Junet Sheikh Nuh

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1421 to 1430 of 1550.

• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. We are in a Parliament, where much of the work is done through committees. For those who care, you have emphasized so much from that Chair on the need for people to attend committee meetings and to take part in committee proceedings, so that we can have very good reports tabled on the Floor of the House. view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The only problem we have is that, while we had an induction course for Members of Parliament we did not have one for committee chairpersons. I suggest we hold an induction course for all of them. There are committee chairpersons who think they are alternate Cabinet Secretaries in this House. view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: They want to take roles that are supposed to be played by Cabinet Secretaries. Some of these Cabinet Secretaries are so competent that their CVs inatoka hapa mpakaKisumu; it is that long. One chairman whom I have seen to be competent is hon. Jamleck Kamau, who chairs the Committee on Energy, Communication and Information, of which I am a Member. This is so because he was a former Minister and knows the work of a Minister. view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: It is true, hon. Chepkonga was in Government, but he was not lucky to have been a Minister. He does not know how a Minister works and behaves when he has the powers. For example, there are issues the committee chairperson needs to deliberate with his Committee, but you will see the same chairperson going out in public defending a Ministry, a department of Government or an organization. That is not his domain; his domain is to make sure the matter is prosecuted in the committee and a report is brought to the House, we discuss it as full House ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: You are right; the chairpersons are the spokespersons of the committees. When we handle deliberations in committees, the chairperson is supposed to bring the reports of our findings to the House, whether we were investigating, overseeing or whatever other work we were doing; but when a chairperson comes out to defend certain issues even before the committee has concluded its report, that defeats the logic of dealing with them. The chairperson may go further to prosecute the same matter in a matanga, or make Statements like: “we are going to sack some people working in the Judicial Service Commission,” and ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you so much for giving me an opportunity to speak on this Motion. I stand to support this Motion; I would like to thank the Mover, hon. Jamleck Kamau, for bringing it at the right time, although it is a bit late. This is a matter that has affected this country so much. view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have to agree that we are living in a poor country. We have to agree that we are living in a Third World country. We have to agree that we are living in a country where 50 per cent of our population lives below the poverty line. We are living in a country where our population cannot afford one dollar per day. It is very immoral for people who have been bestowed with authority by the same poor people who are living below the poverty line to fly First Class. This is because power belongs ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is the highest immorality that any public officer can do in this country. This is because you have left your village and you know very well that your village is very poor and you end up flying on a ticket of Kshs700,000 or Kshs1 million. I do not think there is a bigger immorality than this that can happen in our country. 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
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, number two, as has been alluded to by the Mover, if we implement this Motion we are going to save over Kshs10 billion. You remember very well that recently the VAT Act was amended so that we could collect more taxes, and that amendment is going to give us Kshs10 billion. Look at that. That made the price of milk go up. That made the price of mkate go up. That made the price of view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: go up and now if we implement this rule of public officers flying Economy Class when they are going on flights of less than two hours, we will also raise Kshs10 billion. Look at that comparison. That tells us that if we take many such austerity measures then we are going to reduce our taxation level by a big margin. There is a lot of wastage happening in this country. If it is addressed, a lot of our people will get benefits in form of taxation relief. view