Eng. Ephraim Mwangi Maina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1251 to 1260 of 1598.

• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Motion. We have been working quite hard and Kenyans know. But we also have another duty. We have constituents and other responsibilities to attend to. Secondly, people need this break so that they can recoup their energy. We cannot continue--- We are dealing with important matters and we need energy to--- view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: No! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one is free to think whatever he wishes to think. Some people are better thinkers than others. Others are slow thinkers! I am thinking as I make my comments. view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this House guarantees everybody his total freedom to even consult his sub-conscious memory and, therefore, that is what I am doing. Whatever one does after we finish business today is one’s business. But I am damn sure that after we finish business today, we will have time to consult with our constituents. view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: I rise to support this Motion because in this House, I think we have important business which we want to finish today and thereafter, we will make decisions accordingly. It cannot be that every Motion brought here, one thinks that we are in a stereotyped or rigid system. Things will always come and we have to react to them as they are. view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to thank and congratulate my colleague, MP for Kamkunji for bringing this important matter to the House. view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya went to war with Somalia. This matter has been talked on in this House before. The main question in our country is: Where is our safety? How safe are our borders? That is the issue. Before we went to this war in Somalia, there was the issue of some tourists in Lamu. An English man was killed and some French lady was abducted. But the issue in the minds of Kenyans is; we have seen Ethiopian army cross the border and kill some Kenyans. We have seen it on the western borders. The security ... view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, again, we are in Somalia fighting some amorphous group called Al Shabaab . This Al Shabaab is not just Al Shabaab in Mogadishu. There is no doubt that it links itself with Al Qaeda . There was even a statement to that effect. I want to ask one cardinal question: No country in this world as of today has managed to fight and defeat terrorists. America has not! Europe has not! The main question is; can we really say that we would be able to defeat this war on AlShabaab ? You are not fighting ... view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: The fear and concern of some Kenyans is; our army is doing a good job. Our army is definitely very disciplined, but can we win war with some amorphous people who appear and disappear in a second? That is the main issue. The other bigger question is: The Minister said the other day that there have been about a 100 terrorist managed attacks and we have been foiling them. The greatest insecurity is when you do not know, when you are in a hotel, hospital or a supermarket whether you are safe or not. That is where our people are. ... view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, today, President Obama said that he wants to ensure that his army is out of Afghanistan. He is not saying that because he has defeated terrorists in the mountains. I think he has decided to leave them alone, because we know they are still there. They appear and they go. If President Obama of United States of America is saying that he wants his army back, Britain has already pulled their boys back to Britain, are we sure that we would be able to really win this war against some animal that we do not ... view