Eng. Ephraim Mwangi Maina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 881 to 890 of 1598.

• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: aircraft leaves Singapore and flies all the way to Europe. It makes money from delivery of flowers three times a week. Why is it that we cannot do it even better? When the Committee looks into the issue of macadamia nuts, they should broaden the study and see how they can advise and guide this country. We should retrace where we missed our step when exploiting great resources that God gave us, such as water and good climate that make it possible for us to grow certain types of crops four times a year. We should be at that point. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: Thank you very much. I beg to support. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to welcome our brother, Sen. Ayacko, who is a seasoned politician. Truly, he is the right candidate for this House. His immense experience will definitely contribute to the challenges that face this country through his contributions in this House and in other fora that he will take part in. It is also true that the people of Migori needed a steady man like Sen. Ayacko, to steer them into the future. I feel Sen. Ayacko has just come at the right time and we look forward to his contributions through the dynamics that are ... view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion that this matter should be looked into thoroughly by this House. The people of Marmanet who used to live in the forest are just a part of many others who have suffered this kind of situation. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: My friend here, Sen. Kinyua mentioned that there were people who have been resettled in Solio. I want to tell him that those people suffered the same fate, and it took a lot of effort to get them settled somewhere else. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there used to be the shamba system in this country which was working successfully. People used to go and cultivate in the forests and take care of the trees. The whole thing worked very well until sometimes back between 1988 to the 1990s, when they were all removed from the forests because of political gimmicks. The people of Marmanet are a good example of all the people who were removed from forests through political gimmicks and most of them live miserably. It is time this House came up with a methodology to make it mandatory for ... view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, kindly add me one more minute to conclude. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is necessary for this House to come up with a decision for resettlement of people from Marmanet and other places. In Nyeri County, we have many people in Kiandogoro and other places who similarly need to be settled. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Petition. There is no doubt that it is long overdue. This country should in whatever new ventures, for example, buildings, new notes and so forth, cater for our disadvantaged members of the society. Therefore, the new notes should be printed taking that into consideration. I wish to make a comment that I heard somebody saying the new notes will make old notes obsolete and illegal. This is a substantive issue which should be looked into. We all want to fight corruption. We want the CBK to declare like India ... view
• 16 Oct 2018 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view