Joseph Nyagah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: I am sure the Minister has received the letter. I can see him shaking his head. He is confirming that he has received the letter that I sent to him yesterday, and the five points that I raised. I do not want us to waste time. So, I did what I thought was reasonable; to give him notice so that he can react. Please, I urge this House to give him time to react to the five issues. That is the best way. If we do not do that, we will waste the 30 minutes and we will not get ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Minister to be irrelevant? We are addressing a specific item and, therefore, he should not be irrelevant! view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have to be told by anybody that I sat in the Cabinet. I did sit in the Cabinet for five years. Secondly, I wrote to the Minister as is the practice in commonwealth countries. I asked five questions but he has not answered any one of them. If this country gets confused, is it in order that the Minister is now misleading us by refusing to reply to the issue that I raised? He should concentrate on the issue that I raised so that we can finish ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, last week I applied for a licence to hold a public rally in Nairobi because I am a presidential candidate. I applied for the licence on a Monday. I followed up the issue on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Late Friday afternoon, I was given 1064 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 2, 2007 permission to hold a public rally not where I had asked for, but in a social hall. Is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead this House when I had given him five days notice and he gave me a room which could not contain the ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Finance:- May 2, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1069 (a) what the status of the various Anglo Leasing-type financing promissory notes is; (b) what the value of the notes is; and, (c) if he could confirm that the Government has not made payments towards the same since the matter was made public and assurance given that no further payments would be made. view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Minister for that answer. However, as you know, irrevocable promissory notes are documents that cannot be cancelled by one party. Therefore, the Government cannot say that it has cancelled them if the other party holding those documents somewhere in the world has not cancelled them. Is the Minister now in agreement that irrevocable promissory notes amounting to Kshs54.5 billion and not Kshs25.1 billion were, in fact, issued and that there is a schedule of repayment that goes up to 2013? One day, our grandchildren will be forced to pay the money ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you can see, there is a lot of misunderstanding and there is need for the misunderstanding to come to an end once and for all. Since I am not satisfied with that answer, I will be asking for the adjournment of the House to continue with this subject. view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Information and Communications:- (a) whether he is aware that the law requiring that 30 per cent of shares in the telecommunications sector be locally-owned is a hindrance to the growth of the industry; and, (b) what plans he has to address this anomaly. view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, given the opportunities for corruption that exist in this particular industry, and we also know why this was done in the first place, is it possible for this new amendment to the law to be brought to this House immediately so that we can approve it in order to legalise this position instead of leaving it vague? We know the possibilities of leaving it vague and what it means to the Kenyan economy. view