Danson Mungatana

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. We must show some respect as we address this House, as you pointed out. Is the hon. Member in order to say that an outlawed sect demonstrated in support of a Minister? Could the hon. Member table evidence and substantiate that statement or withdraw and apologise? view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Member in order to read a document that has not been presented for authentication, and refer to it as an authority? view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second the amendment that has been moved by the hon. Member who has just finished speaking. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would want to take this opportunity to also make my contribution on this Motion as amended. When the Ministry of Regional Development Authorities and the various organizations and development authorities, like the TARDA, the LBDA and the Coast Development Authority (CDA), were set up, the idea was to try to reach to those areas which 3850 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 22, 2006 had been left behind in terms of economic development, ... view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to also make my contribution. First of all, I want to start by congratulating the Minister for Finance for moving the Microfinance Bill. I will not speak for very long because this is the type of Bill that we should pass as fast as possible. Why do I say so? Many of us will remember the reign of the shopkeeper in the rural areas. This is a man who would collect all the money from women and youth groups and keep it in his view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: for safe keeping. Any time our people wanted back their money to do business, they would be told to wait until the end of the month or for two weeks. In the meantime, while the shopkeeper was doing business with that money, these poor people in many parts of our rural areas would not be allowed to get any loan from the shopkeepers. If they were to be given loans, they were asked to pay exorbitantly for those services. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we all agree that we need financial services for our people in the rural areas. We ... view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in seconding this Bill, I would like to congratulate the Minister for Finance for all the proposed measures he has brought before this House. He has created an environment that is good for all Kenyans and for the development of this country. As you may be aware, the Government has been on the fore-front, urging Kenyans and everyone else who lives in this country to pay their taxes. These specific measure are being taken in very good faith and it is in keeping with the general spirit that we encourage the payment of taxes by ... view
• 21 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to suggest that the Governor of the CBK was suspended on account of investigating Charterhouse Bank, when in fact, we all know that he was suspended on the account of a case pending in court? view
• 21 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to make my short contribution to the Budget Speech. I would like to start my contribution by, first of all, congratulating the Minister for Finance for all the measures he has proposed in the Budget in order to bring further development to our country. I urge hon. Members who may be opposed to certain measures, as we contribute to the Budget Speech, to remember that we are reaching for higher ideals and in this case, they are national ideals. I urge hon. Members, and in particular, Mr. Billow ... view
• 21 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will not respond to that point of order because Mr. Billow criticised the Budget Speech a lot. view
• 21 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. All I am saying is that we should also look for possible solutions as we criticise the Budget Speech for the benefit of our country. I congratulate the Minister for Finance because for the first time since Independence, we have had a provision in the Budget, specifically for the settlement of the landless people. The Kshs400 million set aside for the settlement of the landless is a measure that should be supported. There are some parts of this country, and in particular, the coastal area, that have a big problem with regard to ... view