Najib Balala

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 241 to 250 of 363.

• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Question which was put to me does not refer to beach boys or how the local community will benefit from local tourism. My answer was specific to the Question that was put to me. Nevertheless, there are over 2,400 registered beach boys and we have allocated Kshs150 million in this Budget to cater for them. I hope the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance will release that money so that we can address the issues that affect them. We need to designate a place where they can do business and interact with the tourists. That ... view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg this House to allocate to the Ministry of Tourism enough funds to enable us implement our policies and strategies so that we can help, not only the economy of this country, but also the local people attached to this sector. view
• 30 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, I rise to support the Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Review of the Constitution, which I am a Member, and I am proud to be there. The process has been very transparent, highly professional and with a lot of integrity in it. I believe that we will move this country forward if the system is thoroughly looked into, which we have already done. This is the first agenda of the reforms and particularly on Agenda Four. The process of transforming the democratic institutions of 2007 has let down the country. The issue of ... view
• 30 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: What is required is free and fair elections. There should be integrity in the process not only on the voting day, but also from the day of registration, alienating the boundaries and vetting people who do not belong to a certain constituency. We had a major problem in the previous election of imported voters who were moved because of poverty and lack view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to issue a Ministerial Statement as per the request by Mr. K. Kilonzo last week, while I was away. view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, last year in August, my Ministry, in collaboration with other tourism stakeholders, partnered together to mount a one-week tourism focus week from 11th to 17th of August, 2008. The campaign was dubbed "The Seven Days Wonder" whereby the Standard Media Fe bruary 4, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am encouraged by the information that I am getting from my colleague, Mr. K. Kilonzo. But I can see that I have answered most of his questions in my Ministerial Statement. view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I have said very clearly that of the three Italians who were accompanying me, two of them are journalists. One of the Italians is the President of the Italian Association of Travel Writers. When I was in Italy in September, we had three pages of media coverage by the two Italian writers, who were sponsored by Ms. Cristina Tura of Chui Group of Hotels in Malindi. So, this is what we have got in return of their visit to the Masai Mara. view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: On the question of Kshs20 million, we agreed before we went to the Maasai Mara that all services by the private sector would be free of charge. That was why we were surprised to see Fe bruary 4, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to confirm that there were more than 50 councillors present in that function. Among them were councillors from my constituency. But I want to clarify that not a single penny was paid from Government coffers for any councillor or guest. view