Gitobu Imanyara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, for the convenience of the House, the business of the House is now interrupted and the House stands adjourned to Tuesday, 13th December, at 2.30 p.m. view
• 8 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: The House rose at 6.30 p.m. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you heard the Assistant Minister mention hon. Ojode. Is he acknowledging that the substantive Minister is incapable of answering Questions in this House? Why is he not explaining to us where the Minister is before talking about the Assistant Minister? Should this House take it that, that office is run by hon. Ojode? If it is, why can they not elevate him to a full Ministerial rank? view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate your ruling and I respect it, but the business of the House cannot be held hostage by the conduct of hon. Members when we have a Leader of Government Business. Could the Leader of Government Business be directed to ensure that while the Minister is serving the sanctions, another Minister answers this Question, because it is the property of the House? view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Questioner is the Chair of the Select Committee on IDP, of which I serve. My request is for clarification on the answer given on part “c” regarding the policy. You will recall that when this House extended the terms of reference of the Committee to December this year, part of the reason was to enable us to come with a draft Bill before this House. During our Committee’s meetings, the Ministry had undertaken to ensure that this policy is communicated to the House well before the terms of reference come to an end, so that we ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you heard the Assistant Minister correctly, he said that the deaths that have occurred in this particular section of the road were as a result of the design of that road. Now that there is admission by the Assistant Minister that the cause of the accidents that resulted in the death of so many Kenyans was bad design of that road, could the Government take responsibility for compensating the various Kenyans who have died on this section of the road? view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I merely took up from what he said; that before they aligned the road, many accidents had occurred and many people had died. It is an acknowledgement. Those deaths need not to have happened if the road had been put up in the manner it is now. There would have been no need for realignment of this road, which has caused the deaths of so many Kenyans. The Assistant Minister is admitting that the accidents were as a result of the Government’s failure to realign the roads during construction. All I ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Both the old and the current Constitutions have created the doctrine of collective responsibility. So, if a Question reaches the Government and the Government acknowledges that the Question falls under another Department, rather than coming to the House and declaring that the Question should be directed to the other Department of Government, is it not the mandate or requirement of that Minister to re-direct the Question through internal mechanisms, so that we do not waste parliamentary time by having Questions being referred to another Ministry when they are perfectly aware that ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do recall I was in the House that day. The reason that you ordered this Question deferred is because the Minister started by saying “No, I am not aware.” So, is it in order for him to rise and start again to answer the Question that was rejected by the Chair on the basis that he could not stand and say: “No, I am not aware”? view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have great respect for this Assistant Minister who is also a great friend of mine. Not too long ago the Assistant Minister, the Member for South Imenti and I, toured this area and confirmed that the list of the projects that he had had misallocated the sites of these dams. Having looked at the answer that he has given this morning, again, I see that the same has been repeated in relation to Kianjuri Dam which is listed as being in Meru Central while the Assistant Minister knows from visiting the site that it is ... view