Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6251 to 6260 of 6535.

• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have not disowned this letter. We cannot disown the contents. The letter says: "It has become necessary---". Then it says: "Adjust the salaries of serving Ambassadors" without taking into account other Ambassadors. Then it says: "You are requested---". We have acted on this letter by writing back and explaining that what has been requested can only be done in a certain manner. We have carried out a rationalisation programme. This implementation would have meant that you will go to a mission and find an ambassador or a High Commissioner earning three or four times higher ... view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my good nephew's father was a policeman. That is why he is talking about mutiny and the Police Force. The letter is very clear. It is requesting my Permanent Secretary to implement the increment. My Permanent Secretary has written back, and I stand by him--- view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you cannot pick and choose phrases from this letter in isolation. view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the letter reads: "The ambassadors/high commissioners will be graded". It does not say that they "shall" be graded. It then says: "And will be implemented". It does not say: "Shall be implemented". At the end of it all, the concluding paragraph says: "You are requested to effect the adjustment". Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want the House to know that a Permanent Secretary is an Accounting Officer. Whatever decisions they make, they must make sure that they fall in sync with other operational issues within the Ministry and the Government. The Permanent Secretary has written back ... view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that the word "may" has not been used, but one would ask why the word "request" and not "direct" has been used--- view
• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware of intermittent cases where Kenyan fishermen have been arrested by Tanzanian and Ugandan authorities while fishing in Lake Victoria. However, the Minister, in conjunction with the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, has always intervened in such cases, and sought the release of those who are arrested. (b) Yes, I am also aware that six Kenyan fishermen were arrested on 10th May, 2008 while fishing on Tanzanian territory. I have instructed the Kenya High Commissioner in Dar-es-Salaam to establish the circumstances that led to the ... view
• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my good friend does understand that it is very difficult to have visible borders on the lake, or in the water or sea. Secondly, while we do appreciate that the fishermen have not understood or appreciated the borders, you know that under the East African Community Treaty and Protocol, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi are destined to collapse their borders by 2013. That means that the issue of who is fishing in whose waters will not arise. In the meantime, the EAC has the Lake Victoria Commission that is working out ways and means of harmonising ... view
• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, the issue that fish breed in Kenyan waters and migrates to Tanzanian and Ugandan waters is not scientific at all. That is a view that was repeatedly propagated on this Floor by the former Member of Parliament for Nyatike, Mr. Ochola Ogur. I believe Dr. Khalwale took it literally. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that there is a process to create harmony between the three States. Once it is done, the arrest of fishermen that is repeatedly done by Ugandan and Tanzanian authorities--- Wherever it is done, we intervene and get them released. ... view
• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have a Ministry of Fisheries Development and Members of Parliament from those areas. We all have a duty, particularly colleagues who represent areas that touch on the lake, to give constant advice to their constituents that, when they go to the lake to fish, they can only go so far and that, when they stray into the territorial waters of our neighbours, we have no jurisdiction over them. They should not do that. But as I said, it is difficult for the fishermen from rural areas to appreciate even the basic simple logic that Lake Victoria, ... view
• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. May I suggest to the Chair that, in view of the backlog of pending Ministerial Statements, when we meet on Tuesday, you start with Ministerial Statements or you give less time to Questions so that, by 3.00 p.m. we take 30 minutes to clear all those Statements. view