Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, huduma bora ni haki yako ! If you are going to save about Kshs350,000 that Ministers get plus another Kshs250,000 that Assistant Ministers get, you are talking of about Kshs600,000. When I was visiting Kipkelion Constituency on Constituency Development Fund (CDF) projects, they did two classrooms with Kshs500,000. You can imagine every month, a reduction of the number of Ministries by a half will be able to do every month about, because this is 42 and we are reducing to 24, we are going to do another 40 classrooms every month. It does not take more ... view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: There are definite issues hon. Members have raised that touch on the constitutional review but it is not for this Bill. Those issues will be dealt at the time of constitutional review. One of them is the question whether the Ministers should come from Parliament or outside. As the Constitution currently stands, you must be, first and foremost, a Member of the National Assembly to be appointed a Minister. Even when the President wishes to get somebody from outside Parliament, he must nominate that particular person to be an hon. Member first in order to become a Minister. So, we ... view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Another concern that was raised was whether we should not wait for the constitutional review. I made a very good treatise on this matter last week; that we have been waiting on that Constitution for so long and even now when we have put the framework in place, there are no guarantees. So, we cannot be waiting on what we have been waiting upon for too long. But as optimistic I am that we will realize that Constitution in the life of this Parliament - that is my wish and prayer. I think that is a commitment we have made ... view
• 15 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Medical Services:- (a) whether he could table the number, location and distance of district, sub-district hospitals, health centres and dispensaries in Turkana Central, Turkana North and Turkana South districts; and, view
• 15 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also wish to thank my good friend, the Minister for Medical Services, for a good answer. It is much better than what he brought last time. I was asking for that detailed information so that I could be sure that the Minister knows about the situation. But, more importantly, the Government made a commitment, as early as 1999, through the Sessional Paper on Poverty Reduction, to ensure that there is a view
• 15 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank the Minister for the answer, and I am praying that his prayer to be voted out of office will not take place because he is doing a good job. view
• 15 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to contribute to this Motion by moving an amendment to it. view
• 15 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: I beg to move that the Motion be amended as follows:- By inserting the following immediately after the expression “12th August, 2009,” “a comma and Subject to the due process of law and in particular Section 75 of the Constitution and the provisions of the Lands Acquisition Act, Cap. 295 of the Laws of Kenya and the Registered Land Act, Cap. 300, Laws of Kenya.” view
• 15 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have heard the argument in this House and each side has its argument on this matter. I had an occasion, about a week ago, to overfly Mau on my way to my constituency. You could see the hippos and crocodiles in the river exposed. So, the issue of water in the Mara River is a concern to this country. Hon. Members have been passionate about this concern and I think they should be heard. Their concern should be taken into account. We want to pay tribute, as a House, to the International Day of Democracy that ... view
• 15 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your permission I would like to quote a bit of Section 75(1)(2)(3) of the Constitution which says:- “No property of any description shall be compulsorily taken possession of, and no interest in or right over property of any---” view