Eng. Ephraim Mwangi Maina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1241 to 1250 of 1598.

• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am standing on a point of order to request your indulgence because this matter is of high national importance. view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The hon. Member who is my friend has just made a very serious statement that money was stolen. We are in a country with law and order. What this House cannot be silent about is when we are told that public funds were stolen for purposes of an election. Unless the Member can substantiate it and say that tomorrow he will report the culprits to the police, then he should withdraw that statement. view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think the matter must be cleared. The hon. Member is saying that the Controller and Auditor- General said that the money cannot be explained. That does not amount to stealing. He has used the word “stealing” which is clearly illegal and a crime in this country. view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. But I work for Kenyans. view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Tempraory Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion because as a House, I feel that the Motion in front of us is important. This House has to deal with the business that we were brought here to deal with. view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Tempraory Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I wish to say that when we are looking at the Budget and the planning in this country, we need to pay attention to what we want Kenya to be. I want to say that from the very beginning, there was a Sessional Paper which I think this Ministry and Government should acquaint itself with – that is Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 which was authored by the late Tom Mboya and our present President. One of the issues in this country is that in the Budget, we should see more financing ... view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Tempraory Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the allocation of money for the war that we are fighting in Somalia; the reason being that, as a country, we cannot continue living in fear. We need that money. If we have any question against this allocation, I would seek the House that we defer that, but allocate that money because we need it for our security. view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have had strikes in this country. There is money that was voted for teachers and nurses. Teachers and nurses were asking for money. I think this country has gone into a spiral where we are starting to be chasing expenditure because we are unable to control the cost of living. We need to look at that, including banks. We have left our markets at will to people whose agenda is purely profiteering. I would wish the Government to look into this matter and ensure that the cost of living in this country is looked ... view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Tempraory Deputy Speaker, Sir, regarding the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), I want to say that it will be sad if anybody would imagine that CDF should be removed from the respective Members of Parliament. CDF should remain! I want an undertaking from the Ministry that CDF should remain actually with Members of Parliament. CDF should not be left to the so-called Governors at ll. As of now, we do not know who are going to be Governors, but we know who Members of Parliament are. Therefore, I want to say that CDF has done a lot for this country ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, surely, the Assistant Minister cannot come here and tell us that money was returned purely because somehow there was non-performance by the contractor. It must be a more serious matter. Could he come out clearly? He seems to tell us that the Government or the council returned the money willingly. There must have been a bigger story. My concern is that with this attitude from the Ministries and with councils that may not have the technical expertise, this country is in jeopardy in carrying out these kinds of projects, and he should tell us what he will ... view