Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 15671 to 15680 of 17848.

• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the Assistant Minister stands up to reply, he should tell this House and the country why they did not round up Parliament when Kshs80 million was stolen from the Co-operative Bank of Kenya because we are in the neighbourhood? view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you, first and foremost, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the report of the Public Accounts Committee. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Committee has traditionally defined oversight of Parliament and it continues to play that role. Of course, with the new Standing Orders, even the Departmental Committees are now becoming more active. But this Committee, PIC and other investigatory Committee such as the Local Authorities and Fund Accounts Committee have a critical role in terms of dealing with the Reports of the Controller and Auditor General. We, as ... view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I agree with you that the Assistant Minister is reading the court order, but hon. Wamalwa has just confirmed that the workers of Finlay Company are yet to be reinstated. They are being locked out. Could the Assistant Minister confirm or deny that those workers are yet to be reinstated? That was the point of order. view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will first seek some clarifications and then end up with a point of order which will be directed to you. First, we have just returned from a trip to Juba. We are proud, as a nation, to have brought the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) to Southern Sudan. However, the Assistant Minister and the Government do not seem to really appreciate the peace deal from Southern Sudan. What is he doing for the Kenyan investors to access the Southern Sudan market by ensuring that the Kapenguria-Lodwar-Lokichoggio Road is tarmacked so that our Kenyan investors can ... view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am on a point of order now. view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: No, this is about him. Let me just explain. On a point or order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Standing Order No.80 talks about matters which are sub judice or secret. This is subject to paragraph 5 which says:- No Member shall refer to any particular matter which is sub judice or which, by the operation of any written law, is secret. He said that he cannot tell this House some things because they are secret in nature. I would like to challenge him to tell us under what written law he will not tell us those things because they ... view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Public Health and Sanitation. Last Monday, she ordered that all health facilities should not detain mothers who have given birth for the inability to pay maternity fees as a result of poverty. She also ordered for their immediate release. While appreciating this announcement, especially recognition of the fact that 7,000 women lose their lives when giving life at birth. Maternal mortality is at 4,800 per 100,000 live births and infant mortality is at 79 per 1,000 live births. In places like Turkana, the statistics ... view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is okay. However, I suspect that the Minister may not be ready. I am even willing to give another two weeks. view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order under Standing Order No.36(4). It says:- “The Leader of Government Business shall, every Thursday or the last sitting day of the week before commencement of business, for not more than fifteen minutes, present and lay on the Table, a Statement informing the House of the business coming before the House in the following week.” I have the Order Paper here and it says that the commencement of business is after the Ministerial Business, namely; Order No.7 on the Order Paper. I do not ... view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also wanted to bring to your attention the status of the purported response by the Minister for Water and Irrigation. The issue that I raised on the Standing Order has nothing to do with the membership of the House Business Committee. The only thing I mentioned is that the Leader of Government Business has incorporated one Deputy, who is not even a Member of the House Business Committee. That is not even for today, I was just wondering. If they could have gone to that extent and still fail ... view