20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
It is, indeed, very long. Those people are almost dying, hon. Speaker.
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, they are court settlements, and there are no appeals by the State against those awards.
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
It was the Attorney-General, hon. Speaker.
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I will do with that proposal.
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
No; I am not, hon. Speaker.
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I just want to ask for a clarification. This is something which has been talked about. Could the Chairperson come out clearly as to the plans the Government has in so far as sustaining the committees that are spearheading this cash transfer programme in the constituencies is concerned, rather than going round in circles? We need to have something very definite, so that we can work with.
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you. Of course, I must clarify that I am not a son of Ugenya. I am a son of Ugunja, which I ably represent in this House.
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
I rise to second the Motion. Indeed, I must thank my good friend, hon. Ochieng, for coming up with this Motion. It could not have come at a better time. The way in which the Government has continued to treat the bodaboda industry - if I may call it so - is to suggest that the boda boda industry is the problem. I want to submit that boda boda is just but a symptom of a much deep-seated problem - a social and economic problem. If you went to the countryside today and in major towns, you will notice that ...
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Ugunja and Ugenya are representative of the country as it is. Having said that, what I was trying to stress is the fact that people are getting engaged in the bodaboda business as a last resort.
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20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. My tradition is that I speak very economically. Really, if I have nothing to speak, I would not take much time on the Floor.
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