Prof. George Saitoti

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 61 to 70 of 271.

• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not in any way trying to evade the question, but on the point of view of collective responsibility, that question will be answered very ably by my hon. colleague in the Ministry of Energy. It is not only the DC’s office or even the police quarters where we have interruption of power, but it is a general problem. This problem is occasioned by many other factors, including at a time like now, when we have drought, the water levels are fairly low. view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said, there was an oversight here. There was no provision of the funds to connect power to this particular office. As I said, I do not want to defend a position that I morally believe was wrong. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, essentially what the hon. Member has given, and which was given here--- Much of that information is already in the answer I have given. In my supplementary--- view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in my Statement yesterday I sought to be given time to look into this matter--- view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that will be tabled. However, I would like to say here categorically that yesterday I said that I needed time to look into this Question and ensure that there is no more information or further information that has not yet come. After looking at this matter very carefully, I came up with this answer. The answer that I have given today basically captures what was given by my Assistant Minister. They know--- view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me just say--- view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as per the law today, when there is such an allegation against the police, it is the police that does it. This is something that we have already observed and that is why very shortly I will bring a Bill before this House to establish an Independent Police Oversight Authority. This is because it is wrong as is the case today--- There is a legal lacuna because if there is an allegation against the police, it is the same police which is mandated to carry out investigations as per the law. We hope to do away ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to inform this House that there is no policy set out by the Government intended to eliminate young people in this country leave alone Murang’a because the youth of this country is the future of this country. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what we are aware about is the fact that there exists a plethora of organized criminal gangs who have been carrying out criminal activities, including killing each other in their own fight. It is not long ago that I brought view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in no way am I misleading the House. It is, indeed, true that data vary from place to place depending on the scope of activities of the criminal gang and where it is. However, on what was sought from me, there are criminal gangs. Let us own up to that truth. We are leaders and we have criminal gangs in various places who have been committing criminal activities, including killing innocent people or even killing each other. view