Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is the maiden report of the PIC. The Committee has worked hard. They held 32 meetings and compiled a good report, which they have brought to this House. The response by hon. Members shows that we take our committees very seriously. Therefore, we will give them support. The message should be loud and clear to everybody out there: As you amass wealth by looting public resources, you do so alone. The wealth will help you, your girlfriends, your concubines and whoever else is close to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. ... view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: you. When you eventually get in trouble, do not come running and saying that you are from this or that community. It does not count because your communities do not benefit from the wealth that you acquire corruptly. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: This report has recommended investigations of Mr. Ahmednassir, M/s Barasa and Mr. Karanja. Therefore, the Committee should not be unfairly accused of having tribal leanings. We are dealing with a very important matter. Maize is a staple food for this country. I always put ugali on my table, which is made of maize flour. So, maize is that important to us. For somebody to demand payment, first of all, was there really a famine? Somebody must tell us. Whether that happened ten or 20 or 50 years ago, this is the Parliament that will ask that very important question: Was ... view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, for 50 years, we have been trying to fight hunger, disease and ignorance. These are the kinds of scandals that have come between us and an effective fight against hunger, disease and ignorance. That is why 50 years after independence, we are still hungry, ignorant and sick, as a country. We must, therefore, send a very strong message to anybody planning to plunder public resources. Finally, on the Judiciary and the recommendations made by the Committee for the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to investigate some of its members who are involved in this case; this matter must be ... view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I would like to echo the sentiments of other Members that it is very important that we are represented at this very important Parliament. Since the beginning of the year because we had elections we have already missed a session. We had elections in March and so we missed a session. This session that is beginning now, if we do not send our Members for swearing in, we are likely to miss another session again. This means that we will be mission one-and-a-half years. Members of ... view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I will not use the other word that I have used. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: He really brings in a good mix there. This House has discussed the issue of proportion with regard to the National Assembly and the Senate. There was consensus building that since this House has 349 Members, if you divide that by 418 you find that we are supposed to have four Members out of the five members. If there is any coalition that is amenable to bringing the necessary amendment so that that proportion is reached, I think we should go ahead and do that and then amend the specific part as of necessity. We need to pass this list ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker and I thank my two colleagues, hon. Shebesh and hon. David Ochieng for raising very critical issues at this time. I really The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view