Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6461 to 6470 of 6535.

• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to engage into an unnecessary exchange. Every time a Bill comes to this House for the First Reading, the Minister seeks your permission to refer it automatically to the appropriate Departmental Committee. All I am saying is that we want to benefit from the industry of the Committee, because the Committee specialises in looking at Bills falling under it. The Committee calls professionals to advise it, and then it brings to the House proper material. When that is not done, it is legitimate for us to complain. With those few remarks, ... view
• 7 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I will be very brief. Just like my colleagues who have contributed, I am very excited that we have reached this level with this university. We laud our founding fathers who collected Kshs2 from local farmers at the beginning to start WECO. This is a culmination of a long road for the people of Western Province. I want to congratulate the Minister for bringing this Bill. However, I want to point out two things in the Bill that I think the Minister can ... view
• 7 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: I think we need to expand the portfolio and profile of the HELB. Equally, this Board should be decentralised! If we have universities in Nyanza Province, like Maseno University, Moi University and Egerton University, the HELB does not need to be administered centrally from Nairobi, so that everybody who wants a loans has to come to Nairobi to talk about it. We need to have a branch of this Board in almost every province, so that when students, or parents want to talk about loans, they have a local office to go to. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also ... view
• 26 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Bill is very critical for the unfettering of economic activities and the freedom of Kenyans. You look at the Bill and you wonder why we have kept some of these laws in our statute books. view
• 26 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support the Bill as it seeks to free Kenyans and other persons doing business in this country from the rigours and inconveniences of licences. We have had ridiculous requirements in our statute books like regulation of hours for opening shops, regulations for looking for monuments and antiquities, regulations for transporting certain items. The Bill seeks to abolish the need to license traditional liquor so that our constituents can now brew and consume alcohol as they wish, as we all do when we walk into any open bar and 3224 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October ... view
• 26 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Attempts to curtail debate even before four hon. Members have contributed is a mockery of the role of this House. I laud you for rejecting that request. I do not know where it came from, and why it came! view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to contribute! view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Although my colleague will ask me to assist in moving an amendment, I will contribute to the Motion as it is. I want to thank Mr. Syongo for bringing this Motion. I believe what he intended to do is to resurrect what we started in 1963 and then failed; affirmative action for Kenyans. If you recall, in 1963, the independent Government of Kenya started a move to empower Kenyans on trade related issues. You have heard of the famous Biashara Street and River Road activities culminating in the famous case of Wangu and ... view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is what we should be looking at. The Somalis look after cattle in the northern part of Kenya. However, when they want to sell their cattle, who buys it? It is somebody else from outside this country to export and make the money. My Ministry of Foreign Affairs has now embarked on serious economic related diplomacy. We want all our missions to be responsive to the changing times and support issues of trade. It is only through that direction that this country can grow. Uganda is our No.1 trading partner. Perhaps, Mr. Syongo may ... view
• 19 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to debate on Sessional Paper No. 5 of 2006. This Paper is critical for the development, management and continued improvement of the road network in the country. This is a policy paper that should have come to this House a long time ago. I congratulate the Minister for bringing it, so that we can lay down in black and white the road policy that we want, to guide the growth of this country. You will recall that close to 30 or 40 per cent of Questions brought ... view