Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 16281 to 16290 of 17848.

• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Assistant Minister, I asked hon. Members to ask you questions and you must also answer them. Do not use this as an opportunity to demonstrate other things. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Order, Mr. Assistant Minister! You either have the answer or you do not. How many prosecutions have you conducted and how many have you convicted? view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Animal Technicians Bill, 2009. It gives me great pleasure to actually stand before this House and be able to second this particular Bill. I want to thank my good friend, the hon. Joseph Lekuton, for introducing this Bill. In fact, we had similar motions on the Order Paper, if you remember in 2008 and it reflected our desire and commitment as professionals from the pastoralist community to ensure that the extension services, particularly in the livestock sector be accessed by these people. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, only yesterday, you may recall that the United Nations (UN) through their programme that they call Security and Mobility have confirmed that the pastoralists of the great Republic of Kenya in particular, and generally in most of other nations, secure our boundaries. The issue of security is critically important. Even as a nation, we must be reminded that the productivity of the agricultural sector actually capped in the mid 1980s. For you to continue now looking for economical opportunities, you need to go beyond 20 per cent of the land mass. However, this desire to ... view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Last question, hon. Chepchumba! view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the tragedy of the commons is not the fact that the livestock keepers are confined in a particular place and they keep their animals. The tragedy of the commons is the fact that the Central Government has been unable to provide technical extension services to them. The tragedy of the pastoralists is the extent that these livestock keepers, as a result of a liberalized economy, where veterinary services were privatized, were not able to access the same, and animal health technicians. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Order, hon. Members! I do not see any reason why we should defer the Question. I think the Assistant Minister attempted to say what needs to be done. I am sure the hon. Member and other Members know other avenues to use to follow up other issues that they may be interested in, including ensuring that, that other portion is actualized. I think you have avenues to prosecute the matter. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to submit further that the tragedy of the commons is failure by the State functionaries and policy makers to prescribe the right policies in order to address the issues of that area. I say this with a lot of conviction. Dubai has higher temperatures than our areas but it is an important economy. All of these Ministers go there. The other day they were told not to go there without degree certificates and the next thing we did was to ship out our foreign Minister to go and negotiate. The State of Israel ... view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are hoping that with this Bill, we will be able to ensure that the Government can actually address the issue of the livestock of this country. If you look at the principal objective of the Bill, it is to be able to anchor the existence and practice of the Animal Technicians in law. Even those of us who have been in the developed world, when we try to make sure that these pastoralists can get veterinary services, the veterinary personnel will always tell you that: “We are veterinary surgeons and you people are quacks; ... view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, we will now go to the second round of Questions. view