Joseph Nyagah

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 281 to 290 of 447.

• 24 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stood up before him! view
• 19 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Government is treating hawkers as if they are second class citizens. They treat them very badly. This is happening not only in Nakuru, but in every town in Kenya. When is this Government going to treat hawkers and matatu touts like other Kenyans? view
• 10 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister of State for Defence:- (a) whether he could confirm that the Government is planning to purchase second-hand aircraft for use by security forces; and, (b) whether he could further confirm that the above plan complies with the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. view
• 10 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am very satisfied with the introductory part of the answer given by the Assistant Minister. I am familiar with it. However, these are still second-hand aircraft. Mr. Speaker, Sir, given that there is no oversight role that this Parliament or somebody else plays in this; and, given that Anglo Leasing and other types of deals were done with the Treasury's authority and the Attorney-General's advice, how much are we going to spend in this transaction? It is time Kenyans were told about the purchase of these second-hand aircrafts. There are no secrets in this transaction because ... view
• 10 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: in which we find the prices of these aircrafts. Given that this information is in the public domain, could he tell us how much he intends to spend on this very simple transaction of modernising our aircrafts which is critical and necessary? view
• 10 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There is a book which the Government and the Assistant Minister knows about. In case, he does not know about it. It is called view
• 10 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: . This book tells us how many aircraft Kenya, Brazil and every other country has and how much they paid for them. It also tells us how many soldiers these countries have. Given that--- view
• 10 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am asking it because we, as Parliament, need to have an oversight role on these matters from now onwards. 2354 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 10, 2007 view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Finance the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Could the Minister confirm that the Government is in the process of issuing an international bond abroad to raise US$70 million? (b) How much will it cost and when will it be issued? (c) How will the money be utilised? view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not question the powers of the Minister to raise money under the External Loans Act. This is a very large sum of money. I went through the budgetary documents and I could not find the figure anywhere. I read about it in the FinancialTimes or the international Press. I would like to ask the Minister to ensure that, in future, a figure of this magnitude is brought to the Kenyan public first, before we read it in the international Press. This is a huge sum of money and there are certain implications. This will prevent ... view