Najib Balala

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I thought I was concluding and then the rich intervened and hijacked the chance! view
• 21 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister institutionalize the criterion that will be used when people cannot afford to pay hospital bills? It should not be a discretionary decision that is abused by the Ministers or officials of the hospital. Could the Assistant Minister assure this House that those waivers are not only done at the KNH but countrywide? view
• 21 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the response from the Assistant Minister. I totally agree with my colleague, hon. Kombo. This is the only Embassy in that area and it can easily be re-located to where other embassies are like in Muthaiga and other areas and be appropriate where it does not inconvenience Kenyans. Any Kenyan is stopped there and checked and inconvenienced, but if you are of my colour and religion, you get arrested and you are traumatized by the investigations and interrogations that take place in that area. I have an example and it has not been once, but ... view
• 21 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I emphasize on re-location because it is the cause of my point. When you are arrested because of being of a different complexion, you get traumatized and then the investigations of it become null and void. So, it becomes harassment to Kenyans. So, it is important for us to re-locate the Embassy vis-à-vis the issue of investigations of people of a certain complexion that they can be potential terrorists and we are not terrorists. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the hon. Member to refer to this as an ODM Bill because most of us here present in this House are non-ODM party members? We are the supporters of the Bill. So, only the Mover of the Bill is in ODM party. The rest are the supporters of the Bill because it is a national Bill. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I appreciate the advice of the lawyer in red. I can withdraw the statement in the good spirit as a Member of Parliament who represents national interests and not party interests. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate hon. Midiwo for the wonderful work he has produced in this House, particularly the Consumer Protection Bill. There are many examples that are done by merchants and businessmen in terms of exploiting the masses. The hon. Member has been very passionate in the aspect of interest rates. A company like Barclays Bank always announces a Kshs12 billion profit despite the fact that it operates in a third world country. This is purely exploitation. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Barclays Bank advertises the interest rate in the UK of 0.5 per cent. One wonders why the interest rate in their own headquarters or motherland is less. This is because they have a freeway to exploit people in other countries. This is dangerous. We here in Kenya when we try to protect our people from these exploiters who are not genuine businessmen, we fall in the trap of the western countries. Today, their economies have collapsed because they have actually mortgaged their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and their economies to the banks. This is a ... view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are always being blamed that we want to stop the open market economy. This is not the case. We are also economists and we understand how the economy works. But if you want to steal, that is a different game. We know the people who can do genuine and honest business. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, a good example is internet services. You can buy a broadband of 2 mbps or 8 mbps, but you do not have the gadget to test whether they supplied you with the 8 mbps to your company. I am a victim of a company, I do not want to mention its name here, from who I bought a service and then I realized that they gave me half of that service three months later. I had paid for the service three months in advance. So, what do I do? When you complain and you do ... view