Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also take this opportunity to add my voice to the HELB Bill. First, this Bill has come at the right time. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: During the Third Reading, I suggest that the HELB be decentralised because it is becoming very difficult for applicants countrywide to apply. As an hon. Member has said, it takes a lot of time for one to know whether his or her application has gone through or not. Because of the distance, most of time, the students approach the Members of Parliament to find out whether their applications have been fruitful or not. Therefore, as much as we support this initiative, we should decentralise this function so that it is done at the county level. It is very expensive for ... view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for protecting me. Some students join university at a very tender age. As the Bill suggests, the applicants should do it under the guidance of their parents or guardians. I know of cases where students join university at the age of 17. As you know, identity cards are very difficult to get in this country. Therefore, some students do not get IDs until they are 23 years old. Again, this must be flexible. We should amend the Bill so that the applicants can apply either through their parents or guardians. As has been mentioned ... view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill has come at the right time. I have a family that has been coming to me concerning somebody who is now in Malaysia, and has been sentenced to death. More so, the family cannot even access the child. The story is that the child was not actually the one who was on the wrong, but her classmate. She had gone for studies and did not know that she was staying with a wrong person. That girl has been sentenced to death as we speak now. The family has come to me and, basically, I ... view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: However, we have the other side - particularly the terrorists. The terrorists are there. We have hardcore criminals who are out there. They will be very happy to come to our country because they know once they are here; they can always buy their freedom. We hope the Attorney-General and whoever is going to be involved will be looking at each case on its own merit, rather than having people coming here and yet, they are hardcore criminals. Of course, we know the level of corruption in this country. I know for sure that people coming from America, Africa or ... view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity, like the others to support and approve the ratification of this Protocol on very many issues that have been said. One of which, as mentioned, the development part of this Protocol on the railway line will help us as a region to extend up to other regions from Rwanda, Burundi, the Republic of Congo and the rest of the continent. This will enable us to expand the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: market. As you know, Kenya is the hub of the region and with this railway line, I know they will expand the businesses to and beyond the East African Community (EAC). Two, I know that Kenya will benefit because we are more educated. I am proud to say that Kenya has a very big educated workforce. Therefore, we can do business over and beyond the region’s borders because Kenyans are very enterprising. No wonder you see them setting up businesses over and above what we are seeing at the moment. So, the opening up of the railway line will develop ... view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity. I also want to take this opportunity to support the Bill. It is a very important Bill in the agricultural sector. It provides for the legislative framework, development and governance of investment in this sector. I come from a maize growing area. When I took leadership of the region as a Member of Parliament, having worked in the lake region, I embarked on fish farming as an alternative to the predominant activity of maize farming. Today, my constituents have taken up the activity of aquaculture. As I speak, over 40 farmers ... view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: countries. This Bill will help us to deal with the way we handle our fish products for export. The Government has taken an initiative to protect fishing within our borders, particularly in big oceans like the Indian Ocean. As a Member of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives, we have approved some money to purchase a vessel that can patrol the waters, so that foreigners do not exploit fish in our areas. We will have surveillance, so that whoever is caught exploiting our fish resources is arrested and charged. Therefore, the fact that this Bill seeks to control ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you for the opportunity, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thought I was going to be cut short. view