Omingo Magara

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 31 to 40 of 349.

• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, most of the people who have benefited from that kind of arrangement, other than the major vegetable and fruit exporters, are the small artifacts manufacturers or producers. In fact, if the hon. Member came to that forum, he would have seen that most of the exhibitors were small scale producers. There are challenges that they face in terms of volumes and cost of economies of scale and, as a Ministry, we are trying to put them together so that they can export in bulk. In fact, it was interesting to learn that small scale artifact manufacturers ... view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you do remember, there was a lady who was in charge of small scale entrepreneurs in America. She spent a lot of time discussing and engaging small entrepreneurs and advising them on what to do, together with the Ministry. I think that is the way to go. As I said here yesterday, the only way to grow this economy is by targeting small scale entrepreneurs. They are very many. view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a fairly different and specific question and, if he does not mind, I can come back with detailed information about our bilateral agreements. We divided ourselves into small groups of African countries to share our experiences. I did not come with that information but I can tell you that we learnt quite a lot in terms of small groupings that we got into during the AGOA forum. I do not have the exact deliberations that took place in the sectoral meetings and, if the hon. Member will indulge me on 10th September, I will be ... view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought my brother, hon. Mungatana, would be a little kind to me because I thought he knew how I have been from the very beginning. view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will realize that I am not about to start challenging your ruling. I thank you for that guidance. However, you will realize as you pronounced your drastic action to be taken against us, without necessarily taking you back to the issue of coordinating the Executive functions which ordinarily is done by the Leader of Government Business, now that you are acting as the Leader of Government Business, would you, kindly, guide us in the direction as to how we can have someone responsible in the absence of the Leader of Government Business? We need to have ... view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it shows the spirit of teamwork. So, I stand to second the Motion on Vote 16 on the Estimates in my Ministry. view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are now globally moving away from Cold War to diplomacy and trade. That is the more important reason why some of these Ministries will take the central role of having to build the economy in terms of attaining our Vision 2030 and creating employment and wealth. I will start from a point of agonizing with the background that we could not get what we were supposed to get as a Ministry. The critical thing is that we need to lay emphasis on the key Ministries that are going to jumpstart the economy and push ... view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also take this opportunity to request and plead with hon. Members to also take a central role in actually appreciating the fact that we collectively have a responsibility of creating an environment for business to thrive. To the extent that I also plead and request my colleague Ministers to desist from making statements publicly, privately or otherwise that compromise the state of security in our country and erodes confidence either in potential investors or potential tourists who want to visit our country. I said here yesterday that trade and industry are key to jumpstart ... view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, regarding AGOA as it was said here earlier, we have the opportunity to explore that market. But out of 6,900 items, we do not take advantage of more than 20 items. It is time that we also woke up and showed leadership by directing our people to take advantage so that they can create wealth. More often than not, let us also encourage people to move out there and start investing in a small way. Let us put them together in groups like women groups to be able to get artifacts and fill a container ... view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to second this Motion on the Vote of the Ministry of Industrialization. view