Dr. Naomi Shaban

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Entries 1231 to 1240 of 1513.

• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I did not know that “hawking” is an insult. I have just realised that today. Not all those IDPs are hawkers, but quite a number of them used to do small businesses. What do you call business people who usually go round selling things? They are hawkers! That is not an insult. I am surprised that today, “hawking” is being referred to as an insult! Having said that, what I now want to point out is very interesting. If the issue of IDPs had been left to our Ministry to deal with, we ... view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let him go ahead and inform us. Maybe, there is something I do not know. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I take this opportunity to apologize for not being here last week. We had sent a letter to the Clerk of the National Assembly, but for some reason it had not reached the destination. The letter was delivered to the Clerk’s Office on 6th November, 2009. My Assistant Minister and I were away on official duty. Something cropped up and he had to leave the country urgently. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This afternoon, I was just caught up in the jam as I was getting here. So, when I came in, you had already moved on. I wish to apologise. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The following beneficiaries received relief food in Samburu East, through the Emergency Operation Programme (EOP); that is in Wamba Division, 20,413 and Wazo Division, 8,716. That is an average of 70 percent of the population. In addition, the Government provided relief food allocation through the District Commissioners (DCs). Samburu East District was given relief from April to October, 2009, as shown below. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it makes a total of 10,980 bags of 90 kilograms of maize, 1,300 90 kilogram of beans, 1,400, 50 kilograms of rice and, 800 cartons of vegetable ... view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have repeated this before and I am repeating it today, that Members of Parliament are supposed to be members of the District Steering Group. Because we do not have people who are working at the grassroots from the Ministry of Special Programmes, we work through the provincial administrators. They should work closely with the provincial administrators to make sure that food is distributed on time. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, usually, the distribution is done at the DC’s office, then after that, the food is taken on to the users, who are usually the stakeholders and the people at the village level. They are the ones who are at the sub-location level who have been given the liberty of deciding who sits in the committee for distribution of relief food at the sub-location level. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: I am not aware of any contract between my Ministry and NGOs on construction of houses for IDPs under the Operation Rudi Nyumbani Programme. Therefore, my Ministry does not have powers to force any NGO to comply with the agreements they entered into with their suppliers. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know why the hon. Member finds it difficult to understand what I said. I said there is no contract between our Ministry and any NGO constructing houses for the IDPs in this country. That is the truth. That is the fact. view