assembly: Yes, a lean and clean Government, but let me start from the lean Government. A lean Government is not something that should be seen in isolation. In the whole world right now, there is the concept of leanness in productivity. This applies not only to industries and corporate organizations, but even to the Government. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is one economist by the name John Miller who spent 12 years in Singapore. In his interaction with the government, he came up with the concept of a lean government, which he defined from his own experience in the industry. A ... view
• 14 May 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving this chance to make my little contribution to this Motion. This is one of those Motions which are spot on and are actually needed in this country today. Therefore, I congratulate hon. C. Kilonzo for, once again, rising to the occasion and bringing a Motion that will give us the law that we currently require. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, right now, the statistics in this country show that in Kenya alone, on a daily basis, an average of ten million short messages are sent. This converts to four billion short messages per ... view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate the Assistant Minister for Finance for moving this Bill. As he explained, the purpose of the Supplementary Appropriation Bill is to give out the statutory authority to Treasury to release funds to enable the Government to function. As Parliament, this is also our constitutional mandate. In exercise of that mandate, we have to scrutinize each and every proposed appropriation and expenditure. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the work has been made slightly easy. The explanations that the Assistant Minister has given are self-satisfactory. One of the things that he has mentioned ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me also take this opportunity to thank the Attorney-General for, once again, rising to the occasion and bringing our country's laws in line with the international community, especially in criminal jurisprudence. view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, during the electioneering periods we have witnessed in the past, there were extremely dangerous statements uttered in the sense of rallying certain communities or a certain community against another community for the sole purpose of gaining political mileage. One of the things that has been stated in this Bill by the Attorney-General is in Clause 6. It is about international crimes. It is a good reminder to all of us as leaders. We are reminded that the international crimes punishable under this law are the crimes against humanity. It is appended at the backside of ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I take this opportunity to first of all thank Mr. Wamalwa for the excellent manner in which he moved this Motion. I also take note of the subsequent amendment to the Motion. He has mentioned several occasions when the Government came to the aid of farmers by writing off loans through the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) and the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC). 878 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 7, 2008 Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I want to say that I support the spirit of the Motion and its intent, which is to assist our ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I was interrupted, I was making this point, that the same Kshs3 billion that has been made available to farmers, if tomorrow we have another disaster which, God forbid, is a natural one, and is not like the one that we created, what will happen to those farmers? This means that the same money will go down the drain, and it will not help these farmers. This means that we in this House need to be innovative. That is why I am talking about the concept of disaster assistance, which needs to be embraced by ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to very quickly register my support very strongly to this Motion. Section 80 of the Constitution, says:- "Except with his own consent, no person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of his freedom of assemble and association, that is to say that his right to assemble freely, and associate with other persons and in particular to form or belong to trade unions or other associations for the protection of his interests." Even God himself also sees the importance of having an Opposition because he has all the powers to destroy Satan. But he keeps ... view
• 6 May 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to make my contribution to this Bill. I also want to thank the Attorney-General for bringing this Bill to the House for debate. We have heard extremely beautiful arguments both from the Mover and the Seconder of the Bill to persuade the House for those who are not persuaded to support this Bill to become an Act of Parliament. view