Manson Nyamweya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I wish I could expound on the issues this country faces. Then we have security- related projects costing Kshs20 billion. Add the cost of all these projects to what the Kenya Government has been paying and look at the national debt; we have a problem as a nation. The first problem this country must sort out is how we borrow from outside Kenya. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, finally let me talk about this issue of the laptops. Somebody added Kshs1.2 billion in a tender document. That is a Cabinet Secretary who is in the current Government and a Principal Secretary who is in the current Government. They are behaving as if nothing has happened. The Public Procurement Review Board has clearly said that firm could not have even moved a step forward. However, the Cabinet Secretary is proudly saying that: “We are getting late and we must start the project.” For President Uhuru to rule this country well, he must take action and ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, finally, we have the issue of the railway. It is under probe but unless this country sets a clear system on donor money and how we borrow, we will not go far. It should not come from individuals. People are compromised in each Ministry. They have a system and no case has been won by the Attorney-General. Finally, this Parliament maybe approached in this manner: “You know we want money from donor funds. They have given us a condition. One condition they have given us is that we must pay these bills. Can we approve money ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support but I ask Parliament to act more aggressively to help this country, the President and everybody. We have to come out with a foreign policy on how we will make the law which will guide this Government so that money is not wasted. view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. Is the Leader of Majority Party in order to say that PAC has failed when the Report was tabled in this House last year? You were still in the House Business Committee. You are the people who make decision on which Bills are given priority. It is not us in PAC. In PAC, we have been pushing to get time. So, if there is somebody who is not helping this country to move forward, to discuss this Report to be used as a basis for revenue allocation, it is you the Leader of ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this very important debate. From the outset, I want to say that I support this Bill. I support it for many reasons. I am supporting it as a development-conscious leader. What we need is to share information. The formation of the board will, first and foremost, provide a forum for members to share information on what is taking place in the entire county. It gives room for the Member of Parliament to also be aware of what the county government is going to do, so that we do ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: “Parliament shall by registration ensure that county governments have adequate support to enable them perform their functions.” view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: We may have to do some amendments; we are actually supporting devolution to minimize conflict and to share information, which we all need. We need to know the development agenda of the county government. We need to be involved as Members of Parliament, so that when they are doing their plan, we also do our plan at the CDF level. We do not duplicate. That is what is happening at the moment. Our MCAs - and let us be honest to each other - their level of supervision is very weak. We need to strengthen them. So, if that body ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: So, I urge Members, as we contribute on this Bill, to be conscious that we come from constituencies. Our people are asking for development and we should share information at the county level. I am not fighting for positions. One thing I would like to tell hon. Members is that 60 per cent of us will not come back after the 2017 elections. We will not be here. The turnover is very high. Let us not argue like we have permanent positions. We do not have permanent positions as Members of Parliament but we have permanent positions in our constituencies ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I urge hon. Members not to be biased on this Bill. We are not fighting anybody. I am not after fighting the governors but I am after reducing poverty. I am also after what best we can do in this country to improve the welfare of our people. We should not be guided by selfish interests because they will not take us anywhere. What will help us is if we can work together and understand each other. At the ward The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view