Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 16671 to 16680 of 17848.

• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not my pleasure to interrupt the hon. Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya, but it is my pleasure to ensure that this House, and this country, gets the proper information. Is it in order for the Prime Minister to persistently mislead the House that KKV is going to be part of the Economic Stimulus Programme, a programme that we have discussed with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, agreed on the guidelines and the procedures while the KKV has never been part and parcel of that discussion? Is he in Order? view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. Ordinarily, as a trained and practicing economist, I would be very averse to support anything that limits the free movement of goods and services, being a firm believer in perfect competition as a market model. But we have just witnessed that even the free markets sometimes fail. This is an assumption that is accepted in the economic theory. There are times when you need to make serious State interventions and that is what has happened with the financial economic meltdown in the US since the “brothers” decided to cause havoc ... view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government should look at the situation on the ground so that it can protect both the producer and the consumer. The Government should also ensure that it has a generation that has food on the table. The food should contain enough nutrients. To that extent, I feel like this Bill has come at an opportune moment. I think this is the only country where the price of bottled water is higher than the price of petrol and yet we import the latter unlike the former which we tap from springs. How come a basic and ... view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Minister for his attempts to secure this country and the Members mentioned. However, is he satisfied that when a hon. Member of Parliament reported threats to his life three months earlier, repeated the same threats just yesterday, yet he is still asking him to go and identify the kind of people who will protect him? I imagine he would have dispatched some contingent to him in the meantime. view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the Minister also talked about the policy, could he confirm or deny that the Vice-President, Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Ministers are not part of his security arrangements? If there are any, which ones? view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of Public Health and Sanitation on the Cholera epidemic in the country and particularly, in the larger Turkana Region. view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister, in responding, would wish to clarify the following issues:- i. Could the Minister inform the House on the reported outbreak of cholera in the larger Turkana region, in particular, Loima, Turkana East and Turkana Central districts that has resulted in the death of over 50 people and hospitalization of another 500 people? ii. When was the first case of the outbreak reported and how many people are at risk in this epidemic? iii. What measures has the Government put in place in terms of personnel, equipment and other logistics in order to ensure that this ... view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I thought I would eliminate this debate by drawing your attention to the provisions of this Bill--- view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is a point of order because we cannot allow the Government side to mislead the House. We can only do that by informing them. I have a lot of respect for Mr. Michuki as a former Minister for Finance. But, in this case, we are looking at the time at which you can draw your allowances. The argument he is using on the period and the need for a law is right. This is why we are bringing an amendment to the Pensions Act so that we can comply and give the Government notice ... view