17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
not been answered. They have gone round saying they are internationally accepted standards, which I am saying they are not.
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16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I have an issue with the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. Last year and, at the beginning of this year, I sought a Statement regarding the re-naming of Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani but, to-date, Safaricom Limited has fully taken up the stadium. The Committee is yet to respond. They have even not responded to many other Statement requests. I am worried that the Committee is not doing its job. I am asking for your guidance on this matter because we might not get a response.
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16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I have an issue with the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. Last year and, at the beginning of this year, I sought a Statement regarding the re-naming of Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani but, to-date, Safaricom Limited has fully taken up the stadium. The Committee is yet to respond. They have even not responded to many other Statement requests. I am worried that the Committee is not doing its job. I am asking for your guidance on this matter because we might not get a response.
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16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I was actually raising this to seek your guidance because there was a guideline which was given earlier by the Speaker on how to raise Statements and respond to them. We are really worried that the quality of the responses is not meeting the standards. One, the person who raises the Statement is not aware that the response is coming, and two, there was also a guideline that the person raising the Statement should appear in the committee, so that when they are responding, he is aware, and is not a stranger to the response. ...
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15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this Bill. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
From the outset, it is important that we come up with various legislations to manage various resources that we have in this country. Scrap metal is one of the worst nightmares we have been having for a long time now to the extent that any investment put in place ranging from gates to pipes for water projects are now at risk because unscrupulous traders collect scrap metal regardless of whether they are really scrap material or stolen items. Therefore, this Bill has come at the right time and we need to support it so that the scrap metal industry is ...
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15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, majority of the accidents are happening because road signs and road protection rails have been removed. These people are heartless; they just do that in total disregard of the safety measures on our roads. When you drive along the Nairobi-Mai Mahiu Road, the rails which were put on the slope towards Mai Mahiu are being removed because people are looking for money in all ways. Therefore, I urge this House to support this Bill so that the field is regulated and there will be very clear ways of buying and selling scrap metals.
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15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we cannot allow everybody to wake up in the morning with a sack to go round collecting metals. We must have a way of licensing people who are allowed to go round collecting these metals and selling them. We must also have licensed dealers who have actually subscribed to certain code of conduct. With those few remarks, I support and urge the House to support this Bill, so that as soon as possible, we have a regulated industry. This will help the economy to grow rather than making it to stagnate. We put a lot of ...
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15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
find a way of monitoring and ensuring that once we pass these laws, they are implemented and followed up by all our law enforcement officers to the letter. I support.
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3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, first, I should thank the Chair of the Departmental Committee for bringing the Statement, though after a long time. At the same time, I would like to say that even as we wait for the Cabinet Secretaries to come here and respond to Statement requests, Statement requests in future should be taken more seriously. We should be getting the reports in advance.
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