Moody Arthur Awori

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, last week the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent out an invitation to all hon. Members--- view
• 14 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, an invitation was sent out to all hon. Members of the House to attend the very important function in honour of hon. Koffi Annan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). This is supposed to be today at 5.30 p.m. However, as we are all aware, we are very much behind with the business of the House. I wish to seek the indulgence of hon. Members, so that we release to that function only members of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, and that the rest of us continue with business as usual. view
• 14 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, a week ago, His Excellency the President launched a Concept Paper on Vision 2030. Hon. Members were interested that I should bring the Paper here, so that they may discuss it. I wish to inform the hon. Members that, indeed, a Sessional Paper is being prepared and it will be brought here when it is ready, so that the hon. Members can discuss it. In the meantime, there is consultation that is going on with all the stakeholders. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the conference will continue until 17th November, 2006. Therefore, the Minister will still be away. I request that the Question be deferred until the week after next week. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to state as follows: Indeed, the hon. Member has been in touch with me and the action he was asking has been taken. So, he is satisfied with the situation. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as far as the House is concerned, I will reply as follows:- (a) Yes, I am aware that Winam Meat Supplies was owed Kshs4.6 million by Kodiaga Prison. (b) The reason why this happened is simply because we did not have the funds. Now that we have received the funds, money has been sent to the prison and Winam Meat Supplies will be paid any time from now. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, 3464 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 8, 2006 Sir, yes, indeed. In fact, in Kodiaga, Winam Meat Supplies are not the only suppliers. So, the money that has been sent to Kodiaga Prison is to pay all pending bills including Winam Meat Supplies. Similarly, we have sent money to all the 92 facilities under our Ministry to pay not only for pending bills but to buy fresh supplies for the moment. view
• 7 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will ensure that the Minister is present. However, I also suggest that you have a word with the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Musila, so that he does not sit in the Chair that afternoon because he has a special interest in the Question. So, you had better be in the Chair, Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the Minister will be present, then the Question will be answered. view
• 7 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 7 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to second this very important Bill. First of all, it is over- due. The Minister has stated that there are only six public universities in the country, and this is going to be the seventh. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, devolution does not start and end with governance. It must also go into education and, therefore, we would like to ensure that all things devolve all the way. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, WUST, which is now going to be a full-fledged university is situated in a very heavily ... view