Henry Kosgey

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I happen to represent a rural constituency--- view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I represent a rural constituency. One of the things that we are told quite often in Presidential Speeches is that the economy is growing and Kenyans are well off. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I even heard the Minister for Finance say that the faces of Kenyans are shining. We cannot dispute statistics. Maybe the Kenyan economy is growing. I am not a statistician, but I know that people in the rural, agricultural and in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) of this country are wallowing in poverty. They are suffering to a point that it makes ... view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the cost of a bag of maize still ranges between Kshs700 and Kshs1,300. That does not give them any net income. Even then, delays in payments are still there. These delays come in when farmers need money most, like in January and February, when they need to pay school fees. During that period, the National Cereals and Produce Board did not have any money. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to touch on education. This is a very important and vital sector in this country. It is true that there is Free Primary ... view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the former Minister for Education has a right to speak in this House. It is my democratic right. You cannot gag me just because I was a Minister for Education. It is about time we employed teachers for both primary and secondary schools. When we talk about free secondary education, we are serious. There are one million students in secondary schools in this country. If, today, we said that school fees is, on average Kshs20,000, for the one million students in secondary school, we are talking about Kshs20 billion. We have to start somewhere. The ... view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is not a point of order! view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to touch on security. I listened to the contribution by the Minister of State for Administration and National Security, Mr. Michuki, but he never touched on security. I do not know whether it was an oversight on his part or he knows that the security of this country is in shambles! That is why he does not want to talk about it. Insecurity in this country is a threat to Kenyans. Insecurity was denounced in His Excellency the President's Speech. He said that we must win the war against insecurity. We would like ... view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: But most of my time was taken up by interruptions from hon. Members! view
• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me 4298 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 7, 2006 this opportunity. At the outset, I must state categorically that I oppose this Motion. Quite often, we have been accused of doing very little in making laws for this nation. While some of us are asking for more time, so that we can continue to make laws, the Government wants us to proceed on leave, so that the Bills that are pending can continue to pend. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the very important Bills that need to be passed ... view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of shortage of personnel in public medical facilities is widespread. If I recall correctly, for the last three years, the Ministry has been telling us that this problem would be solved. In my constituency, for instance, the shortage of medical personnel is acute. When will the Ministry deploy enough staff to our health institutions? We know that there are people who have undergone training and are waiting to be employed. It has become the habit of this Government to tell us to wait. When are we going to have personnel deployed to our medical ... view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are engaged in a definition of leakage here. When is a leakage a leakage, Mr. Assistant Minister? It is obvious that the examination has been compromised regardless of whether the alleged leakage happened in Mombasa or elsewhere. The Assistant Minister says that if examination papers were availed a few hours before the examination started, that is not a leakage. It is a leakage! He should stop covering up and denying that there was a leakage. He should tell us the extent of the leakage and the extent to which the examination has been compromised. What ... view