Francis Thombe Nyammo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 111 to 120 of 148.

• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am grateful that you have given me this opportunity to speak on the draft Constitution. My first reaction is: Lets us accept and pass it the way it is. view
• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: There is always a starting point and as a country, we cannot afford to make one step forward and two steps backwards. We have come a long way. We have entrusted this process to our own; the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC). They have come with a proposal and, personally, I think it is very good. There are issues like the Kadhis courts. We have the Kadhis courts in our old Constitution. We will have them in this new Constitution. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to pose a question or two. when I look at the Kadhis courts ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. The President spoke and gave guidance to the country and this House. However, there are some matters that should have been settled long time ago. The first one is the issue of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). We have had IDPs who lost their loved ones and properties in camps for the last two years. Whose responsibility is it to settle them? Do they not belong to Kenya? Are they not Kenyans? Why do we want to continue paying homage to their sufferings? Why ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: buy farms to settle the IDPs? Why should we continue to make them paupers? Their children do not have an opportunity to acquire the education that they are entitled to. The other issue is with regard to our youth. We have, as we know, a very young population. About 60 per cent of our population is composed of the youth. What are we doing to make them feel that they belong to this country? I know we had the Youth Enterprise Fund (YEF). A fund which, probably could have been managed better than it was. We had the Kazi kwa ... view
• 25 Feb 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. May I propose that the Question be put? view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education:- (a) whether he could state the amount of money disbursed to Tetu Constituency to finance Primary School Infrastructure Improvement Programme (PSII); (b) whether he could table the list of primary schools in Tetu that have benefited from this fund, indicating the amount disbursed to each school; and (c) when the Ministry will increase allocation under the fund, considering that infrastructure in most schools is inadequate. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minster aware that the work done in those schools is of poor quality compared to the work done by the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF)? If so, is he prepared to initiate audit to make sure that those schools get value for their money? view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister aware that the work done in those schools is of poor quality compared to the work done by the CDF? The classrooms funded by the CDF appear to cost less than the amount disbursed by the Ministry, and yet they are done better? view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Are you aware that we have no quorum in the House to continue discussing this very important Bill? view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Is the Assistant Minister aware that it is not enough to have students in the classrooms, without teaching and learning materials, and, therefore, see the urgency of remitting funds for procurement of the same? view