Joseph Oyugi Magwanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this amendment. The Judiciary is a key institution and the public expects it to be independent. The independence of the Judiciary will give hope to this country. This Board should be given extension to conclude its work and come up with a better report on every magistrate and judge in this country, so that we have faith in the Judiciary. Everybody looks at the Judiciary when it comes to Supreme Court rulings which are key to this country. I believe that if vetting is done in a free atmosphere, independently and ... view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I have actually been waiting for long, but you have remembered me. I rise to support the nominees. They are qualified; they have various experiences. We support them. Less than three years ago, we received names of nominees in this House and we vetted them. Those persons were appointed and they served for a while. However, corruption allegations came up. We must deal with this. We advise the nominees to think about this country. Should it collapse, we will go nowhere. We may end up seeking refuge in Somalia. I wish ... view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill touching on fisheries management in this country. This Bill is a bit late, but we are headed in the right direction. We know how important fish food is for the human brain. Those of us who grew up in the Lake-side know the value of a certain part of a fish we call the “engine”. 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. view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Therefore, a management Bill towards the same is very important. While supporting it, I would only record a reservation on introduction of seasonal harvesting of fish. I believe that we should have an alternative means because seasonal harvesting at times affects the fishermen. That entails closing a specific lake or area from harvesting and opening up another area. I believe that there is an alternative strategy we can employ to ensure fish multiplication. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is also the introduction of banning of lighting in fishing. That means we want to kill the harvesting of the small fish ... view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Those who have had an opportunity to take fried Omena during lunch time would disagree. That is part of the best fish. So, we would support this Bill and even go further to recommend establishment of cooling plants along the areas where we have the fish industry, especially along Lake Victoria and the Indian Ocean. We have serious fishing activities taking place there, and the Government needs to install cooling plants and facilitate direct movement of the same from the counties to overseas, instead of passing through a lot of processes such that, by the time our fish reach the ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I am supporting the Report. It is timely. I recall that we had discussed and debated this issue in the last Parliament. It was approved and we were expecting the teachers to be paid. You will agree with me that it is only the teaching fraternity that does not have loose ends where they can steal. They do a donkey job and then after doing all that work for all those several years, the Government fails to pay them. It is very sad. Those payments are neither ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I hope you will adjust my time because of the unnecessary points of order. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for your guidance. If it is the Attorney-General who keeps on taking the retirees back and out of court and appealing against them, I would urge this House to act against him. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I urge the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Government to act immediately and pay those teachers. I support. view
• 16 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the adoption of the Report of the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP). This Motion is timely and it tries to address the issues affecting Africans. African states have been crying every day for being marginalized and for not developing but all these goes back to our leadership. It goes back to the way we manage things. It also goes back to the way we behave. The PAP, I hope addressed the issue of corruption which is eating African states which is very critical. Most of the developed ... view