Kabando wa Kabando

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• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Having said that, it is good to realize that the kind of problems the youth are facing in this country amidst a lot of frustration, at times, is not a justification for one to become a criminal. We know of a lot of frustrated youth living in villages and slums, walking kilometres every morning to eke out a living; they scratch the earth with their bare hands for minimum survival. Therefore, there should not be any excuse and the youth of this country must be told that they should not engage in criminal activities and give an excuse that they ... view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, but having said that, I support the sentiments by the Acting Minister for Finance, and actually hope that the Budget will capture in a big way recruitment of additional young men and women into the National Youth Service (NYS). This is one way to help but we know that we have delayed. My Ministry has done the necessary arrangements to ask the President and Prime Minister for this kind of financial assistance to be given; we are supposed to have engaged new numbers; these youths go into training in engineering, accounts and hospitality careers. Some ... view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think we also need politicians to send the right messages. I think the time for confrontations or disagreements should end. For instance now we have the police oversight commission. We do not need statements from the Office of the President and the Office of the Prime Minister. If, indeed, they have not been consulted, let us hear statements being given by a secretariat or an officer in the Office of the President or from the Prime Minister’s office, because it gives a wrong message to this country. If people are not agreeing on a ... view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to invest very much in harmony, patience, intelligence; we need to put in what is necessary to give people a lot of hope. If the political class is in disarray and in confrontation, the rest of the country may follow suit; people may ask if these two are not agreeing, who are we to agree? I commend Mr. Hassan. Keep up the good work. You may be the Tom Mboya of Kamukunji. view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. It is important that issues to do with public information and those that have the potential to hugely influence public perceptions and decision-making are interrogated. There should be disclosures of the processes and the dynamics behind such important matters. The Constitution has permitted instruments of State, public organs, the civil society and community at large to engage in disclosures. Matters of public interest can be petitioned by an individual citizen. This morning, before this House, a Motion was passed to include an individual in an important committee, and that ... view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are also entitled to understand where the money borrowed for and on behalf of the people of the Republic of Kenya is used and its source. Today, one of the issues that have not been focused on is who finances the civil society. I think the culture of secrecy even in the civil society and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)--- I have worked for many years in that sector, but I can tell you that even when I served as a senior officer in some of those institutions, as employees, we could rarely be shown the source ... view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while appreciating the request for the Chair for Prof. Ongeri to deliver this message to the Prime Minister, I would like to inform the House that it may not be easy for Prof. Ongeri to deliver the message to the Prime Minister, nor is it going to be easy for him to take brief for the Prime Minister, while wholly aware that at any time, the Prime Minister may sack him. view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order having been very moved by the sentiments of the Member for Nambale. Yesterday a Member rose on a similar point of order and asked another Member to declare some interest. I was emotionally moved remembering that I lost my first deposit of Kshs14,000 in 1984 in Kenya Finance Bank. That was immediately after completing university. That matter was casually put aside. Would I be in order, with tepidity and caution, to ask Mr. Okemo, the Member for Nambale, a very knowledgeable economist to kindly consider ... view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I normally weigh my words very carefully and the statement I made was not about the point of order being raised by Kabando wa Kabando. I alluded to a point of order raised by another Member yesterday almost on a similar spirit that I have risen on today and stated the points clearly. When that point of order was raised, the Member on the Floor of the House who was asked to declare his interest did not make a full disclosure. I am not saying that the Chair then was culpable. I was laying the basis ... view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: There is no difficulty, Mr. Speaker, Sir. That point is withdrawn but the spirit lives on. view