Lisamula Silverse Anami

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 231 to 240 of 407.

• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: It is a serious matter. If we want to get this nation on the rail and running again, we must deal with this 5 per cent of citizens who are not productive because they have given themselves to alcohol. They are sick! The way we treat them is very important. We should not encourage and provide opportunity for others to get sick also. We should 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
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: not allow our youths to get addicted. So, this is a very important Motion. I want to support it so that we can take all the necessary measures to make sure that our nation is healthy and productive. I want to thank the Member for bringing the Motion. Today, we have rehabilitation centres. In our traditional African society, we had systematic approaches that took care of alcoholism. Now, the police have come into the picture. They have been hard on brewers of traditional brew and consumers of the same. This makes a bad situation worse. For example, when police come ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the second part of this Motion comes up with an even more interesting approach, that is, recreational activities. This is because idle minds are the devil’s workshop. It is important that recreational activities are initiated, provided for and funded by all authorities and not just those in the business of manufacturing alcohol. That way, our people will not get frustrated. Indeed, many people waste in alcoholism because of frustrations. Let us have this as an initiative. The Ministry of Sports, Culture and Arts should come up with programmes at the sub-county level to provide for recreation. ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: to have interventions to re-energize our society, the youth and our children through recreational activities in and outside the school system. That way, then we can take care of the vices that we experience every other day, which are initiated by idle players. I support this Motion. I thank my brother Kigo who is always doing very good things, thinking very well about Kenyans and his people of Gatundu North. view
• 12 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a BPS which provides the foundation and the basis upon which budget estimates will be constructed and structured. If this be the position, then there are some fundamental concerns that we need to address. For example, this East African Community money thing, how is it impacting, and to be specific, we have the loss of jobs in Mombasa because as Kenyans we are so kind and friendly to our partners within East Africa to the extent that our neighbouring countries now have their own clearing houses in Mombasa. How does this affect ... view
• 12 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: that need urgent intervention for example in the cash transfer to the aged, youth, women and people living with disabilities. It is very important that we critically think about this, in a way that we engage in mitigating activities during our budgeting process that will heal the situation of poverty. I am happy with this BPS because it addresses the issue of Uwezo Fund. This was a wonderful idea of a revolving Fund which was adopted. I am happy that more money is being put in it. This is very encouraging. But when it comes to the estimates, it is ... view
• 12 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: are supposed to obtain the money through revenue collection but we need to have a consistent way of disbursing those resources so that we do not have cases of strikes every now and then. view
• 12 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I wish to support the adoption of this Budget Policy Statement (BPS). view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to support the amendment as moved by Prof. Nyikal, while comprehensively supporting the whole idea of ranking. We cannot take for granted the gains we have made through the ranking system. Competition is part of life. When we present the criteria and conditions for competition, then we are sure that our children are going to perform well in their examinations. view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to underline the aspect of co-curriculum because the process of character formation takes place through inclusion of students’ attitude in co-curricular activities. That is my main reason for supporting the amendment – to include comprehensive consideration of the process of character formation of the young citizen, so that he can become a better member of the society. view