Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: When my deputy was moving this Bill, he said that it is only the Kenyan citizens who are licensed to do betting and gambling. It is unconstitutional to deny foreigners investments. Our President has been to many countries in the world looking for foreign direct investment. Foreigners bring money for our country’s development. This is an important Bill. view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, protect me from Hon. Ichung’wah and Hon. Midiwo, my deputy. This Bill touches on Kenyans and we understand the pain of those who kill themselves--- view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I did not sign this Bill because it was a Private Member’s Bill. It is now purported that I signed it. We never discussed this Bill as a party. It is a shame that someone is now purporting that I signed it. view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, please protect me because they have already contributed. They should not spend my time. view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there was a request by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, Hon. Were to give him time to look at the best 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
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: practices so that we can have a conclusive Bill, that covers everything. Why are we rushing? I will not support a Bill that is not inclusive. Hon. Speaker, the former President of Uganda, Idi Amin chased Asians so that Ugandans could get farms, but they have now realised it was not a good idea. Asians had knowledge on sugar farming. They are now calling back investors. He chased people from their land and gave it to Africans. Today, Zimbabwe imports meat, maize and everything. We cannot restrict foreigners from investing. We can regulate but we cannot keep away people who ... view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for your solomonic wisdom and ruling. There are many accidents on the roads and people are blamed for having taken beer. We do not legislate to ban beer drinking but we regulate it. It is the same with gambling and betting. All I appeal to Members is that there are four major betting companies in this country; betway, view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: , betin and mCHEZA . There are other smaller ones. If people have invested money and they are paying taxes, what we should do is to ask the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to collect taxes and be effective. However, you cannot close someone’s business if they have invested money. We can regulate and try to prevent those bad things from taking place. view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: This Bill is of great concern to Kenyans because of what is happening. It wants to replace the Betting Control and Licencing Board with an authority. view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I can see there is confusion. We want harmony. We operate through traditions. We have our rules on the way we operate. If a chairman of a Committee that is supposed to do certain work requests for additional time, it is only fair to give that Committee time so that they look at it. A Committee is better than one or two people. You cannot be pushed to do something that I would not say unconstitutional, but a shortcut. It will save our country. This Bill introduces some very stiff penalties and fines which run into ... view