15 Feb 2024 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have to see exactly what is happening around. On this Bill, I ask those opposed to it that let us enrich it. Let us come up with corrections to point out what is missing and what we need to add so that we can pass this Bill. Let us look outside the box. We are talking about creation of jobs. I have a project in my constituency and the other day the Deputy President came and helped me in fundraising. There are over 120 youth and women casual workers employed in the project. They were casual ...
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15 Feb 2024 in National Assembly:
Excuse me. I do not need him to shout at me. You are out of order. The casual workers were very impressed because we have been talking about creation of informal jobs. We have professionals out there who do welding and masonry among other casual jobs. There are no formal jobs. Housing creates jobs in rural areas. From 1960 to 1963 and up to now, almost 60 years down the line, there is a lot of migration into urban areas and somebody mentioned that. The migrants get into urban areas, but they do not get adequate housing. I was one ...
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15 Feb 2024 in National Assembly:
I assure Members that this affordable housing scheme is one way of improving the economy. If you move around Nairobi City County, you will see that the boys and girls who do not have jobs do not even know where to go. I ask the Leader of the Minority Party and the other Members opposing this Bill to come up with some issues that can enrich it so that we can pass it for the benefit of Kenyans. It is not for your benefit or mine; it is for the benefit of Kenyans. Therefore, it is only fair that we ...
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4 Oct 2023 in National Assembly:
On a point of order.
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4 Oct 2023 in National Assembly:
On a point of order.
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4 Oct 2023 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, let us be a bit conscious. I think the point raised by our friend from Ijara Constituency is more important. He wants us to talk about what is happening in that area rather than bring in the issue of Haiti. Hon. Atandi is completely out of order. We should not allow this kind of thing. We will talk about the Haiti matter that everybody is talking about later. We are talking about a situation in which three people have been abducted. That means we should do something about it and ask the police to do something about ...
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4 Oct 2023 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, let us be a bit conscious. I think the point raised by our friend from Ijara Constituency is more important. He wants us to talk about what is happening in that area rather than bring in the issue of Haiti. Hon. Atandi is completely out of order. We should not allow this kind of thing. We will talk about the Haiti matter that everybody is talking about later. We are talking about a situation in which three people have been abducted. That means we should do something about it and ask the police to do something about ...
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4 Oct 2023 in National Assembly:
(Kwanza, FORD-K): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity at long last. First and foremost, I want to thank Hon. Muriu for coming up with this very important Motion. How I wish that the Chairman of the NG-CDF Committee was present. I think most of what we are talking about involves him. I hope you will have time to brief him on the Members’ perspectives on the same. I stand to support this Motion because funding must be expanded to accommodate the changes in our education sector. Again, this is our own making. We should look for ...
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4 Oct 2023 in National Assembly:
(Kwanza, FORD-K): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity at long last. First and foremost, I want to thank Hon. Muriu for coming up with this very important Motion. How I wish that the Chairman of the NG-CDF Committee was present. I think most of what we are talking about involves him. I hope you will have time to brief him on the Members’ perspectives on the same. I stand to support this Motion because funding must be expanded to accommodate the changes in our education sector. Again, this is our own making. We should look for ...
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4 Oct 2023 in National Assembly:
Most Members of Parliament participated in this programme. You could find parents taking their children to school when it is feeding time. After that they would go away with their children. I witnessed that in my village. Therefore, if we are going to have the capitation for this programme, we should be very strict on who participates in it so as to encourage children to stay in school. Some parents are very careless as to take their children to school during feeding time and then go away on the pretext that the children are unwell. This is something we have ...
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