Omingo Magara

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 341 to 349 of 349.

• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think it is only fair that this House gets the facts as they are. The question is simple and direct: What is the requirement of recruiting staff in that parastatal? Were those regulations followed or were they flouted? view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me a chance to contribute to this Motion. I want to thank the Mover of this Motion, which is long overdue. We are travelling on roads that were built at Independence. The number of vehicles plying on those roads have grown immensely! We are wasting a lot of money on fuel. That has a knock-on effect on our foreign exchange because the country has a very expensive mode of transporting goods and services. It is high time our road network was improved for Kenyans to get an efficient, economical and effective ... view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: cannot access the road. What happens is that the multi-nationals, or the big sharks, who can afford to plough with their trucks in Kisii, for example, will give that woman the price of their choice. They will tell her: "Mama, if you cannot take Kshs10 for your tomatoes, you can keep them!" Since she knows that she does not have any storage capacity, the old woman will compromise her position and give away her produce for almost nothing. We have Asians who camp in Lake Victoria. But since the local fishermen do not have any storage facilities, the Indians dictate ... view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Today is a day meant for the poor in this country. If this House was to think on those lines, then we would achieve something. I want to imagine we will achieve something because 56 per cent of our population is poor. Having accepted that we must address an issue that affects the poor, today will go down in history as a day that focused on the poor. This Motion is critical. It is a kind of a cross-cutting Motion that will affect the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of ... view
• 4 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to mislead this House that the Governor has been suspended because of insider dealing with a company that he owns, yet when I tabled the same complaint on the Floor of this House in April last year, the then Minister for Finance cleared the Governor of any wrong-doing? view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to just give this House a casual answer that he will look into the matter? Can we be action oriented, Mr. Minister? What are you going to do for these people? view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. While I reluctantly support this Motion I would like to state a few things. What Mr. N. Nyagah is telling us are obvious facts that are known to Members of Parliament. I am sure all of us do understand that this Procedural Motion is supposed to take place. This will also eat into the business of Private Members' Motions. I think the Standing Orders Committee should convene to see to it that we do not accuse hon. Members of being lazy in dealing with our own affairs. We need to sit and adjust ... view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to contribute to this Motion. On the outset, I would like to state that we are debating the Presidential Address that contains the exposition of public policy. From the very beginning, the Speech was fantastic with flowing good words. However, if you read it carefully, you will find a lot of lamentations in it. This is simply because the truth as they say, has been criminalized. We say what we do not do and do what we are told not to do. Having said that, there is an ... view
• 23 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to stand and enumerate his plight in the Coast Province? Is he a Minister for Coast Province alone? Is he not perpetuating tribalism? view