Jimmy Angwenyi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1081 to 1090 of 1230.

• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have now approved this Bill and I hope that it will be assented to quite quickly. Once assented to, I hope the courts will apply it much faster than they have done with The Sexual Offences Bill. view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I will take off from where my colleague has left: That, this House, year in, year out, debates and adopts Reports of the Public Accounts Committee and the Public Investments Committee and exposes all those transgressions and leaves it to the Executive to follow up and take action. I feel that there is a weakness of our watchdog function. For our action, time and resources to be worthwhile, we should enact a law that will make it mandatory that whatever Reports and ... view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if I can remember well the definition of a circus, it is something which is done to just make people laugh or be entertained. view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Okay, I withdraw the word "circus". So, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, maybe, we should have a class to teach English to all hon. Members so that when we apply certain terms here, we apply proper terms. view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I am saying is that--- view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: We should look at the issues--- view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: I have apologized for using the word "circus". view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Okay, I withdraw and apologize for using the word "class". I wanted us to have a class--- view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Okay, I withdraw and apologize for seeking that we should be taught. But I would like to be taught myself. view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Let this House rise up and look eyeball to eyeball at the issues affecting our people. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you go through this Report, and last year, I went through the previous year's Public Accounts (PAC) Report and I found out that money to the tune of Kshs9 billion had been siphoned off from national coffers. The culprits had been identified and recommendations were made and adopted by this House, but no action was taken! If we recovered the Kshs9 billion, we could provide employment to 1,000 people in every constituency in this country and give them ... view