Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5821 to 5830 of 6535.

• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the HANSARD is dated 12th August, 2010. When you are investigating a matter as weighty as this, it is good to hear everybody and everything. It only helps to make a decision that we can all live with. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am now going to Tokyo. Kenya opened a mission in Tokyo in 1979. In 1989, we moved to the premises that are the subject matter of this debate. The first ambassador to Tokyo, Mr. ole Leken, as soon as he settled into this property, wrote a letter to the Government of Kenya asking the Government ... view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, after that, there was a to and from movement on whether to buy this property or not. Negotiations went on between the embassy, the Government and other Ministries. In the process, several issues arose and have come to this Floor. In relation to Tokyo, I have framed in my mind three questions that I want to bring to the House and then address them. The first question is: Is the area in which the Kenyan mission is located in Tokyo a slum? Is it a Ruai as the Chairman put it? I apologize to the people of ... view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I plead with you to exercise your discretion and give me extra time? view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, where the mission is located is not a Ruai. There is a google message here that states: We are located in Meguro Ward of Tokyo, described as hosting 15 missions and one of Tokyo’s most exlusive residential neighbourhoods is located in this area. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we inquired from the Japanese Government and they wrote to us and said the following--- You remember the Chairman saying that the embassy is located in an area where only Rwanda is another embassy. They say this area hosts 15 embassies of the following countries: Algeria, Azhabaijan, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, ... view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, I did not intend to say that the Chairman met the seller as a person. The information, in fact, he gave to the House is that they met as a Committee. The seller has written to the Embassy in Tokyo. He says: “I have seen a report released by the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations in which, under Section 3615 of the Report, I am reported to have informed the Committee that if I were to sell the property to Japanese, it can fetch only 600 million Yen. The statement is untrue as the ... view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with all these that I have placed before the House, this is what the Committee in their findings say of the Minister; that the Minister misled the Committee. Let me once again plead with you that there are two very weighty issues, that if this House has to be assisted, I need a moment to address. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding the issue of lawyer Kajima whom the Committee has used as the backbone of their Report, the Mission invited lawyers to bid for services. Lawyer Kajima was one of them and Yanagawa was the other. Mr. Kajima was not prequalified; he went off the stage. Mr. Yanagawa was prequalified and gave a detailed brief on the property, including the fact that there was a mortgage on it. He said: “Pay me 500,000 Yen for my opinion,” and he was paid; (it is worth Kshs450,000). He then said: “If I act for you in the transaction, you ... view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg the House to hear me on this. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will table the documents and in the course of the discussions, my Assistant and others who speak after me will be able to fill in. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those many remarks, I beg to oppose. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have tabled some documents. I will table others later. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I tabled a document, if my good friend was listening; showing that there was authority from the Treasury to sell all the three plots in Nigeria. That is where I started and I tabled the document. So, the answer is really rhetorical. Is he in order, therefore, to ask a question whose answer he already has? view