Prof. George Saitoti

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 31 to 40 of 271.

• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the allegation that the Government has not carried out sufficient sensitization for people to be aware of dangerous weapons, I want to say that that is an opinion. I also want to stress the following: We are willing, and I am ready, to be supplied with as much information as possible, including even more information on other methods that we can use, but which are not in place. We welcome that because the issue we are dealing with today is not a question of a blown up exercise. Our country is grieved today and we are ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe we have done as much as possible, and we are continuing to explore many other methods to ensure that we deal effectively with this evil called Al Shabaab. I will say the following, we are open to suggestions. We are open to pools of knowledge. We do not claim that we have monopoly of knowledge. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have no reason whatsoever to challenge anything at all on that order. I greatly oblige. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be quite happy with next Tuesday. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to assure the august House that I am going to direct that the investigations be expedited as quickly as possible. That is an extremely unfortunate act. We want to determine exactly the circumstances in which the bullets were fired at the person in question. But, in the meantime, we can look into the issue of medical treatment. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sure the House will appreciate that circumstances vary from case to case. Depending on the complexity of the case, time can be longer. But I believe this is a fairly straightforward case. The situation is that the police had been called to arrest a thief who had been apprehended by wananchi. When the police went and rescued that thief as is in accordance with the law, there was a reaction on the part of the public. They started throwing stones at the police. I agree that what the police should have done is to ... view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have already stated that I am making efforts to ensure that the investigations are carried out expeditiously. I believe that will entail an outcome of a report or a preliminary report. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have been waiting for a report. As a result of the fact that I am still waiting for that report, I have said--- I will ask the police to expedite investigations and present a report to me. That is precisely what I am doing! I want a proper report on this matter. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me state clearly that it is a matter of regret. We are now talking of a person who died in the course of the police trying to rescue the life of another Kenyan. You cannot say that he was a thief; he was a suspected thief. He may very well not have been a thief and, therefore, the police went to try and rescue that person from mob justice. The issue here is to ascertain the reasons why the police did not fire in the air. Even if they fired in the air, how come ... view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that we are basically repeating the same question that was put to me. I am on record as saying that the medical treatment of the person with an injury is going to be looked into. view