Prof. George Saitoti

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have no reason whatsoever to mislead this House. I have been in this House for a very long time. I cannot admit that I have received a report which I have not received. I have stated categorically that I have not received a copy of that report. view
• 5 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just perused this letter. It is dated 15th November, 2007. It is clear. Because of the institutional memory, it does not matter when a 2318 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 5, 2008 Minister comes into office, he is supposed to understand what goes on in that Ministry. However, I have stated again that I have not seen the report. The best I can do is to promise this House that, on the basis of this letter, which purports to state that the report was forward on 15th November, 2007, I will seek to ascertain its whereabout ... view
• 5 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is, indeed, very clear that the Committee was not appointed by the Minister. Of course, the appointing authority was His Excellency the President. I did make it clear at the very beginning that when a report is prepared, it has to be presented to the appointing authority. I stand by what I have said, which is that, so far, that report has not been handed over to the appointing authority. view
• 5 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to reaffirm what I said. I said that the letter which is dated 15th November, 2007--- I had stated earlier before your ruling that I will go to ascertain where such a report is. I had already given that undertaking. So, the question of saying that I should be named--- That is because you are named if you are telling a lie. I have not done that. I will not be worried if I am named! view
• 24 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to make my contributions to this Budget. At the very outset, I want to commend the Minister for Finance who, under an extremely difficult situation, has produced a very sound Budget. I say so because this Budget has been formulated against a very hostile economic environment, both globally and also here. Globally, it is a well known fact that today's international economy has also come under great stress by virtue of the fact that oil prices have increased to a very high level, which is totally unprecedented ... view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on 6th May, 2008, Mr. Mbau, the hon. Member for Maragua, rose on a point of order and sought a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security on the killing of two people namely, Mr. Charles Ndung'u Wagaca and Naftali Irungu, which occurred on Monday, 28th, April, 2008 at Lari 976 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 13, 2008 in Kiambu District. I do wish to state as follows:- On 28th April, 2008 at about 1300 hours, which time translates to 1 p.m., Lari Police Station received information that a saloon car Registration ... view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me attempt to respond to the observation made by Dr. Khalwale. It is true that, in my Ministerial Statement, I did not give the details of the registration numbers of the two vehicles, which had carried the people who are alleged to have committed the murder, precisely because the police were not there and the information that we have was given to the police by wananchi . So, the registration numbers of the two vehicles were not given; only the registration number of the vehicle which, incidentally, had carried two victims, was given because it ... view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: First of all, let me disabuse the notion that we are in a different Government. There is only one Government today. It is the Grand Coalition Government. That position is very clear. There are no contradictions here. First of all, I do not think there is any contradiction among the members of the Government that law and order must be enforced. Neither is there any contradiction among us as to the fact that we must, as a Government, provide protection to our people. The lives and property of Kenyans remain sacred and will be protected. That one is very clear. ... view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with all due respect, I do not think it is proper to discuss the Prime Minister while he is not here. I do not think it is proper to start discussing that issue. In fact, we cannot discuss any Member of Parliament by the way, it is part of the Standing Orders, without bringing a substantive Motion. What I have said is, and I am not going to retract it--- view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have stated very clearly that, first and foremost, the policy of the Government is to protect the lives of Kenyans. Secondly, it is to protect their property. That is the fundamental position. I have also made it very clear that, as the Minister in charge of internal security, my primary responsibility is to ensure that the policy of the Government of protecting the lives of Kenyans and their property is adhered to. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have then stated that it is not only the Vice-President and Minister of Home Affairs who talked about ... view