Gitobu Imanyara

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5731 to 5740 of 6851.

• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: During the course of your moving the Motion, you can introduce the minor amendments that you have indicated. You can state what they are so that you do not interrupt when moving the Motion. view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Now you can read the list and when you get the areas you have deleted or added, you indicate and point out that it has no direct effect on the substance of the Motion. view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, that brings us to the end of the business on the Order Paper. This House, is therefore, adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 18th June, 2009 at 2.30 p.m. view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: The House rose at 7.43 p.m. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, such a major policy change ordinarily would be preceded by a Sessional Paper being tabled in this House, debated and approved. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Why was that not done with respect to that major policy change of increasing the retirement age? view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, given that the Government does not support the death sentence, and there are over 3,000 prisoners now on death row who cannot, for example, engage in normal prison work because they are facing death sentence, why has the Government not considered commuting these sentences to lesser sentences? These prisoners can undertake useful work while we wait to amend the law and abolish death penalty. We cannot have a situation of over 3,000 prisoners on death row when the power to commute the sentences lies with the Executive! view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Assistant Minister to continue misleading this House that the Government does not support the death penalty when, in fact, the Government opposed a Motion in this House to abolish the death penalty? view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. That is a matter that can be established from this House’s institutional memory. Could the Chair, with respect, defer this matter to this afternoon, so that the institutional memory of Parliament can provide you with the HANSARD report of the day when that Motion was brought to this House and how the Government pushed for it to be defeated? It was, indeed, defeated! view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to join my friend, Mr. C. Kilonzo, in thanking the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government in providing this information. Having listened to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government and looking at the itinerary, I noticed that the Prime Minister is engaged primarily in agricultural business. I would have expected his delegation to include the Minister for Agriculture. Could the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government tell us why the Prime Minister left out the Minister for Agriculture, given that most of the work relating to his trip ... view