Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 13981 to 13990 of 17848.

• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move under Standing Order No.48, the following amended Motion: view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: THAT, further to the extension of mandate granted to the Select Committee on Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on June 08, 2011; and in view of the fact that due to the wide mandate, the Committee is yet to conclude its work; this House grants a further three months to the Committee in order to enable it to expeditiously conclude its business and report to the House in accordance with the terms of reference of its establishment. view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. That was our request. I mentioned that I am moving an amended Motion under Standing Order No.48. This is really a Procedural Motion. When we sought extension last time, we were unable to move for reasons that are obvious to this nation. One was about the need to clear the backlog on the Constitution implementation Bills. We were also caught up with the calendar in terms of the end of one financial year and the beginning of another one. There was communication by the Clerk which has not only affected this Committee, but also ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to move and request hon. Kioni to second. view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I conclude, I would like to donate one minute to the Member for Samburu East. view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank all hon. Members for the overwhelming support that they have given to this Motion. I would also like to note that hon. Members, starting with the Leader of Government Business, are fully in support. The Deputy Prime Minister has also confirmed that. Some of the issues that hon. Members have raised are, for instance, food rationing and settling of people in houses. Hon. Ochieng wondered why we were seeking for an extension. I gave the reasons. We have never lacked quorum. We are always full house. There is need to ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for my good friend, the hon. Assistant Minister to mislead the House? Mr. C. Kilonzo was very clear that this is the Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology. More fundamentally, this is a grave matter. We are ventilating as a House and trying to tell the Government to take action. This House expects a response from the Government. view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: So, the Government cannot come and lament here. The Assistant Minister has to decide whether to remain in that Government, which does not seem to agree with him, or join us on this side. He cannot have his cake and eat it too! view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the retired President of America Mr. Bill Clinton came to Kenya to see one man known as hon. Mwai Kibaki for one reason; free primary education. Mr. Bill Clinton will be worried if he comes back and realizes what he thought was the best thing has been diluted by lack of teachers. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya went into a session with the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) the other day and for the first time in the history of this country; at least of the ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have a new Constitution. My good friend Silas read Section 57 which says we must act in the best interest of the child. A child’s best interests are of paramount importance in every matter concerning the child. This is about child education. Section 43(1)(f) says that every person has a right to education. If the Constitution commands each and every one of us who is a State officer – in fact every citizen of the Republic – to do what is in the best interest of a child, let us take this matter where ... view