James Maina Kamau

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Vote. I also rise to join my colleagues in supporting this Motion. I would want to start by thanking the Minister, who is actually one of the very few Ministers in whom this House has so much confidence. I would also want to thank the Assistant Minister, the Permanent Secretary (PS) and all their staff, including all the heads of their various parastatals. They have actually provided able leadership in this particular Ministry. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. At least, I have caught your eye. I have been here for long and thought I would not have a chance to speak in the House today. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Ministry of Information and Communications for doing a good job. I am in the relevant Committee and I know that what we went through was actually commendable. The importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) should not be overemphasized. It is very important that we go this way because the whole world has gone ICT. Whatever they are coming up with are things for whicht they need to be commended. But I do not think that the issue of introducing mobile buses is going to be workable. My colleague has ... view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, again, as we were going through these records, we realized that they are going to allocate to every constituency at least Kshs2.2 million per bus. When you go to General Motors and look at what you can buy with Kshs2.2 million, really I do not understand whether you are just going to buy a shell, because it can only buy a very small vehicle that cannot accommodate 24 or 34 of the people you are talking about. So, that issue should be looked into. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the same time, they have also said ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we understand that the Prime Minister is between a rock and hard place. Let him clarify whether the problem is emanating from the small person or the big fish. Who is senior? Is it the Government or the people we are talking about? view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister tell this House whether this issue of nominating members of the land boards will be done country wide? It is not only North Imenti where it has not been done, but the rest of the country has not heard anything from the Ministry. They have been telling us that they would do these things, but nothing is happening on the ground. Could the Assistant Minister assure this House that they will do the nomination of members of land boards for the whole country? view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, considering the high cost of these transformers, could the Assistant Minister consider employing security guards as a short-term measure? The people in the rural areas are willing to guard those transformers since they are very important to them. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to ask the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government whether he is aware of Cap.265, Laws of Kenya, which gives him a lot of powers. He can even dissolve the council at any time. He can even sack the Town Clerk at any time. This is a very small issue. I do not know why he is not telling us the whole truth. view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Once we ask Questions in this House, what is the proper follow up? I need your guidance on this; we view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view