Gitobu Imanyara

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6381 to 6390 of 6851.

• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The matter of the investigation by that Committee is within your control. The fact that the report was tabled in this House, is a matter that is within the knowledge of the Chair. Mr. Speaker, Sir, am I in order to request that you order that, that report be communicated to the House Business Committee (HBC) for them to bring the report for debate in this House. That is not a matter within the knowledge of the Assistant Minister but is within your knowledge, because it was a Committee of the w ... view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Minister for her diligence in answering Questions. Just two weeks ago, through you, we donated Kshs50 million for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). I noticed from the Press, just the other day, that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade added his entire salary to this contribution. How does the Minister intend to distribute this money? view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Last question, Mr. Bett! view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, I regret that I will have to oppose my good friend who chaired the Sub-committee that laid the foundation of the work that we are deleting today. Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, as explained yesterday, the--- view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, I was just saying that I regret that I have to stand and oppose this proposed amendment for the following reasons. First, we did discuss this in both the Sub-committee and in your Committee. What informed this recommendation is that the Leader of Government Business comes to the House as the Principal Assistant to the President. We wanted to extend the same privilege that the President enjoys when he is in the House. Secondly, it was felt that it was only an improvement of the current practice where, every week, the Office of the Clerk does, ... view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir. view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, I take very strong objection to the insinuation 4034 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 10, 2008 that I had misled the House. I did indicate that the Committee had very serious discussions on this issue, and I gave the reasons. That is not misleading the House. So, I demand that the Assistant Minister withdraws his allegation that I am misleading the House, because I am not misleading the House. The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs has not suggested anything to that effect. I do not know where Mr. Githae got it from. I have indicated where it ... view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir. We have done fairly informal discussions with the hon. Members of the Standing Orders Committee who are in the House, and there does not seem to be any objection to the New Part IV of the Standing Orders. Therefore, we support it. view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, once again, we have consulted with hon. Members of the Standing Orders Committee who are in the House and we have no objection. We support the amendments except with the addition of the new part. There is need for consequential re-numbering of all the parts so that the new Standing Orders will now end with Part 27 instead of Part 24. This is if the amendments are passed. view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of Sessional Paper No.3 of 2008 on the Report of the Standing Orders Committee and its approval thereof with amendments. view