Isaac Maigua Mwaura

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1571 to 1580 of 1711.

• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is immoral to have a situation where the people who end up occupying certain offices also happen to be the ones who will occupy the list in the Forbes magazine; that they are the richest. That they are the most known and that they have a lot of capital. In fact, if that then were to be the case, then we would also want to imagine that if you make as much money as possible then you are more The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: intelligent and brighter than others and that then would put robbers in the highest echelons of that kind of nomenclature. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, but then the world is awash with good examples and one of them is Barrack Hussein Obama who actually had to be funded by even college students who would give their five or ten dollars and that is how he was able to actually beat Hilary Clinton who was seen as pro-establishment and the wife of a former President. So, we may want to say that despite everything because sometimes the ramifications of one’s leadership may not be just preferred at the moment but we would want to see that kind of exuberance of hope so ... view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: In fact, I would want to imagine about my university days in England where there was a ceiling of 75 pounds on anyone who wanted to contest for any political position in the student’s union and that of course made sure that people would spend money within their limits and everybody was actually encouraged if they so wished to contest for whatever position that had already been declared vacant. This is important. It is very different from what we teach our young students here because I also participated in student politics at the local level where anyone can spend any ... view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, election campaigning has also influenced the way political parties are owned in this country. You will find that political parties are perceived as clubs and most of the times they are owned by the few rich people. You may have political parties that have good ideas but because of funding levels, they do not even make it to become parliamentary parties. Therefore, this election campaigning will have a ramification because we have also agreed as a country to also fund political parties as part of Government expenditure. Therefore, if we can also influence the declaration of ... view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is also some form of counter bribery if voters expect that by you giving them handouts then they are promising you support. That in itself is actually corrupting the leadership and, therefore, ensuring that people then look at political leadership as an opportunity of enriching themselves and that is also why, in my opinion, this country is extremely corrupt because it starts with the political leadership. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other issue that I would want to raise is about groups that are marginalised. These are groups that have been delineated in Article No.100 of the Constitution and usually because of that marginalisation, there is a 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
• 24 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: question of power politics. It is a question of them not getting opportunities to participate in economic life. It is a question of them not being independent but rather dependent on others or rather being subjugated to support the economic dominance of others. So, therefore, women, persons with disabilities, youth, ethnic and other minorities that may not have been able to have acquired political space or clout to negotiate for political space, then are not able to access political space through political parties and through the elections that are supposed to be equal because of the universal suffrage. Because of ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me take advantage of the two minutes because you do not know about tomorrow. I rise to support this Motion because it is timely. I would like to say that the people who travel on First Class also introduce a mismatch in terms of protocol. You will find, as hon. Members have said, that when you are on an international flight, as I was recently, Principal Secretaries travel First Class while Members of Parliament travel on Business Class. So, they come down to you and you cannot even use that time to ... view
• 3 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view