Erastus Mureithi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 341 to 350 of 402.

• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, having recognized that I have done a lot of exercises this morning, I would like to thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this wonderful Bill. It is a good Bill by the Member of Parliament for Mathira, because access to food commodities is a basic human right, which is enshrined in the constitution. In fact, by allowing our Kenyans to sometimes die, because they do not have food, then we are violating that basic human right; no country will allow its citizenry to die because they lack food. Therefore, ... view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to commend the Prime Minister for stating very eloquently how they will deal with the climate change in this country. view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: I have three points which I want him to clarify to us. There have been quite a lot of runoffs when it is raining in this country. Whenever it rains in Nairobi, many of us do have problems in driving. Some parts of Nairobi are dry or can be classified as arid or semi arid. What is the Government intending to do, so that it harvests rain water and uses it during the dry season? We can harvest rain water in all our towns and cities as it is being done in a country like Israel. view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: The second issue is that for a long time we have been talking about water towers in this country. In a country like Israel, they have established reservoirs where they direct rain water. Those reservoirs do not leak. We have Lake Ol Bolossat which feeds eight tributaries. Those eight tributaries feed Lake Naivasha and Garissa. I want him to tell us whether the Government is in a position to establish reservoirs. view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Finally, we have many functions like weddings and field days in this country. Recently, I had a field day in my constituency. To my disappointment, we only planted three trees although we wanted to plant more than 1,000. Probably, in the spirit of planting ten per cent of our farms with trees, whether he could come up with a policy that will compel people during those functions to plant trees. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would also like to seek clarification on Jet-link. The experience we have had is that Jet-link was fueling when the customers were lining up to enter the aircraft. Is it really safe for passengers to be next to an aircraft as it is being fueled considering that jet fuel is very flammable? That is the experience we had because they fueled the aircraft when we were queuing to enter into the Jet-link aircraft. view
• 2 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand here to support the Motion with amendments. I beg to move:- THAT, the Motion be amended- (a)(i) by deleting the word “an” appearing between the words “establish” and “additional” on the sixth line; (ii) by deleting the word “and” appearing between the words “Western” and “Nyanza” on the seventh line; (iii) by deleting the word “Centre” appearing immediately after the word “Cooling” on the sixth line and substituting therefor the word “Centres”. (b) by adding the words “Nyandarua and Meru regions” immediately after the word “Provinces” at the end of ... view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to ask the Assistant Minister to confirm how a flower firm has been operating without having done environmental impact assessment which takes neighbours into consideration. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Minister for Agriculture for the very good and informative presentation. I would also like to support the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: We say that agriculture is the backbone of this nation. I would like to support the views that have been expressed by the previous speakers with respect to agriculture. My biggest concern as a professional in that area is that over time, agriculture has been down- played at the expense of production and turning this nation into a subsistence nation. We will not sustain this country until we move from the production line, add value and then view