David Kibet Koech

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 1447.

• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have been empathizing and sympathizing with the Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources, that he has to go personally to each part of this country to clean rivers. With this law in place--- The truth of the matter is that people in this country misuse, or abuse, the environment because they think they can get away with it. When you go to our courts today, you are expected to be there as a witness for one year, two years, three years and four years, to the extent that many Kenyans run away from wanting to ... view
• 23 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have listened to hon. Eseli, and I want to categorically oppose this Motion. view
• 23 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: The purpose of pushing a Bill through the First Reading, the Second Reading and the Committee Stage is so that we debate, listen to each other and convince each other. Even if one is not convinced, once the question is put and the “Ayes” have it, we expect the “Noes” to support the Ayes. At that stage, they are supposed to have been convinced to the other side. So, it is late for hon. Eseli to bring forth that argument at this stage. It is, maybe, mischievous. Why did he not bring it at the beginning? I want to indicate ... view
• 23 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member did not listen well. I said that it could be mischievous. It is for him to confirm whether it was mischievous or not. view
• 23 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: What I am saying is that this House has sat. We even ended up deferring the last Committee of the whole House session to today. For the hon. Member to take us back to start from square one is taking this House for granted. Therefore, I request my colleagues to consider this matter, so that we adopt the Report of the Committee of the whole House as it is. view
• 23 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: With those remarks I beg to oppose. view
• 23 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. view
• 23 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, corruption in this country is one of the biggest monsters that we have today. In the wisdom of this House, when this House discovered that corruption was becoming a menace, it decided to establish the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC). However, as we stand today, we should be asking ourselves a question. After the establishment of the KACC, has corruption gone down? The truth is the contrary. Corruption is escalating in this country. We have a beautiful country with a very good name, but if you go out of this country, every other ... view
• 23 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: If you look at the police roadblocks in this country, it is as if they were actually put in place, specifically for matatus and buses. They are erected 50 metres or one kilometre apart. You will find the police trying to check the same matatu that has just been checked by another team of police officers. If you go to the countryside, you will find police officers going to the nearest restaurant to book lunch without a single cent in the pocket because they know that by lunch time, they will be having something in their pocket to pay that ... view
• 23 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in our offices, we must also have a change of mind. How Kenyans today are employed without paying a cent? How many Kenyans joined the police force and are actually employed without parting with a cent? We seem to have sanctified corruption as a nation. You will see some very innocent Kenyans being sentenced because they cannot afford to pay the lawyers. So, the majority of the Kenyans who are in prison today are actually innocent, but those who are able to buy their way out, are actually free and in the streets. We are ... view