Henry Obwocha

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 141 to 150 of 171.

• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. Mr. Raila is seeking to be President. If he went to Gambia, he knows that the President of that country has two big armoured limousines. view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: I am telling him because he wants to become President! view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am seeking your protection. view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Statistics Bill be now read the Second Time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is one of the shortest Bills to be presented to this House. The revised Statistics Act is proposed in this Bill to provide for the establishment of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. This is basically the main purpose of this Bill. As we all know, statistics is a powerful and crucial tool for decision-making in our development agenda. Quality statistics enables us, as a country, to measure achievements towards fulfilling our national and international obligations. For example, in ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, no country can have quality statistics unless it has a well functional national statistical system which includes producers and users of statistics and a robust national statistics office. Therefore, in 2002, the Central Bureau of Statistics embarked on the preparation of a five-year strategic plan for the national statistical system, covering the years 2003/2004 to 2007/2008. The plan aims at reversing the decline in the production of national statistics witnessed in the 1980s and 1990s, and has set out a strategic direction for the provision of timely official statistics and a framework for enhancing resources. Mr. ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Sir, I would like to cede a few minutes to hon. Prof. Wangari Maathai. view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I really want to thank every hon. Member who has contributed to this Bill. This is my first Bill that I have moved as a Minister. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to respond to a few issues that have been raised. The first one is about the Kshs650 million in the Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey. This money was used to collect data for the purposes of poverty analysis. This was to improve the Consumer Price Index and also to find out our household consumption. The money was used in three parts. ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am willing to be informed. Education is a continuous process. I am willing to take information that is helpful, and I have taken it and we will synchronise maths and statistics in the Bill. I also appreciate the contributions of Messrs. Ahenda, Angwenyi and Dr. Khalwale, and we are going to consider the proposals they have made. In the current law on parastatals, the appointment of chairmen is the prerogative of the President. You submit three names as a Minister and he chooses one of them. Whether he is number one or two or ... view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Ministry of Energy, I beg to reply. Extension of electricity under the Rural Electrification Programme (REP) is undertaken based on the recommendation of the District Development Committees (DDCs). So far, no recommendation has been made by the Samburu DDC regarding the extension of electricity to Baragoi Town. It is, therefore, not possible to indicate when a generator will be provided to the town. view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, there is nothing called "District Disarmament Committee". We have District Development Committees. Consideration of use of generators by the Kenya Power and Lighting Company to provide electricity to any given area is based on identification of such an area by the local DDC. For areas which experience regular blackouts, we can consider providing them with generators. In this particular case, I would advise the hon. Member to have the formalities sorted out. As a Ministry, we will then request the Kenya Power and Lighting Company to consider giving them a generator. view