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Entries 1271 to 1280 of 1895.

• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I had sought the indulgence of the Chair to allow me to make a very brief Statement and I would like to say that a section of the House leadership undertook a two weeks leadership study tour in the State of Massachusetts and Florida, in the United State of America (USA), funded by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) and the State University of New York (SUNY) in conjunction with the Centre for International Development (CID). Hon. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the delegation, which included the Chairperson of the Committee, hon. T.J. Kajwang’, the Deputy Leader of ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Shaban, the Chief Whips of the Majority and Minority; that is hon. Gideon Mung’aro and a Member of the House Business Committee the hon. Mithika Linturi, we really wish to thank the PSC, SUNY and CID for sponsoring the trip. Hon. Speaker, I would like to say that, on behalf of the delegation, we really appreciate the warm hospitality of the people of the USA, especially the States of Florida and Massachusetts and, more so, the legislatures of the two mentioned states. This is noted by the serious commitment extended by the House leaders in those two states. They deviated ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Finally, we wish to more sincerely appreciate the great honour extended to the delegation by the State of Massachusetts and its leadership that is Governor Deval Patrick, who issued a proclamation on the delegation visit. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, who also passed a resolution on the visit; that the delegation visit be part of the House resolutions. Further in Florida, although the House was in recess, the House leadership found time to be in the State capital to meet the delegation in the entire period. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, a detailed report accompanied by the instruments of the delegation will be submitted to the House in due course. That is because we went on behalf of this House and we would like those records and instruments of honour to be part of this House’s records. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise in support of this Bill. The media is very important to the society as it has been alluded to by my colleagues who have spoken. It can be used for very many important and positive aspects. Let me just quote about four. One, the media can play a very critical role in bringing national unity and cohesion in the country. That is a very positive element of the media. It is also important to note that the media can be used to portray the country in a very positive way through ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thirdly, the media can as well be used for economic development of the country by highlighting investment opportunities and tourism opportunities that are in a country. So, this is a very positive element that the media can be used for. Finally, the media can be used to build human resource capacity in the country through informing and educating the masses. An informed and educated society is very productive. The media can play that role. That summarises what I wanted to say, that we should, at all times, defend the freedom and the rights of the media as enshrined in the ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: 10 of the Constitution. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Such things have been in the public domain but this needs to be brought to a logical conclusion. Look at Clause 6 which talks about the functions of the Council in my view, this Council is really independent from the Government, commercial and political interests. One of the functions is to promote and protect the freedom and independence of the media. This is to promote and enhance ethical and professional standards amongst journalists and media enterprises. This can show us that this is a very good Bill. There are over ten functions of the Council. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, also ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: The consultations are high! view