Rev. Mutava Musyimi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1431 to 1440 of 1501.

• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Thank You, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to support the Motion very ably presented to us by the Minister for Lands, Mr. Orengo and, perhaps, if I may just rehearse some of the points that we made yesterday. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we supported the Motion, we raised questions with regard to the need to clarify in the policy the issue of ownership of land anywhere in the Republic. We had an issue with the productivity targets and guidelines. Thirdly, we requested that further light be shed on Kenya, especially where non-Kenyans own companies with Kenyans. We raised the issue of acquiring irregularly or illegally acquired land. We raised questions regarding taxation that accompanies the policy. We were concerned about the question of squatters and I must say that we commend the Minister for the length ... view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had just started to discuss a matter that the Minister spent quite a lot of time on yesterday and I think one that we cannot take lightly, that is the issue of constitutional protection of this policy. I refer the Minister to page 12 of the policy which reads:- “Fundamental issues in the Policy should be anchored in the Constitution. For these reasons, land should be treated as a constitutional issue.” The policy continues to say:- “In an ideal situation, a Constitution should set out the broad principles for the governance of land, and ... view
• 1 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Given the importance of this matter, would I be in order to request the Chair to allow the Minister to be given sufficient time to explain the Land Policy to the House? view
• 1 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Lands and Natural Resources and on my own behalf, to thank the Minister for Lands for the very lucid explanation of Sessional Paper No.3. I also take this opportunity to thank all those that have put in a lot of their time in this policy as we have been doing since the General Election of 2002. I would like to thank the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. I listened to both of them and I just hope they can donate some of ... view
• 1 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in 1848, before Karl Marx authored his famous Das view
• 1 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: ; gave to the world a rather famous manuscript. It was called “economic and philosophic” manuscript. It is in that document that he initially identified the issue of land, labour, capital and alienation as crucial issues for Europe in the 19th Century. Years later, somebody would say that Karl Marx may not have come up with the proper prescription of the problem that he identified, but at least, one thing could be said of Karl Marx: He understood the question of his time. In this regard, I think Hon. Orengo and his predecessor have understood one critical question of our ... view
• 1 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: It is ironical that the very energies that have messed up the land issue – politics – have also to be used to resolve this problem. I find that rather paradoxical because problems of land have been caused by politics. It is bad politics that brought us where we are. It now must also come back to politics to resolve this problem. view
• 1 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the challenges I cannot wait to see how it will be addressed is the whole issue of implementation. This country does not have a problem with laws. The problem we have in our country is our capacity and willingness to implement the laws that we make. Even as we discuss this policy, from which we shall come up with legislation, I still do not know the level of commitment of our people to the whole culture of implementation of the laws that we pass. Somebody said: “If you want to know a country, do ... view
• 12 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I, too, beg to support this Motion. I think this is a very noble policy and one that deserves our full support. Every once in a while, my mind goes back to words spoken by the former President of Zambia. He came to Kenya after retiring and I remember an interview by one of the newspapers. He was asked what was the one thing that he regretted, that given another chance, he would have done differently. He said: “The one mistake that I made in Zambia as President was, instead of ... view