Najib Balala

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Minister, Chris Obure, to over emphasise the praise for the Minister for Lands on his absence in addressing this issue of the school which is fundamental before the closure of the House? view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand here to support this Bill and congratulate the Minister for at least taking the country forward with this structure of devolution. We have struggled as a nation since the 1960s. We came to a formula of majimboism where devolution was key in our independent Constitution. Unfortunately, due to greed and power hungry politicians, majimboism was killed especially by starving some regions and today we are back to a modern way of devolution. I want to say that this is the right way to help this country to spread its development ... view
• 27 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is it in order for the Assistant Minister to confirm that there will be construction of police houses in Ndhiwa without providing evidence to that statement? Is it in order for him to confirm that houses will be built in Ndhiwa when he has no evidence to prove the same? view
• 27 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that I was a Minister, but I was a hands-on Minister. I always knew the answers to the Questions directed at me. I also knew what was going on in the Ministry. So, as Minister, I could not just come here and read out statements. I would make sure that those statements were verified and that whatever I read out here was the truth. You come to the House to prove that you are working, as Minister. So, if his answers are half-baked, he should ask for more time, say next week, to answer ... view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, he says Telkom Kenya is no longer a parastatal, but I believe the Government owns shares in it. Could you tell us what percentage the Government has in Telkom Kenya, especially after the recent agreement that has been sealed with it? view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can confirm that even in urban areas like Mombasa, registration teams had teething problems initially. I went to a polling station on the first day of the exercise, but there were no registration clerks at all. They had no security. In some areas, the BVR kits or the batteries were not working. If we have a problem handling Kenyans living in Kenya, why would we have to go and register people in Uganda? Let us sort out the problem in Kenya first. We have 15,000 BVR kits, instead of 25,000 BVR kits. Why do ... view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Why only Christian churches? I think we should open it to other religions. I will request the hon. Chairman of the Education Committee as well as the Minister to make it inclusive to accommodate Muslims so that we are an inclusive nation. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I appreciate what he has said but we also have pastoral programmes which are being developed now which include the Islamic religion and other religions. So, could you just open it wider instead of specifically saying a specific religion, just for harmonization? view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. We wanted a clarification from the Minister on the definition of “basic education” and the “transition” that Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona was talking about. Is it basic education in primary and secondary school, or is it the normal basic education as we understand it, that is up to Standard Eight? view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady--- view