George Thuo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 191 to 200 of 247.

• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wanted to ask the Minister now that, in the past our land has been used to reward politically-correct people, but, for the first time, I can see what looks like a very good project, could he clarify how many more of such projects the Government is proposing, where and whether we can continue with that trend? view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. In his response, particularly to part "b", the Minister singled out fuel as being one of the biggest contributors of inflation. Now, if that is the case, what is he doing, in view of the fact that, one, fuel prices did not come down in November, despite the movement in international crude oil prices. That is because in the absence of any action on the part of the Government, it means that we will sit here and, day in, day out, blame the fuel, but we will not have declining inflation! What is ... view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Minister is being a bit dis-ingenious. If you think about his answer, he is, on the one hand, saying that the Government has the ability to subsidize inputs like fertilizer, and assuming that fuel is not an input! That is number one. Number two, when the Minister states that we have a free economy and we have freed any subject to control, he dismisses the fact that his colleague has said here before that they are looking at price controls. Thirdly, when the Minister comes and runs away from ... view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my clarification is on the issue of the rationale behind importing maize at fairly astronomical prices compared to the current ones. Why would you not offer our farmers, who are said to be holding stocks of maize, a discount of up to 30 per cent or 40 per cent against the imported maize? Are we cutting our noses to spit on our faces? view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, being a very serious matter and I know that the Minister is aware how anxious this country is on this issue, would I be in order to ask him to be very specific? The matter he is being requested to deal with is not directly related to either the procurement of maize by those specific Members of Parliament for relief but for commercial purposes or for their companies, associates or anybody else. That is the point that he needs to address. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. If you will just indulge me for a minute, you have allowed the Minister to introduce a few debatable points. I will give an example. He has posed the question: Do we want to pay our farmers Kshs2,500 per sack with the attendant rise in the cost of flour for instance? That is debatable? Secondly, should the NCPB top brass remain in office while we continue to investigate their conduct? Thirdly, why should we not liberalise the importation now that the Government is importing at a higher price than they are paying ... view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I was building up my point of order. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the hon. Member to disparage the character of a person? view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is it in order for Dr. Khalwale to make unsubstantiated allegations against people who cannot defend themselves on the Floor of this House? view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view