Gor Sungu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 751 to 760 of 1014.

• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Please, address the Chair! view
• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Order, Mr. Weya! The Chair would advise that you look at the Labour Institutions Bill, 2007, which is what we are debating. Relate your arguments to that Bill, and enrich it, so that the Minister can improve it in whatever direction. Just look at the Bill and confine your contribution to it, please! view
• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. I want to underscore the fact that Bills brought to the Floor of this House must respect the procedures of the National Assembly because when we pass them, they become part of our laws. I believe we should not pass defective Bills. As has been pointed out by my colleagues; Mr. Wetangula and Mr. Muturi, ordinarily we could have thrown out this Bill if we did not like the Minister. He is a good friend of ours! view
• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have taken cognisance of your comment. However, I want to say that these Bills are very necessary, particularly this one. Kenyan workers have suffered for a long time and we need to support them. They have been exploited, under-paid and mistreated. As my colleagues said, some are even locked inside factories at night. The owner goes away. We have had cases of workers getting burnt in these factories. This has happened several times in Nairobi. It is inhuman. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, labour officers who protect the workers do not exist in Kenya. ... view
• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I used to work with expatriates. view
• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me re-word it. You may find somebody all the way from the UK--- view
• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was actually at the point of concluding. I said many good things have been said and I want to support this Bill. I want to add that we must protect our own people. Kenya has got a very good human resource base comprising of well-educated people. In fact, there is a brain drain. Many of our people are leaving the country in search of employment elsewhere because they cannot find employment in Kenya. So, it is wrong for us to issue work permits to foreigners when there are better qualified Kenyans. I represent Kisumu. ... view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I travel to Kisumu City every weekend. On Monday evening, I was there. But there are only four flights, morning and evening, going to Kisumu City. What worries me, apart from the very obvious poor workmanship that cost Kshs17 million, is that the runway surface is not safe! What is delaying the total construction of the airport, which is being funded by the World Bank? I am talking from a point of knowledge because I have attended countless meetings to discuss that matter. We know that Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) is being reconstructed ahead of Kisumu ... view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister did not answer my question. I said that I have sat in countless meetings with officials of the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) regarding that matter. These days, there is something called transparency and accountability. We know that, that facility was supposed to have been reconstructed from last year. What has held it all that time so that other airports and airstrips like Wajir are being reconstructed, when Kisumu Airport is still left behind? view