Gitobu Imanyara

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3671 to 3680 of 6851.

• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion and recommendation for Dr. Kobia’s appointment. view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he is a person well known to any person who has been involved in the struggle for the introduction of democratic reforms in this country, and particularly for the adoption of the new Constitution. His history in the NCCK and other places he served speaks volumes for itself. When the Committee met to determine whether or not to recommend the appointment of Rev. Dr. Kobia, they were unanimous that he qualified fully. They went further, as a result of reading extraneous matters that were raised by the media regarding his qualifications to have a second meeting ... view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I see no reason why this debate should be extended for long and I support this Motion. view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. In supporting it, I want at the very outset to thank the organization that forms Kenyans for Kenya for the very sterling job that they have done within a very short time, to identify with the people of parts of Kenya that have been marginalized for long. In particular, I also wish to congratulate and commend the efforts of the Red Cross Society of Kenya for the job that it has done in ensuring that this effort that resulted in raising of close to Kshs500 million within a very short ... view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: In an era when under the clear language of Article 35 the Government should be open and provide all information necessary, they are busy suppressing information. In the course of this suppression, we get situations arising in Kenya such as we got where thousands of Kenyans, thousands of livestock and vegetation is destroyed, yet we have a Government in place that claims it is serving the people of Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just the other day they refused to reduce the budget of the National Security and Intelligence Service (NSIS) which could have gone towards alleviating these problems. What ... view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I for one do appreciate the work that the Kenya Red Cross does, particularly in my constituency, when we have had a crisis. They have always responded very quickly at any request we have made. However, bearing in mind that the Kenya Red Cross Society was, in fact, formed through an Act of Parliament and the Assistant Minister has acknowledged that it needs support, could he assure this House that he will take measures to bring an amendment to this House to amend the law that established the Kenya Red Cross Society so that it can ... view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if there is nothing to hide, why is his answer leaving out the particulars of when the request was made so that, indeed, it arrived late? He said that the procurement unit under his Ministry requested authority, but he does not say when he requested that authority. When was it that he requested the authority that came in late? view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will have noticed that the issue of personal interest was not raised by the hon. Member, but was introduced by Mr. K. Kilonzo. Will I be in order to request Mr. K. Kilonzo to table the evidence that he alleges shows that this hon. Member has an interest in this matter through boreholes and CDF rather than speaking without any evidence and, therefore, cast aspersions on this hon. Member who has asked a Question? view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In answering the question as to when the request was made, he purported to read from the documents he has tabled. I have looked at these documents and none of them has that request. Could he, please, make available that information, even if not now, when he comes to give the answer? It is not among these documents! view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister should not pretend that he has no powers to ensure payment of salaries for these workers. We know that the law empowers the Minister to appoint prosecutors. We also know that the Labour office is prosecuting employers who fail to pay their employees’ salaries on regular basis. Why has the Assistant Minister not taken such action to instruct the prosecutors to investigate and prosecute this company that has defiantly refused to pay its workers? view