James Kimaru Bett

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to concur with the amendments proposed by the Chair that the word “spouse” is more relevant and it relates more to family ties than the word “partner”. The word “partner” is more of business partnerships and investments. Here we are talking about family ties and family relations. view
• 29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I concur with the Chair that we must move with the word “spouse”. view
• 29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to debate on the Land Bill. This Bill generates more questions than answers. Land in Kenya is a very emotive issue. Considering the historical injustice relating to land, we need to come up with a Bill that will also address the historical land injustices, so that many Kenyans can be satisfied with the Bill. view
• 29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: All of us know that land is one of the factors of production just like labour and capital. The Bill contradicts itself when it tries to limit the size of land one can own. This is because, since land is a factor of production, we cannot set minimum or maximum land acreage for private owners. This country is a capitalistic state. Somebody will own as much land as he or she is able. If we were in a socialist state, we would have said that all land belongs to the state and each person needs to own a huge piece ... view
• 29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: not support the provision that is going to set maximum and minimum land acreage for private owners. This Bill also tends to give more power to the CS and yet under Article 67, we have created the NLC. The Commission is supposed to give guidelines and policies relating to land in Kenya. If you do away with the county land board, which mostly comprises of the residents of a county and vest more power--- view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I support the Motion because we say that a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. So, if we set up ICUs and blood transfusion centres in every constituency, it will mean we will have a relatively healthy nation, and members of the public will be able to do their work in a big way. We will save a lot of money that we use to take our patients to other countries like India; we will save a lot of FOREX and our per capita income will increase. view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: I support the establishment of the same. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the amendment by Hon. Ichung’wah particularly to part (a) where it says that the content of alcohol shall be at least 75 per cent. These three crops are very nutritious and have high energy content. They will go a long way in showing us that most of us who will take--- view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. The three crops mentioned here have high energy content. Consumption of alcohol henceforth will go a long way in strengthening and giving more energy to consumers. It means that sorghum, millet and cassava growing areas will have a wider market and, therefore, increase income for the growers. I support the Bill. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Just to agree with my colleagues, the issue of Owino Uhuru Estate is just one of the examples. We have many other industries which carelessly dispose effluent. We really must comply with the Environmental Act as stated. I support. view