Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: May 17, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1463 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think that my reading of this situation and the interest of this country is for labour to be organised and to create a Labour Board that is independent of influences of labour, employers and, indeed, even influences by the Minister. When this board is supposed to advise both the Chief Justice and even the Minister himself, we are making provisions that I believe have been detrimental to organised labour and trade unions in this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think we all know and it is ... view
• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that, that was just one of those opinions shared by non-Governmental organisations (NGOs) that are not recognisable in our industrial relations. It is COTU that is recognisable. I am making reference according to the law and practice. So, my colleague should be informed! The appointment of the secretary to the board should, at least, be equivalent to that of the Deputy Commissioner for Labour. This, to me, is a very pertinent point. If we are really going to make this board that independent--- view
• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said as much. When you appoint the secretary to the board at the equivalence of the Deputy Commissioner for Labour, I think, the Minister needs to reconsider it seriously. I expect a board that is managed by a very competent person; a person who is very knowledgeable in labour matters. He should be a person who is supposed to be briefing the board every two months on the economic state of the nation. This particular person will need to be properly remunerated so that he should really be, at the very minimum, in my ... view
• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Assistant Minister, the whole House and, particularly, the Opposition, for showing a sense of unity in matters that are important to this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 25 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion. The importance of education in this country can be reflected, just on the surface, by the number of Motions that are coming to this House. In today's Order Paper, you can see a series of them and last week, we discussed a number of them. This House is giving a lot of prominence to education. This is in recognition of the fact that, at the centre of the development of this nation, is its manpower. This Motion by Prof. Mango is considering the issue ... view
• 25 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was asking for your indulgence. Given that this Motion talks about the girl-child and I do not see many women hon. Members in this House, is it in order for the Speaker to continue supporting the Kenya Women's Political Caucus when they cannot even support their own Motion? view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to mislead this House that the Minister for Planning and National Development said that the 5.8 per cent economic growth rate is non-existent? If anything, he confirmed that there is an economic growth rate of 5.8 per cent in this country which is impacting positively on poverty. view
• 17 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this particular Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had the honour of serving on this Committee in my other life. I want to pay homage to hon. Omingo, who chaired this Committee very ably, and to all the Members who were with us. I can see Prof. Ojiambo there; she was also with us. This House needs to acknowledge the commitment of that Committee for making a deliberate effort to tackle two years at a go in order to clear the backlog of audit ... view
• 17 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Let us not be blinded by the fact that, maybe, there are skewed employment opportunities in Public Service favouring certain regions. That is a fact that we must accept. Mr. D.G. Njoroge had the audacity to question the Kenyatta administration in the infancy of this Republic, and got away with it. He started with integrity. He maintained it through the Nyayo era. Do you think this is the time he can be compromised? Let us not use the privilege of this House, to abuse personalities that have stood the test of time. Those are people who have demonstrated extreme competence. ... view
• 12 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: On a April 12, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 623 point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the hon. Member to continue misleading this House that Mr. D.G. Njoroge, the former Controller and Auditor-General is the one who accumulated the pending bills? He was actually reporting about them. view