Joseph Wathigo Manje

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am saying this because one of our Members was shot by thugs in my constituency. Hon. Letimalo lives in my constituency although he is the Member of Parliament for Samburu West. All of us should wake up and see how we can salvage this situation. view
• 1 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I like the way the President articulated the issue of one million acres of land for food security. We should also use this as an opportunity for employing our youths because they are getting frustrated. We have so many youths who are not employed and they are getting frustrated in their houses. If we do not engage them at this particular time, we will have problems later on. This is the time when every one of us should wake up. I am happy with the way he has dealt with affirmative action because in that way, ... view
• 1 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, lastly because I can see my time is over, I want us to make corruption in this country very expensive and maybe punish it with death. This is because people are misbehaving with resources belonging to poor people. People have been given positions but regardless of their senior positions in Government, they still continue with corruption. This is the time we should wake up as leaders and say this is our country and we should punish corruption with death. view
• 1 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I seek your guidance on Clause 72. I am aware of the words “kadhis, Sheikhs ” and “ Imams”, but I have never heard of the word “Mukhi”. It was introduced in--- view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Was it also withdrawn in Clause 56? view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to second this very important Motion. These Reports have been tabled by a very able Chairman of the 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
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: PAC and since in the country we are having debate on the wage bill, I urge all Members to go through these Reports and they will see why our country is poor. We realize that accounting officers have been entrusted with resources by Kenyans, but instead of managing them the way they are supposed to do, they end up entertaining corruption in their undertaking. I want to start by giving an example before I second this Motion. In 1997, Kenya entered into an agreement with a company from South Korea to supply vehicles. The model of the vehicle was Hyundai ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: We can also borrow a leaf from Rwanda, which pegs these accounts to the budgeting of the country. If you cannot account for your previous expenditure, you are not allowed to continue spending monies. We should try to revise our Standing Orders and see how we can make sure that these Reports are current. I would also emphasize on giving more funds to the Auditor-General’s Office. This is because we have realized that they are not able to operate comfortably because of lack of enough funds to go round the country. They now have to also audit the 47 counties. ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I want to second these Reports. view