Gitobu Imanyara

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5661 to 5670 of 6851.

• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is one of the only two Ministries that have executive roles in Government. As the Minister for Local Government, it is within the Minister’s powers to actually call for that contract and cancel it, particularly where it reveals commission of criminal offences. Is it in order for the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government to tell us that there is nothing he can do, because it is an agreement between two parties, when the agreement shows the commission of criminal offences? Can he not, himself, resolve this matter if, as he has been informed, ... view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I too wish to thank the Minister for the concerns that he has addressed. Given that the directors of Dawa Limited, may be directors in other companies because they operate in cartels, could he check and find out that the directors of Dawa Limited will not be allowed to transact any business under any other name? That disqualification should extend to the shareholders and directors of this company. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You will recall that before the Budget was read, I sought an undertaking from the Ministry of Finance, and an undertaking was given that they would table the National External Debts Register for financial years 2008/2009 and 2009/2010. That undertaking was given, but, given the situation that the Minister faced at the time of the Budget, we agreed that he would so this week. I am wondering when that Debt Register will be tabled. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to echo what my sister, Ms. Karua, has said regarding my concerns that your direction is to the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. My concern is that the Minister for Provincial Administration and Internal Security is a Minister in the Office of the President. The President resides at State House. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: After this event happened, the State House, through the Presidential Press Service (PPS) issued a very virulent dismissive and highly defamatory statement in which it outrightly rejected the existence of the letter saying that it was a figment of my imagination. Being the residence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, to expect that the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security who is a Minister in that office can conduct investigations or that the Commissioner of Police can be entrusted with these investigations, is to suggest the impossible. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: My suggestion because I will never appear before the Commissioner of Police or any organ of the Kenya Police that will purport to do any investigations on this letter--- We have contacted them and they confirmed that, indeed, these events have happened and that the details set out in that letter actually happened and that 1,869 Kenyans have been killed without due process; more than 970 have been taken to court as robbers as a means of silencing them under the--- view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is 1,869 and not 169. The author of this document is a police officer who is alive and well and whom the Minister himself, Prof. Saitoti, confirmed exists. He purported that they have been looking for him for the last 15 years. What kind of investigation could take 15 years to discover a person they described as a psychopath? view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I am saying is that the Minister has confirmed the existence of the letter and that the contents of that letter are a factual basis. If he has come to that conclusion, there must be a basis for arriving at that conclusion. I am suggesting that rather than having police investigations, this matter be investigated by a committee of this House that can summon Prof. Saitoti, the author of the statement from State House and each one of us and the relatives of those 1,869 people whom the police will never investigate so that we can ... view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will remember the former MP for Kilome complained in this House that his life was in danger and people laughed. Some members of the media like Philip Ochieng of the Nation Media Group, dismissed it; but that person was killed. We cannot take these things for granted. We cannot dismiss these allegations. I would urge, with utmost respect, that the Chair orders the sitting of the House Powers and Privileges Committee to immediately start investigating this matter. That is the only way we can come to the bottom of this issue. Unlike Ms. Karua who has ... view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I make my position--- view