Isaac Maigua Mwaura

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1561 to 1570 of 1711.

• 31 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Chairlady. I am just concerned about the provision for national identity cards. That is a little bit restrictive for certain categories of people. For instance, if you are a foreigner and you are working here in the country, maybe you have a permit and a local number; obviously, you will not have a national identity card. Is it possible then to include a passport to add to this list because a national identity card is only for citizens? The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 31 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I rise to support the amendments, and also to say that communication is a very critical aspect of persons with disabilities. In fact, their lack of participation in development is largely because they are not able to get information. This is in terms issues of, for example, the deaf and the digital format. Articles 6 and 7 of the Constitution require that we have such provisions; it is my prayer that whatever structures have been established by this amended Bill are going to be responsive and even compel, for example media houses, to communicate in a manner that will also ... view
• 31 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I also support the Bill. For the first time in the history of this republic, we have captured a very important aspect to ensure that it is mandatory now to be registered when one gets access to communicate using SIM cards. I support. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. Has the Committee tabled a report that will guide Members in--- view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: It is okay. I stand guided, hon. Speaker, Sir. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. In fact, I start by that term “Nominated Member of Parliament”. The reason why I chose my path to come to the House through the party list was simply because I did not have money to go and campaign like many of you may have done. I am sure that is something that those who may have been in my position would actually agree with. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, politics is still largely a domain of the rich. It is for those who have a lot of money. It is for those who feel that they have some few shillings to spend so that they can use them to convince the public about them being good leaders. In fact, we have seen money being used to pontificate individuals who otherwise would never ever have been thought of as having been leaders. By consequence therefore, they acquire opportunity to be in places but then of course boost their image. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think politics then therefore has been used to also define that the characteristic of a Member of Parliament or a politician is that of a rich person and yet we know very well that that is not the case. In fact, many Members of Parliament do not necessarily like the word “Mheshimiwa” because when you are pontificated as a Mheshimiwa in certain setups, it actually means that you get money out of your pockets and dish it out to whoever is trying to sing praises to you. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is why we had a lot of problems at the beginning of this 11th Parliament because people thought that we were asking for too much, only that we were asking to be remunerated properly. This is because they know that by the time you go to politics then you are actually a very rich person and yet in actual sense the people who end up in politics are just other males and females who may have excelled in their areas of careers, business or civil society and, of course, won the support of the community ... view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this has also meant that the competition of ideas has only been limited to the elite and that people who may have novel ideas will not see their thoughts come to light because they cannot access the various organs of decision making. That means therefore then that if you look for example at our history, then we have only been getting supply from one side of the ideological divide – in my opinion the right wing. That then means there is stagnated development because there is no true discourse on various issues that affect people and ... view