Esther Murugi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 381 to 390 of 541.

• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you read the newspapers on Saturday, the day after, it actually carried the whole thing. I really would ask the hon. Member that I do not revisit this issue. It has caused me a lot of stress because, first of all, I know my good friends who have died of HIV/AIDS. I have relatives who have HIV/AIDS and at no time did I wish anybody to be isolated. So, I would rather let it rest there! view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think that would really be helpful. In fact, I was wondering where all the hon. Members disappeared to when I was being crucified. So, I think we should make a statement and I hope the Departmental Committee on Health which is chaired by Dr. Monda will issue a Press Statement. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was actually going to request to make a Statement next week, so that what I said in Mombasa can come out clearly and also state the Government policy. I will, therefore, give a Statement next week, if that is okay with the hon. Member. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can do it on Wednesday morning. view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will do so after one more hon. Member has contributed. view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I deeply feel what hon. Members are saying regarding this drought. I wish to announce that in October last year, my Ministry gave a notice about what was to be expected from the month of December. The line Ministries were given details of what they should do to ensure that minimum lives and livestock are lost and how to mop up the maize that was cultivated by the farmers. view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think it was a slip of the tongue. I know people die every day from other sources apart from hunger. So, excuse me if I said the wrong thing. As you know, we feed one million Kenyans under the Protracted Relief and Recovery Programme and 1.6 million Kenyans are fed through the World Food Programme (WFP). We expect that in the next two to three months, this number will rise to five million. I want to assure hon. Members that as we were doing the tour yesterday, we wanted to ascertain whether the farmers have ... view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Unfortunately, one of the things we have realized is that although we have food and we are delivering food, in many areas there is no water. In Turkana where I was yesterday, we were assured that 28 dams and pans had been dug in 2008 but only 13 are functioning. We want to know through the Ministry of Water and Irrigation what happened to the other 15 dams and pans. I hope they are going to brief me. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also want to do mitigation on a short term basis. This is to make sure that we ... view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to strongly oppose this amendment. It is only on a few occasions that we have women being appointed to those seats. We do not want another woman. We want that woman. She is qualified and when I checked last, we did not have a region called Rift Valley. We have counties. So, I beg to oppose the amendment. view
• 16 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to first of all seek an apology for coming in late. I came here running. I got this Question yesterday, late in the afternoon and I had to pass by the office to see if the answer was ready. They are still working on it and I would like to seek the indulgence of the hon. Member that I answer it in the next sitting. view