Eng. Ephraim Mwangi Maina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1301 to 1310 of 1598.

• 21 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support the Motion. view
• 21 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support the Motion. view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a Motion that touches on the souls of Kenyans and I stand to support it. view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the issue of land in this country or any country is really the security that wanachi or citizens can have when they get a document from the Government. It is a sad thing in this country that today we are reaching a point where, when you get a land certificate, you do not know whether or not it is an authentic document. Really, you cannot get a guarantee. Ordinary people should never be held responsible for ensuring whether a title deed or certificate is proper or not. This responsibility lies on the Government. How do you ... view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the issue of Syokimau is just one of the characteristics of this Government. It started in my area, when one day the Government forces came and demolished houses belonging to people who used to live in the forest. Those people stayed on the road for 20 years. I wonder whether this Government has some sadists within it. How do you wake up one day and send a bulldozer to a house where you can see some small children and heartlessly demolish it? It is heartless! There must be another way of handling matters rather than this ... view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the issue of land and demolition has even gone a notch higher. We saw the other day this Government back down from demolishing some buildings along Mombasa Road. Why was this so? It is because they belonged to influential people and big companies. I do not know whether anything happened. What are you telling the ordinary Kenyans when you say that you cannot demolish a certain building on the road reserve along Mombasa Road because it belongs to such-and-such a company and people know that such-and-such a company belongs to who and who? Then the following ... view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, other matters have gone beyond what one would call civilization. We have witnessed a situation where a man is in court over his house worth Kshs100 million that was demolished in Spring Valley. I think the demolitions taking place in this country are selective because they are not based on law. I would request that this House says that demolitions should come to a stop until when we get a sensible framework of handling this matter. This gentleman had invested Kshs100 million in Spring Valley and the Government had all the time to go and witness ... view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if the citizens were misled by the Government by being given a piece of paper which looked liked an authentic title certificate, then they went and built their houses, they must be compensated. I think the demolitions in this country are actually political and they are not based on law. I would like to say that the least expected of this Government is to undertake that they will compensate these people. There is no need of reading the law because the law is not abstract. The law must be read together with the Bible and the ... view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: There is nowhere in the Bible or in the Quran where you can bring a piece of paper and say: “This is the law and, therefore, I will demolish a dwelling where there are ten children.” Surely, we must start acting as leaders who are responsible to their country. We must start acting as leaders who have the hearts of their citizens. We are driving the citizens of this country to a point where they are living in despair. That is why blood pressure and depression are the fastest growing diseases in this country. That is because of the behaviour ... view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: I want to address my friend, the Minister for Lands. I want to say to my friend: “Read the law the way you used to read it when we were at the university. view