Gideon Sitelu Konchella

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to also congratulate the Mover for bringing this wonderful Bill to the House. view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: A lot of Kenyans have suffered. A lot of families have become paupers as a result of not knowing the whereabouts of their relatives’ financial assets. A lot of people, especially men, tend to hide their property. They do not include it in their wills. When they pass on, their families do not know where the money is. Most of it is stuck overseas in banks. Therefore, the Authority that we are going to set up under this law will follow up and ensure that the right people access such financial assets. So, I want to congratulate hon. Lekuton for ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: I beg to support. view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to also add my voice to this problem of Somalia. Let me start by thanking the Committee for the Report that is quite good. Let me start by sending my own personal condolences to the soldiers who perished the other day because of a helicopter crash when they were defending the country and trying to stabilize that nation of Somalia. I want to support the Government and encourage it for the bold decision they have taken to address this matter. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it has taken us so many years ... view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Al Shabaab has been carrying on piracy in the Indian Ocean. At the moment, piracy is going down because there is a lot of international intervention, but they have now turned Kenya into a soft target. They have now turned to kidnapping tourists who come to this country to get the same money they would get through piracy. They are deliberately destroying the Kenyan economy and we are not going to allow this. I would urge the Government to work with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia for the next years, because this is going ... view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: We have a huge refugee camp at Daadab. As soon as we stabilize Somalia, this camp should be removed from Kenya and taken to Somalia. The United Nations should support the Government by giving enough funds to set up this camp, so that these people can be moved out of Kenya and be protected and provided for in their own country. It is women and children who are suffering. We can encourage many of them who are in Kenya to go back, so that they can set up their economy and develop their country. Keeping Somalis in Kenya is straining ... view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are warlords who are here and they are part and parcel of the Somalia problem. We must tell these people in no uncertain terms that they either support the Transitional Government or they leave Kenya. Our National Security Intelligence Service should identify those criminal elements who are in Kenya today instead of harassing the community because they are known. We also want to ask the Somali community in Kenya to expose criminal elements among them who are hiding here. Already the Al Shabaab are saying that they are going to start bombing Nairobi. How are ... view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Let me thank the Government for moving into Somalia. I want to encourage the Government to work and stabilize Somalia once and for all, so that we can move these people out of Kenya. The United Nations should get involved and provide education for the children. We have to educate the Somali children for the next 20 years before the country stabilizes. The United Nations has to do this. The IGAD should, therefore, move in to reconcile the leadership of Somalia. We should bring everybody on board. You should not discriminate or kill other people because they are not with ... view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, now that the Assistant Minister has agreed that the money was misused, could he, therefore, undertake an audit of the misused money, so that he can take appropriate action to recover it? This is Government money and it should not be lost. Somebody must pay for it. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Surely, somebody must be held accountable for whatever action. That is because that money was not just sent to the air. It was sent to somebody who was responsible. That person who received the money and put it in his books should be held accountable. Therefore, he should tell us where the money is. view