Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 17771 to 17780 of 17848.

• 8 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with you, but I was drawing my inspiration from what I called "North Rift" and the Chair did not challenge that. If North Rift is acceptable while it is not in the books, I do not see why I cannot have the opportunity and pleasure to put Nyanza, as a province, in its respective dominating areas. We might even create one! view
• 8 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with you. Let me proceed because I have two more minutes to go. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to invest in solar and wind power. These are resources that are in abundance where we come from. I would like to challenge the Minister for Energy. When he says that 80 per cent of our people do not have access to modern energy, we need to start a crash programme to reduce that percentage. We should be talking of 20 per cent of our people not having access to modern energy. To ... view
• 2 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I will not take long. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to support the Motion that is before the House, especially, the desire by this Committee to look into the geographical diversity of this nation, taking into account pastoralist and advocacy in human rights issues and make appropriate recommendations. I believe that the Head of State will be able to endorse these recommendations. With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 1 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I really wish to thank the Minister for giving me, at least, an opportunity to contribute. First, given that the crime rate in this country is increasing, and that the Mungiki are killing our people, what sense will we, as a House, have to be able to accept this kind of Motion. We want to send a strong message to the nation that the Ninth Parliament condemns any murderer, and any murderer must be murdered. That is the message that we need to send out from here! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, after listening to the few ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for recognising the hon. Member for Turkana Central. At the risk of forming a mutual admiration society and celebrating the success of the hon. Minister for Education, the one Prof. Saitoti--- If all our Cabinet Ministers took their jobs very seriously, then this country would realise its stated objective, of being a first class world. The Vision 2030 is not just a myth. It is a realistic commitment, not just by this administration, which is just a caretaker for now but a commitment by the Kenyan people to seek and desire a prosperous ... view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also wish to congratulate Dr. Shaban. I thank her for bringing this important Motion to this House. view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, nobody is complaining. Those are just echoes from the back. I think this is an ideal time that this House is reminding whoever is responsible on the need to actualise what we call affirmative action. The affirmative action finds eloquence in gender issues, but it hardly finds any with Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) issues. When we talk about ASALs, we will be talking more than just gender issues and more than the girl child. We will be talking about the people of Kenya. It is not a coincidence that more than 40 years after ... view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Motion seeks to address the issue of inequality. The definition of ASALs should remain as it is. As you may remember, those forces that were acting against the ASALs are still in place. If you remember when we extended the World Bank Programme on ASAL, it was surprising to note that even parts of Nyeri District were also considered as ASALs. Those of us who occupy those places had to find ways of bringing in our own people. That is the June 13, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1753 problem of this country. Even if we ... view
• 12 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for the opportunity to contribute on this Motion. I want to say from the outset, that I equally support our participation in the PAP. However, if you look at the Articles, the first term of reference of the PAP is to play an advisory role. I think this is where the efficacy and utility of this particular institution comes to question. We have a multiplicity of organisations: We have the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). We are even saying that ... view
• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also wish to contribute to this Motion and thank the Minister for doing a job that this House has been asking for a long time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to state from the outset that I used to be an Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development in the Eighth Parliament for the entire duration of the parliamentary term. While there, I noted the number of Questions that were coming to this House asking the Minister for a review of the labour laws. We set ... view