Eng. Ephraim Mwangi Maina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1311 to 1320 of 1598.

• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Through the Chair, I am addressing the Minister for Lands who happens to be my friend. view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, because of the interest in this matter, I wish to request the following: Let this Government sit down and compensate the people. Let the Government sit down and ensure that there will be no such sadistic and heartless demolitions anymore. view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Finally, I want to conclude by saying that let the Government, the Cabinet and every leader in this country analyze the statement which was made by that lady in the media. She said: “I hate this country!” She was in tears. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion and congratulate our forces for doing a good job. No country can sit back when its sovereignty is being threatened by some gangsters here and there. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I think we must start taking the security of this country seriously. Before our forces moved into Somalia, there were various insurgents entering this country in the north. Apart from that an English tourist was killed in Lamu. Barely two weeks later, a French lady was captured by the same gang. One asks himself: Where were the Kenyan security forces? I am not talking about the Army. We knew and have always known that we have a neighbour who is harbouring some terrorist groups. What has the security agents in this country done ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya and Somalia are two neighbouring countries that are friends. Truly, a problem with your neighbour is your problem. But we must be careful when handling the Somalia problem. We need to understand that the interest of this country comes first. Why am I saying this? It is because we do not want ever again to have our youth dying in Somalia because somehow we were not as prudent as it is happening now. This war is definitely a very expensive affair for this country. No country looks forward to going into any war with anybody. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other issue is that whether we like it or not, the terrorist gangs in Somalia truly cannot be in isolation. This country must be careful never to get embroiled in a situation where the international terrorists all the way in Afghanistan; Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab, take Kenya as an enemy. This is because that is a war that we may not be able to win. America, the western world and Europe have not won it and we are not in any way better equipped to deal with that kind of a situation. In this ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: We are talking of Lamu Port, but one wonders what port we are talking about if truly these terrorists can slip into the country. Can this Government assure Kenyans that the so-called Al Shabaab is not within our midst? I am asking this question because there have been stories or information that there was a threat on the last national holiday. We have seen some terrorist explorations. Can this Government assure Kenyans that whatever we are doing in Somalia--- We are fighting using jets and bombs, but what have we done about the likely insurgents that may be within us? ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let others in this world who believe in the peace of this world truly come in through the proposal given here. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me conclude my statement. view