Rev. Mutava Musyimi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1441 to 1450 of 1501.

• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support. They say that necessity is the mother of invention. In our case as we were creating Cabinet positions or struggling to put the country together after the post-election violence, necessity became the mother of wastage, confusion and exaggeration. I think we all now appreciate that we have a very bloated Government and costly Executive. We are operating instruments that really take their toll on the tax payer. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: One of the things that was quite apparent during the Budget scrutiny process in pretty much all the Ministries was the relationship between the Development and Recurrent Expenditure. It is a point that has been made here before. It was very much lopsided most of the times, with a lot of money going to Recurrent Expenditure to pay salaries, run vehicles and not as much money going to the Development Vote. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: If we are going to move this country and spend the hard earned money of the poor taxpayer that is the Kenyan, we must reverse those percentages, so that more money goes to Development and less money goes to Recurrent Expenditure. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: My final point has to do with the decision that I hope we, as a country, will be able to make in the not too distant future. In terms of the architecture of the Executive, whether we favour the parliamentary system or the presidential system, I have always argued for nearly two decades that I have been out there arguing for a new constitution that what I thought would help this country is a purely presidential system. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: I have no doubt that there are others who hold a different view. My experience as a Backbencher in the last one and a half years has left me absolutely convinced that if we will help this country, we might have to take more seriously the need for a purely presidential system and do it in earnest. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: One of the things I found very difficult is that you stand here as a Backbencher, you disagree with a Minister or an Assistant Minister and then you have to go to his office to ask him to help you with a particular project in your constituency. That does not quite work. It erodes and undermines your authority as a Member of Parliament. I hope when the time comes, we shall separate the Executive from the Legislature so that the Legislature legislates and holds the Executive accountable. We should consider going outside of Parliament to get members of the Cabinet ... view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am happy to make a non-legal point because the points being canvassed today have been of legal nature. We are discussing a matter of corruption. Corruption has brought our people to their knees. Corruption has taken away the dignity and the pride from the faces of our people. view
• 2 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose this Motion. I am privileged to serve in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, chaired by hon. Abdikadir. When we met to look at the composition of the advisory board, we introduced nine new faces to the Board, out of 12, and requested three members to continue. The reason for this was to make sure that we have a Board that would give us a more competent Director and Assistant Directors. The second point I would like to make is that I was privileged to be the founding chair of ... view
• 27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much. I beg to support and wish to thank the hon. Minister. I think it left a little concern about what we discover in terms of the state of this country. I am glad that the hon. Minister responsible for that, Mr. Oparanya is here. We have a very grave situation in Kenya. I think if one were to rate the issues we face as a nation, one would have to rate the youth question right up there, as one thinks of Agenda 4, issues of governance, the economy, use of natural resources ... view