James Maina Kamau

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, would I be in order to put it to the Minister that the reason why some schools performed dismally in the last KCSE was lack of teachers? What will he do in the short-term to alleviate the problem? Could he also ensure that all the schools are given equal opportunities when teachers are available? This is because when teachers are available, they are normally divided amongst national schools at the expense of the schools in the countryside. view
• 9 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with the creation of the new districts countrywide, what is the Ministry doing to ensure that all the existing health centres are upgraded to the level of district hospitals? view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I commend the President for giving such a good speech during the opening of this Session. I would only like to talk about a few issues, especially on corruption but I would first want to talk on the Constitution of this country. view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: You will agree with me that everywhere you go, the talk is always about a new constitution, be it in matatus, in buses, in churches or even in schools; wherever you go, the talk is about a new constitution. We shall do this country a lot of disservice if we do not deliver this constitution to the nation at this time. If we are able, as the 10th Parliament, to deliver this constitution to our country, I think our people will be very happy, and we shall also go down in history as being the only Parliament that managed to ... view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: The other issue that the President talked about is that of corruption. Corruption is like a terminal disease in this country, and I would urge the Government to tackle this issue head on. When I talk of handling it head on, I know if you take a soldier to war and you do not give him enough ammunition and fire power, that soldier will be a sitting duck in the battle field. What I want to mean is that we have KACC, and it is high time we disbanded this institution if we cannot give it power, or teeth to ... view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: There is the issue of education, which is very important for the country but we are asking our children to go to school to read everyday. But when they score good marks, they are not able to pursue the course of their dream due to something they call cut off points. The other day, I was watching television and there was this student who wanted to pursue a degree in electronics engineering, but the student was not able to pursue that course merely because he missed point five of a point in the so called cut off points. It is ... view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: The other thing the President talked about is agriculture; we all know that it the mainstay of this country. We had a problem here, especially with our dairy farmers who were not able to deliver their milk because there were no facilities. I believe some people in that troubled ministry did not do their job. In other words, they slept on the job. I believe we have strategists in this Ministry who should have known that every time after a long drought comes heavy rains and with this comes a lot of food. I do not see why they could ... view
• 10 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Minister is telling us that the directors have refused to leave office. Is he really in order to tell us that he is not able to remove them, knowing the powers he has as a Minister and we know that he is a vibrant Minister? view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to commend the Minister for Water and Irrigation for giving such an answer. But then, can she also tell us why some areas were left out like Kandara Constituency which does not have any source of water at all? The Ministry of water and Irrigation is doing nothing towards that. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Minister aware that some of these houses that have been developed have parents who have school-going children and when these demolitions occur, they are subjected to a lot of discomfort? What is the Government doing to ensure that these people are allocated land in other areas because demolitions have been going on in estates for a long time? We have got idle land towards Machakos and the Government can do something about that because these children actually go through a lot of problems. view