Onesmus Muthomi Njuki

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 301 to 310 of 588.

• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for recognising the wonderful and beautiful girls from our constituency and county. I want to take this opportunity to appreciate that air transport has become one of the safest modes of transport in the world. If you look at what is happening in the world today in terms of entrepreneurship, you will find that the trade between countries is dependent on how fast goods can arrive in their destinations. You will be surprised that most West African countries including Ghana rely very much on products from Europe which is nearer compared to East Africa. ... view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: As much as we are committed to this bilateral agreement, there is need for us to clean up our house so that we do not have an agreement that gives us a leverage that we cannot utilise locally because we are not prepared. With those few remarks, I support this Motion. Thank you. view
• 29 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute in this Motion as amended. The police force is one of the forces that are very close to the hearts of Kenyans when it comes to security issues and the extra work they normally do. But, we have seen numerous shifts and migrations from this force because of the pathetic situation they normally operate in. I listened to my brother, Hon. Tim Wanyonyi, describe a police house. These police officers do not live in houses most of the times. They live in tins, those metallic round things which Hon. Waluke ... view
• 29 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: forces. What is in place to retain them and make them work for the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government or the police force? The crime rate in this country is not a secret. We have seen former police officers who have been arraigned in court for having been involved in robbery in broad daylight like other robbers. We have seen it in the media and in courts. You know you cannot compare an armed former police officer with an ordinary thug in the streets, even if it is a member of Mungiki. That ... view
• 28 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Allow me to hail the words of President Obama that democracy is when there is somebody complaining all the time, even when you think things are right. As much as you have done your best using Standing Order No.1 to give us extra time, I have a feeling that there are Members who have been seated in the House since 2.30 p.m. or 3.00 p.m. to contribute to this Motion and some of them have walked out because Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we do ... view
• 28 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: comes from near President Obama’s place, even in the slightest neighbourhoods, wanted to have that ownership. Probably, including you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when you said that the language of the people who speak nearly what President Obama speaks, that is what President Obama was trying to condemn. view
• 28 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is what President Obama, was trying to condemn. That we should not use tribal cards to actually ascend to leadership or even to gain more positions in society. We are all equal and we belong to one tribe. Because of time and because I know that the other Members want to contribute, I want to be magnanimous enough to just speak about one more thing and then I give an opportunity to somebody else. On the issue of terrorism, President Obama made it very clear to Kenyans that the terrorists are a very small group. ... view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion even though I am disappointed that it has not been amended. It is important to be realistic. Even though we want the said facilities in the constituencies, it may not be realistic that we can establish 290 blood transfusion units and 290 ICUs in the country, especially given that we are currently struggling to provide health services at both the county government and national Government levels. The national Government is currently providing basic equipment to Level 5 hospitals countrywide. I hope that if this Motion ... view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: voted for the Constitution, we put all our eggs in one basket because we took a very important sector in this nation and put it in the hands of very inexperienced people who, at the moment, are running the services down. To give an example of how pathetic the situation is, for three consecutive weeks, the medics of Tharaka Nithi County have downed their tools and the health services in the whole county were grounded. If you visited a hospital like Chuka, which has an in-patient capacity of 150 beds, it had no single patient in the wards. Only two ... view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is the issue of doctors and other medics being employed on the basis of ethnicity in counties that we come from that has been featuring a lot in newspapers; we need to bring a serious law to this House that can compel county governments not to discriminate against medics employed in the counties. We do not need you to speak the language of the people for you to treat them. When you go to a hospital, you do not enquire as to where doctors come from before they treat you. Wananchi do not want services ... view