MAJ GEN (rtd) Joseph Nkaissery

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: I would like to concur with hon. Mungatana and hon. Ojaamong on the sentiments they have raised. There is something called “equity” and “fairness”. As political leaders, we are here to ensure fairness and equity in this country. The laws we pass here are for this nation. Those laws are supposed to enable this country to be united and enable Kenyans to move forward together and develop to the same level. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have created two levels of government, as contained in our new Constitution. We will have the national government and the county governments. Those ... view
• 2 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important motion. I stand to support this motion. It is very important that we go and see what is happening in the countryside. I want to urge my colleagues that as leaders, we must portray an image of maturity. What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mouth. The image of this House is under threat. It would be important that we set standards for this House; as the people who have been elected to represent others in this ... view
• 2 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very dangerous to weaken in order for you to strengthen the weak. What is happening is horse trading in the political arena. You weaken a particular wing of the coalition in order to derail the implementation of the Constitution; that is unacceptable. For us in this country, as political leaders, we must always come forward to defend the Constitution we passed. view
• 2 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of patriotism is paramount. We have a flag which is one of the national symbols in our constitution. It is a symbol of unity for this country. We do not want people to abuse the flag, which is the country’s symbol. view
• 2 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: We understand there is drought and we know the Government is not doing enough. We need to increase food provisions for the people affected. We need to do restocking due to loss of livestock. We need to raise the ministry’s concern. For example, the Ministry of State for Special Programmes needs to store some food in the affected areas, so that the schools can get food and consequently children are not sent away from school. view
• 2 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other very important issue is security. I want to assure this House, as the Assistant Minister in charge of Defence, that we do not have foreign troops on our soil. If there are any, one of the things I will undertake is to go to Mandera and ensure that there are no foreign troops there. This is very important, because we want to assure our citizens that the first responsibility of any Government is the security of its citizens. I want to assure Kenyans that we are going to get rid of whoever is on ... view
• 2 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to mention the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP). On the issue of markets, the Ministry of Local Government is sleeping on the job. This is because markets have not taken off in most of the constituencies. I am very grateful to hon. Mureithi for demanding yesterday that the amount of money set aside for the construction of markets under the Economic Stimulus Package should not be returned to the Treasury, but should continue to be used in the current financial year to put up those facilities. view
• 2 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to mention that it is important, as we go for this recess, that the issue of reconciliation, especially within the political parties is dealt with. We should come back as united parties and not disintegrating parties. We want to ask our colleagues, who have been adopted by the Party of National Unity (PNU), to come back to our party. I am speaking as the Acting Secretary-General of the Orange Democratic Party (ODM); I am giving them the last chance to come back so that we reconcile, otherwise drastic and punitive measures will be taken ... view
• 2 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 1 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we will give the Statement on Tuesday next week. view