Najib Balala

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: The allegation of leakage from the Government is--- view
• 15 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Leaked! July 15, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1807 view
• 24 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you are aware that today the President is visiting Rift Valley Province and the Minister in charge of that docket is there. We have noted the issues raised by the hon. Member and we will report here on Tuesday April 24, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 669 afternoon. But I want to tell the hon. Member that there is no "mere taxi driver". He is a Kenyan! view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am certainly aware of where I belong as a Minister of this Government. It has been a tradition in the previous Parliament and a ruling was given that any hon. Member can sit anywhere in the House. As you have correctly said, this is a unique situation. We have a Grand Coalition. If we do not know what a Grand Coalition means, we cannot differentiate--- view
• 18 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am honoured to be here in this historic day, where we are sitting together as brothers and sisters, patriotic Kenyans. Early this year, we came here in a very hostile situation and elected you as the Speaker. We thought that justice would not prevail. All this trouble that has affected this country was caused by the announcement of the fraudulent Presidential election results. It is sad when we have institutions that we trust, to take sides and yet they are the ones which have created this violence. Mr. Speaker, Sir, today is a historic day not ... view
• 18 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a historic day. It is really historic. His Excellency the President has come in to sit and vote with us for what is good for the country. Your Excellency, Sir, we welcome you and we thank you dearly. view
• 18 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Finally, this is time for Kenyans to show patriotism and particularly hon. Members of 192 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 18, 2008 Parliament in this House, because it is not about individuals; it is about Kenya. It is about the people of Kenya, stability and peace of the region. We should all commit ourselves to passing these Bills without any doubt because I know and believe that it is good for Kenya. I beg to support. view
• 18 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. After the principal leaders and statesmen of this country have spoken, is it in order to move that the Mover be nw called upon to reply? view
• 13 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am honoured to respond here in support of the Presidential Speech. Unfortunately, I was not here during the State Opening Ceremony of this Tenth Parliament. I was representing the Government and the country at an international trade fair to promote our tourism industry. This is because tourism means eradication of poverty, getting education, water and infrastructure for our people. I went through the Speech and I knew it was a landmark event that day. I appreciate the Speech by His Excellency the President. In his speech, the President said that this Tenth ... view
• 13 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: . I also want thank my party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), for giving me the privilege to be their candidate in that constituency. I have seen that politics has changed. It is not the old style of politics. It has become professional and very much issue-oriented. The way politicians and leaders present themselves in convincing their constituents to vote for them has changed. That day was the 27th of December, 2007. Unfortunately, thereafter, things went bad. We have seen when electors were robbed. Institutions like the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) were not proper and sincere to this nation. ... view