Francis Chachu Ganya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir--- view
• 26 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I want to support the Appropriations Bill No.11 of 2013. As I do so, I really want to commend our Budget and Appropriations Committee which has worked under very stringent and very difficult times to produce a very positive and well focused budget. I really want to comment on their guiding principle whereby as a nation we should not subsidize consumption, but we can subsidize production so that this country can develop; using the guiding and development principles from the nations which have done very well, including the Asian Tigers. We need to invest more ... view
• 25 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. While I appreciate the position and the statement made by the Leader of Majority Party, is it in order for him to state that politicians or people who have chosen to be politicians should not be diplomats; when today Dr. Kituyi is going to head a global body and he is a politician like me and you? Is the hon. Member in order to criminalize that legal profession? view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, the Leader of the Majority Party in this House is the bridge between the Executive and this House. He made a statement that any administration under a presidential system will have its people. Those are the words he used. Some of us have been to the USA where there is a real presidential system and we know how it works. It does not work that way. He can talk about Cabinet Secretaries, ambassadors and Principal Secretaries, but civil servants are permanent and pensionable. He has to--- view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, the Leader of the Majority Party in this House is the bridge between the Executive and this House. He made a statement that any administration under a presidential system will have its people. Those are the words he used. Some of us have been to the USA where there is a real presidential system and we know how it works. It does not work that way. He can talk about Cabinet Secretaries, ambassadors and Principal Secretaries, but civil servants are permanent and pensionable. He has to--- view
• 22 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, aware that over 600 pieces of ivory worth Kshs100 million were intercepted at the Port of Mombasa in March, 2013, headed for Indonesia; concerned that more than 1000 elephants have died in the last 3 years; aware that the Government declared poaching in the country a disaster; noting that a pound of ivory can now fetch more than 1,000 dollars in the black market, and as result tens of thousands of elephants are slaughtered across Africa; also aware that the Far East, and China in particular is a market ... view
• 22 May 2013 in National Assembly: In 1973, Kenya had 167,000 elephants. In 1989, it was reduced by poachers to 6,000. During the same period, our rhino population in this country was 20,000. It was reduced to less than 3,000 rhinos during the same period. Through Government measures and commitment from the international community, this trend was reversed. Today, this country has 38,000 elephants, the fourth largest population in the world. Also, it has about 1,025 rhinos, which is the third largest population on earth. This population of the elephants and rhinos needs to be protected as our national heritage as well as a major driver ... view
• 22 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the black market for ivory trade is conducted through cyber space which is hard for the police. According to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), there are 17,847 elephant products posted on 13 websites in china alone. You can imagine how rampant it can be in other parts of the world. There are many drivers for poaching in this country. The first is the rising prices of ivory and rhino horns due to high demand both locally and internationally. In addition, a band of ivory can now fetch over USÂŁ1000 in China. There is also a ... view
• 22 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I want to appreciate the Leader of the Majority Party for a very solid response that he has given. Being in the Opposition, I will get him into a meaningful engagement, and will not just oppose for the sake of it. I think that is cost effective. view
• 22 May 2013 in National Assembly: This Jubilee Government, a coalition Government with two principals, do you not think it will be in order and cost effective to actually buy a private jet for the Deputy President? view