Gitobu Imanyara

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4761 to 4770 of 6851.

• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, again without asking the Minister to name these NGOs that he is investigating, could he assure the House that he has already taken steps to freeze the bank accounts of those NGOs and traced the usage of the money from those accounts? view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support my good friend, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government, in seeking these funds for his Ministry. I hope he will be able to explain to us, when we go into the Committee Stage, what appears to be a big discrepancy between the sum sought in the Committee and what appears in the statement here to be a sum of Kshs17 billion. At the Committee Stage, the Minister will be seeking Kshs2 billion. Maybe that will be explained when he rises to speak. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, ... view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The House has voted that Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair. Can you explain the circumstances under which you have continued to sit on the Chair? view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs has began by stating that he is aware of the provisions of the new Constitution which requires the oath to be taken in his own word within 24 hours. Therefore, is he in order to move this Motion which on the very face of it and by his own admission, is in breach of the same provision that he is citing? view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you rule, and I fully associate myself with the submissions of the Member for Chepalungu, I would like to invite you to look at Standing Order No.47(2) which reads: “Before giving notice of Motion, the Member shall deliver to the Clerk a copy of the proposed Motion in writing and signed by the Member, and the Clerk shall submit the proposed Motion to the Speaker.” Standing Order No.47(3)(b) reads: “If the Speaker is of the opinion that any proposed Motion is contrary to the Constitution without expressly proposing appropriate amendment of the Constitution”--- view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, to add on to what the Member for Chepalungu has said and what I said earlier, clearly, moving the effective date upon which the Members of Parliament will swear is contrary to the Constitution, because Saturday is not the effective date. view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the proposed amendment. For a long time we have been fighting the so called culture of imperial presidency where the President controlled all affairs of citizens including this House. We are going to a new dispensation where institutions of Government must respect each other. If you look at the proposed programme for tomorrow, you notice that it is as if it is designed for the protection of one arm of the Government and, the appropriate times that are given is like the National Assembly is playing a secondary role. As one of my ... view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Unfortunately, there are only two minutes remaining and I am going to give them to Mr. Musila. view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Minister, unless you want to give any of your colleagues a minute, it is time for you to reply. view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: The Chairman of the Budget Committee would have been a good person. view