Joseph Wathigo Manje

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. That is why I wanted to say that if I interfere, for example, with that case, it is the same way they interfere with our operation. I would take a position where the court continues making a judgement and Members of Parliament continue making laws. For example, if a court would stop us from operating, then it means the PAC and the PIC will not operate because in some of these cases, we summon witnesses and the court also summons the same witnesses. Also, do not forget about Article 125 of our Constitution that ... view
• 9 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will just take one or two minutes. 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 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: I support this Motion for Adjournment. This is the time when we should go home and reflect on what we have done. I also want us to reflect on another issue. When we congratulate ourselves for passing many Bills, are we saying that when we pass many Bills we are efficient? I tend to think it should be the other way round. When we pass many Bills it means our Bills are very fluid, not based on research, can easily be bent here and there and that is why we are passing so many of them. We should take heed ... view
• 9 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Lastly, we have an issue of traffic jam in Nairobi and specifically my area of Ongata Rongai. It is time to say traffic jam in Nairobi is like a national disaster because people are not moving. It is becoming hard to do business in Nairobi, Ongata Rongai and Ngong. view
• 16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to the same Motion and support the Report. I tell myself that it is a bit shocking that we can give away a company of such magnitude. We gave 50 per cent away for nothing. We live in a very awkward country. This is where the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) should come out strongly and take the Report directly to court. view
• 16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: At the creation of this country there must have been people who had vision and who thought that at one time Kenya would have petrol and would, therefore, require a refinery. That is why they set up this Refinery as the Hon. Member has said between Cairo and South Africa. They thought where this Refinery would be when we discover petroleum. They thought this was the most strategic position. view
• 16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: We have now discovered oil in Turkana. If we have discovered it today and we sell the Refinery, what are we doing? Are we not selling the foresight of the colonial masters because they are the ones who started this company? I wish we can only sell what we have created and not what we have not created. view
• 16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: There are strategic Government institutions that are purely for the purpose of opening up this country. They are not necessarily for business but for opening up the country. If you look a State corporation like the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) which is heard throughout the country, we cannot say that they do it for profit. They do it because we want every Kenyan to 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
• 16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: hear what the Government is saying. This is the essence of having this organisation. We have given away the Kenya Railways, the Telkom Kenya and other key Government institutions to foreigners. This is not correct. We are doing something that our forefathers did not intend. view
• 16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: I am sure because I have done management that the Government has no business doing business. The core function of a government is to create an environment for businessmen to do business. This is why a business like Uchumi should be sold out because this is pure business where businessmen should be given a conducive environment to do business but not for State corporations that are strategic for this country. Imagine one day, one time we go to war with another country and yet we do not have a refinery. How will we sustain that war? These are questions that ... view