Manson Nyamweya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 771 to 780 of 876.

• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: For those particular reasons, I urge the House to, perhaps, require that this process be certain. I also wish to concur with my colleagues that, perhaps, the Act was not properly designed in terms of how we carry out that process. Perhaps, the Attorney- General would find time to move some amendments and ensure that Parliament is not asked to do some work which it is not suited for. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you! view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to pose a question before I proceed. What is the objective or the purpose of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? If we do not understand ourselves, how can we explain ourselves to anyone else? Kenya is not a small country. We are a country of 40 million people. Our Budget, and I am glad that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance is here, is financed by the Kenyan taxpayers. In fact, 60 per cent of the GDP of the whole of East Africa is Kenyan. We command the Indian ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Government. This is something that is expected from our missions abroad. Is that what they are doing? If we are able to know who we are through the missions that we have across the world, how are we projecting this? What is it that we are seeking from the rest of the world as Kenya? What sort of partnerships are we looking for with our diplomatic colleagues in other countries? We have the main research centres here like Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), the Kenya Seed, and so on. What ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the point I am making is that it is so sad that, perhaps, we do not have a foreign policy. The result of this Report is precisely the fact that our missions abroad are not being managed property. If they are not being managed properly, what is the cause of that problem? It is our duty, as leaders, to be able to get our missions to work properly. There is hardly any point, simply saying: “We have a little Report here. Look at it and just pass it.” We want the Minister to understand our concerns, ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: need to continually be dependent on the old policies of agriculture, other things and so on. We must start processing the service industry and export zones. This is what we have. Are we projecting our Vision 2030 to the rest of the world? Do they know what is available here, or is it only the CNN news with flashbacks of 2007/2008? There are so many positive things that we, here, in Kenya have. That is what we are urging our brother here; that, can we expect them to project and articulate what is available in Kenya? At one time, I ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: This is what we expect when we want to go out. People look up to us, particularly if you go round in the East African region or even in Africa. People will wait to hear what Kenya says of this. Do we want to besmirch that image by the sort of activities that took place in London? Is there any particular explanation we can have for what took place in London? A High Commissioner completely defied his own Government by refusing to come back home. Surely, that is not the image we want. As you know, the Royal Court of ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to second this Motion. view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I really think that the basic problem we are facing here is that nobody anticipated that we were going to have a document we would disapprove. So, it was just expected that Parliament as an organ would also approve with or without amendments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, do you know what has taken place? Amendments have been brought but to make sure that the disapproval is registered, the amendments have also been defeated. So, you get a document which really nobody is happy with but because we have boxed ourselves in by the law, we are ... view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: To borrow from Mr. Wetangula, do we not need perhaps to find a way to get out of this problem? Because if we say approve, and that is simple majority, and the majority do not have 145 Members because it presupposes--- view