Jimmy Angwenyi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a very important matter because many people are suffering in our health facilities. Therefore, I think we should exhaust this Question, so that we get a clear direction as to what to expect in our health facilities. view
• 11 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to say that Permanent Secretaries are not responsible, and yet, last year, when he was the Minister for Roads and Public Works, he said that he was being frustrated by Permanent Secretaries? view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very serious matter. The Americans think that Kenyans are not human beings. You remember that when there was an aircraft crash in Scotland the USA Government demanded US$2 billion from Libya to pay compensation for 114 victims. We lost over 200 people in that bomb blast because of the American indulgences all over the world. Could the Minister tell us exactly how much money was paid to each of those victims? It is the responsibility of the Government to demand for that information. view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sorry I was not aware we were through with the Questions. However, I support this Motion because it addresses the needs of poor people, especially in the rural areas and the vulnerable groups in the urban centres. We all know that major banks, especially those that make a lot of money out of Kenyans have pulled out from the rural areas. A good example is Barclays Bank of Kenya. It has pulled out from most areas in this country. The same applies to Standard Chartered Bank. Even our indigenous bank such as the Kenya ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Wanjala, will you sit down you are making noise, please? view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Oloo-Aringo brought a Bill on the creation of the Budget office. That Bill will empower us as soon as the committee is formed, to scrutinise the taxation of Kenyans and the expenditure of that tax. He has moved on to bring a Motion on the KPOSB. We should commend him. I hope Kenyans will recognise such contributions the same way Eng. Muriuki brought the Constituency Development Fund Bill which has empowered our rural folk. Parliament can only be seen to be addressing the issues that are affecting our poor people. 1808 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 5, ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the Leader of Government Business is here and he should take note of this issue. He should take his Ministers and Assistant Ministers for a seminar on their responsibilities in this House. We do not know if the Ministry of Local Government has ever made a request to the Treasury for these funds but it was rejected. The Assistant Minister is now shifting blame to Parliament. We are tired of this habit of Ministers blaming each other in the House. We should hold this Government to account on this matter. view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to contribute to the debate on this very important Bill. First, I want to commend the Minister for moving with speed to publish this Bill and bring it to the Floor of the House. It has taken years before a Bill such as this one could be brought to this House. I am glad that my colleague, Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o, recognised that it took a long time to conceive this child. I believe the idea was miscarried several times. We need to have a body that we can depend on ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know what statistics he has used to get that information. I do not have it for my constituency. In fact, I was astounded to see that Karatina Town is shown as having a higher population than Kisii Town. As a result of this, I devoted my own resources and asked university students to go and conduct a population census of Karatina and Kisii towns. From that survey, I discovered that Kisii Town has four times the population of Karatina Town and yet, Karatina Town gets more resources than Kisii Town. Is the former ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore, I am saying that let this Parliament approve this Bill and let us ensure that this KNBS is properly managed. The management of the KNBS cannot be influenced by Ministers. There is a culture which has evolved in this country very fast whereby a Minister goes to head a Ministry and all of a sudden he changes the manpower in that Ministry by bringing in his tribesmen. When he is transferred his tribesmen are removed by the person who comes in. If he is dishing out projects he dishes to his constituency or tribesmen. ... view