Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. view
• 3 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Traffic (Amendment) Bill be now read a Third Time. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister of State for Special Programmes the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Could the Minister provide a detailed account of the history of all droughts and floods experienced in Kenya in the last ten years and particulars of the victims thereof? (b) What interventions, if any, have been made by the Government in addressing the above cases and what policy or remedial measures have been put in place to address present and future similar occurrences, threats and challenges? (c) What steps is the Government taking to ensure that no Kenyan ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is shocking that this country has experienced floods in different areas such as Nyando in Nyanza, Namanjalala in Trans Nzoia and Budalangi in Busia. We have had drought in the northern parts of this country and Ukambani for a long time. In the last ten years, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced. Some have died. Crops have been destroyed. Livestock has been lost. However, it has taken this Government over ten years to develop a policy to deal with this situation. Could the Assistant Minister confirm to the House when the Government intends ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, looking at the answer the Assistant Minister has provided on the current drought, he has indicated that over three million people are currently affected. If the drought persists, he says this number could increase up to five million people. He has indicated nowhere that a Kenyan has died. We have heard one or two cases of people who have died because of this drought in the north. How come he has not indicated cases of deaths apart from those who are affected by the drought? Could he also indicate how much money the Government has set ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose this Motio both as a lawyer and a lawmaker. As a student of international law, I do know that there are procedures in which a nation can show displeasure with a representative of another nation, whether it is the Ambassador or the High Commissioner of that particular nation. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, these are normal channels in international relations and there are channels that any dignified nation should follow. That should start with the Government sending a protest note, which can be done through the Head of State or through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressing reservations or grounds on which the displeasure is expressed. That can be done in the normal diplomatic channels, without necessarily resorting to an open and embarrassing confrontation that can strain relations between nations. I do say so, because today we live in a global village. What we do and say in this ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I speak, we might not like Ambassador Ranneberger. In fact, we might even call him a later day Governor of this nation, the last Governor having left this country. We look at the colour of his skin; we look at, probably, his utterances that we do not like. However, we must look beyond Ambassador Ranneberger. We must look at who sent him here. We will then realize that we are talking to Barrack Obama, the President of the United States of America. As I speak today, what we say here in expressing our displeasure ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, looking at the Motion itself, the reasons advance why we are seeking to censure the American Ambassador. We are saying that his activities have portrayed Kenyan leaders in negative light. In the cause of debate, we have been told that there were some Wikileaks and they had said certain unkind things about our leaders. These are innuendos and rumours. We, as a nation, cannot risk straining our relationship with one of our biggest allies in the free world on the basis of rumours contained in the so-called Wikileaks. Whatever was said in those Wikileaks was ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support this Motion. As we speak today, 2015 is just a few years to come. It will not be possible to meet the MDGs. Next year will be 2012 and we will only have three years to go. However, among the goals and targets set, the issue of reduction of extreme poverty and hunger still remains the biggest challenge to our nation. It is a challenge that our founding fathers declared one of our greatest enemies at Independence. It still remains the biggest challenge we face today, over 40 ... view