Jimmy Angwenyi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Kenya at one time had adequate housing for all its people. I remember in the 1970s and early 1980s, this country had adequate housing for our people in towns. That is the time the NHC and the Housing Finance Corporation of Kenya (HFCK) were very busy constructing houses in our towns. I remember after I completed university and got a job, I bought my first house in my first year of working at Otiende. At that time, a three-bedroomed house in Otiende was going for The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Kshs18,000. Today, that house costs more than Kshs3 million because we have left construction of houses to real agents; people who want to make money even from low-income earners. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, maybe we should go for another induction. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: We do not have to re-invent the wheel. There are countries which have constructed adequate houses for their citizens. One of them borrowed, word for word, a policy on housing from Kenya. That is Malaysia. It borrowed almost word for word our housing policy in the 1970s and implemented it to the fullest. Today, Malaysia has adequate housing for its people. If we decide the material we want to use in the construction... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. We should have passed this Policy like yesterday. We should also make sure that our Committee on Implementation ensures that the Policy is implemented to the letter. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: When we construct 500,000 houses in this country, they should be distributed to various counties. There are areas like Kisii Town, which have no adequate housing for its people. You find a single room house being rented for Kshs20,000 in Kisii, not in Nairobi. You find an acre of land going for Kshs10 million in Kisii. The first thing is to find out where the land is, purchase it and make it available for construction of houses then identify the people who will occupy the houses. Let us start first with the people who are working. On tenancy purchase programme, ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: imagine! A man who stays out all night to protect us staying in that room. Even when he goes back home, he cannot enjoy his time. His wife and child are there. So, when we implement this Policy, we should also implement it for our security personnel to get appropriate and adequate housing. This House can be remembered if this Policy is implemented during the rest of our lives and even in the lives of our children and grandchildren. With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this important Motion. The death of our teachers in some parts of Kenya is regrettable. Actually, I would like to send my condolences to the affected families. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: This Motion is very important because it is intended that the whole country should have proper security and that education should be given to all our children. If all the teachers in northern Kenya who do not come from North Eastern moved away, would we have education in North Eastern? Education is a right to all children in this country. I would like to urge the leaders from the affected areas to sensitise their people that what is happening is very bad for this country and for them. They need to report suspected terrorists quickly, the same way the people ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: I want to urge our leaders and particularly Members from North Eastern to hold barazas with their people. Involve their clan leaders and see if they can decide on their fate; whether they are in Parliament or not. How come they cannot decide to report a matter to the security forces when they see someone bent towards causing chaos? I take exception and would like to caution some of my colleagues who use the Floor to attack the Government of Kenya which was duly elected and validated by the Supreme Court. If, indeed, they respect the laws of Kenya and ... view