Isaac Maigua Mwaura

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1621 to 1630 of 1711.

• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise as a matter of concern; if already the hon. Member, my friend, hon. Kajuju, has expectation of the findings of this Committee, then is it in order then to constitute it? This is because she says that she expects that this Committee will find that miraa can cure some diseases. view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I must also start by issuing a clear statement that I am neither a producer nor a consumer of miraa . However, I happen to be a good spectator of people who use this product. As hon. Kanyua has said, they are not of the calibre of my friend, hon. Aburi. view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I rise to oppose this Motion because of the examples that have been given here. Even the drivers whom we see drive crazily will not convince us that they do so without the influence of miraa . This is the case, yet they endanger the lives of many people. Many have also been reported to have died because of rushing to the airport. I wonder why this country has not even established an authority to regulate this product; we have to export it to Yemen, which we have been told produces seven products. view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: While there has been a cultural attachment to this product, my take is that it is the same thing with coffee in central Kenya, particularly in Kiambu County, where hon. Waititu, who is my friend, and I come from. There has been cultural attachment to coffee, but this crop is slowly giving way to real estate and other forms of development. I do not think that lack of support for this crop will mean a dead end for our dear brothers and sisters in Meru County. If this is the case, I think it should be made very clear. view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Tobacco was a very popular product for a very long time. However, today, every advertisement warns of its dangers. We even have special smoking zones for tobacco users on the streets. We know that there are some multinationals, like the British American Tobacco (BAT), that benefit from the vending of this product, but it is, indeed, harmful to our society. Therefore, it will not be in order to accept the use of this product. In fact, one hon. Member told us that miraa has effects if you consume a lot of it. That is why it affects the poor people; ... view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if I said “cowboy” by mistake, I withdraw. view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I withdraw. view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at the list, as I was reading it out, it becomes clear that this issue--- view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was only reading the names proposed in the Motion. They are also producers and consumers. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, while I really support the bit of socio-economic development and preservation of culture of our people, anything that is harmful should be view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Maybe, I should replace that with--- view