Nicholas Biwott

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is okay and I will condense my points. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so I am saying this Motion is vague because it should be an affirmative action. It should be directed to the people we want. The Motion itself talks about the poor especially women and other vulnerable groups and then throughout its remaining part, it does not even mention a woman. It does not even mention that particular person; it generalises. I think we should say that this Motion should aim at developing a legal framework which will deliberately focus on the ... view
• 26 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have only risen because those rules were made when I was the Minister for East African Community. I think I was the Chairman. In that article, what we were looking for - and you also participated together with the Attorney-General - was a democratic October 26, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3219 process where East Africans will elect nine representatives to the Community in a manner that will satisfy everybody. We were aware of the fact that, there are political parties. That is why we said that, one of the criteria was to ensure that there are those ... view
• 26 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Ms. Karua wanted to be heard because she was hard-pressed in the Opposition, which was on this side. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have a problem today because NARC is no longer one. There are now several NARCs. I do not know which one has brought these names and which one has been denied. view
• 26 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: I can say that even in KANU itself, the decision was not unanimous. But they happened to be a little bit more mature and disciplined. view
• 26 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am saying that because there is nothing wrong with the rules. There is nothing wrong with democracy. But people just refuse to read the rules, observe them and practise democracy. With those few remarks, I support. view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Minister for Local Government for the very able way he has moved the Motion. He has tried to show us where the money he is asking for will go. I would have liked him to go further and tell us what criteria he uses to allocate various amounts, in the absence of physical planning. The Ministry of Local Government provides the very basic infrastructure in this country, which touches on the lives of people on a daily basis. Therefore, it should be moving towards devolution and showing ... view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Looking at the distribution list as given, it is obvious that all the money we are getting is earned from Roads Maintenance Levy. I believe that with efficient management of local authorities, the Ministry should be able to raise more money through rents and rates collection. It should be able to increase its capacity to meet the services required. At the moment, I think the Minister is doing very well. He is also doing well in the management of the cities. We, however, have shortcomings in planning. The physical planning of our cities is not very good. The building and ... view
• 18 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to echo the sentiments expressed by hon. Dr. Shaban. I would also like to demonstrate, clearly, that there is something basically wrong with the way this money has been allocated. It is either a reflection of what kind of people are manning that Ministry, or something else that we do not know of. You cannot have certain areas of this country being allocated more than Kshs5 billion and others not being allocated any amount of money. There must be something that is fundamentally wrong. I will only support this Vote on ... view
• 18 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Do you want the numbers? view
• 18 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me speak louder so that you can hear. That way, when you go back to your offices, you can do something about those roads. No funds have been set aside to maintain provincial roads. I have the example of Nakuru-Eldama Ravine- Eldoret Road. Likewise, there is no allocation for Mogotio-Kabarnet and Iten-Eldoret roads. There is totally no allocation for maintenance works for the Nyaru Fluorspar Road, and yet exports of fluospar earn this country a lot of foreign exchange. It should be a priority to make that road passable. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, ... view