Manson Nyamweya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to thank the Committee for the report they have given the House. When I go through the report, they have dealt so much on the information given by the Principal Secretary. For example, they have said that the Principal Secretary visited the manufacturing company. Visiting the manufacturing company is not a guarantee to this House that they have the ability to do the project. Two, 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
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: the Chairman has given the names of companies which have done this work in China, but there is no attachment to the effect that, that is correct. I have the report with me and I am trying to be convinced whether this is a viable project for this country. When I go through the report, I do not find anywhere where the Committee has attached the report which the Principal Secretary gave to confirm the ability of this company to do the project. Thirdly, the Chair has also said that the Director-General of procurement informed the Committee that under Section ... view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Finally, this ends in Nairobi, but we know there is a railway line starting in Tanga, through Uganda to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which competes with us. If we are laying a railway which ends in Nairobi, transporters will just be dumping containers here. What we want to do is transfer the port to Nairobi. In the report, did you asses where the traffic terminal will end? You must look at how traffic will be handled, when this new railway line reaches Nairobi. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: These are the questions that I want the Committee to look at and explain them to us. Is this the best thing of value and what is the opportunity cost for the money which will be spent? Is it the best thing that this county can do, given other demands that are required? This is our money; we will pay; it is not for free. So, is it the best project for the country to undertake, and will it give us value for money and bring development to this country? view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me a chance to support what my colleagues have said. I am not a lawyer but the big challenge that we have is that judges make decisions as if Parliament works like the courts. A judge presides over a case where two parties are arguing over an issue. On the basis of evidence raised, a judge makes a ruling. In Parliament, Members of Parliament, who are elected by Kenyans, make a case. We argue for or against. We then vote. When we do so, we carry the will of the people of Kenya. We ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you preside over our discussions, you do not come in to make a ruling. There is nowhere where you make a ruling on what we decide here and we are doing so for Kenyans. We are not doing it for ourselves. This House is divided; we have got the Leader of Majority Party and the Leader of Minority Party. We have got the Government side and the Opposition side. Therefore, whenever we reach a decision, that decision is for the people of Kenya. We do not make a decision to favour any particular person. That is the first ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Another point that I would like to say is that, it has come a time for this House to come out very clearly and support devolution. The issues we are having here is about the governors. If you look at the statements from the Treasury Secretary, billions of money is laying idle in Central Bank of Kenya. They have not spent the money! We are saying that we are poor; we can be poor because there is money which has not been withdrawn from the Exchequer. But they have used the money to travel around the country and to go ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: oversea for trips and they have been very wasteful. The next question you will ask, these people were elected to bring development at the county level, constituency level and at the village level, is that happening? When you look around, that is not what is happening. Therefore, we have got a Judiciary which is taking us back where we have come from. We have got a Judiciary which makes decisions and thinks that we behave and act like they do, when they are court. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you cannot stop a court from sitting and if you cannot stop a court from sitting, how then can you stop Parliament from sitting? You cannot do it. Supposing we are doing the Budget and somebody comes up with an injunction to stop us from debating the Budget, will we stop? Will we stop it because somebody has gone to court? Our responsibility and mandate is the people of Kenya. So long as we are keeping that mandate for the people of Kenya, it is immaterial what any judicial officer or any court can make. As we sit ... view