Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important that even before we talk about committees--- view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if I quoted this example, it is because we have some experience between Samburu East and Tigania West in terms of these rustlers coming across. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as Members of Parliament, there are some decisions that we do not dare take. Mr. Ruto, you know how much talk you have been involved in regarding the Mau Forest. You know it is a terrible thing but you want to talk about it and say people should stay there in order to sustain your votes. So this happens and before you talk about Mr. Letimalo, you should talk about yourself. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will continue. Mr. Letimalo is here and he should have addressed the issue himself. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, unless we have appropriate structures to deal with this matter, however, willing Members of Parliament are, they can be helpless. Sometimes we should help them not to be hostages of their constituents. Secondly, we need to do our best to ensure that we have the relevant facilities especially constituency border points where these things take place. We should have vehicles, strong anti-stock theft units and if necessary, ensure that livestock farmers from both sides are able to defend themselves against attackers. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the Government cannot do that, then we need to come up with a system of compensation. We compensate victims of wildlife attacks and, I think if there are Ja nuary 21, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 17 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute. Just to clarify, I am one of the four professional Assistant Ministers. Mr. Githae is one of the others, but I am not making a case for myself. Mr. Speaker, Sir, yesterday we made comments on the list that was presented to us, and we argued correctly that when you talk about Ministers not dominating the list, we are not saying that they cannot do a good job: It is just that they are busy doing other things which we appreciate. It is high time we gave others ... view
• 17 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: If you have been associated with a scandal, you should volunteer not to be a member of this team, because it is going to be very difficult for you to be trusted to identify other people who are scandal-free to be members of that important Committee. 4168 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 17, 2008 Mr. Speaker, Sir, we were also talking about consultation. I was very dismayed by Dr. Khalwale's proposal. I supported him when he came up with it, but I was disappointed to find that he committed the same crime we were fighting against: Lack of consultation! When he came ... view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion with amendments. First, let me complain--- I think Members are saying that they are used to the people that compile lists coming with more or less the same list of people for whatever function in this Parliament. The issue is: To what extent have they made any effort to ensure that they include many more Members in many of the Committees that are formed from time to time? Secondly, there is the issue of the Cabinet. I think there is nothing wrong with members of the ... view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It depends on who stands first. But is it possible that you can discriminate against the aged, because they cannot stand up as fast as the younger ones? view