Onesmus Kihara Mwangi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Minister for bringing a well-thought-out Budget Speech. But, despite the fact that a lot of money has been allocated, almost double in every docket of the Government, it is sad to look at the manner in which this money is being spent on the ground. I am, particularly, concerned about the operations of the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. About Kshs22 billion has been set aside for development in the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. But when you go to the ground, you will find ... view
• 20 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 20 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it has been alluded that an hon. Member of this House said that some hon. Members of this House took an oath. I am the person who said that we were abducted by the Mungiki and I have no qualms about that! But I did not, at any one moment, say that hon. Members took an oath. I said that I did not take any oath. I was taken to a private room. I do not know where the others were taken. It is the Standard newspaper which claimed that I said hon. Members took an oath. ... view
• 20 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you may allow me, I have already instructed my lawyer to go to court and claim damages against the Standard newspaper because I was misquoted. view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to contribute to this very important Motion. view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, tea is one of the most important commodities in this country. It is one of the major foreign exchange earners. However, I must decry the fact that small scale farmers in the tea industries have been given a raw deal by the Government. Why do I say so? This is because when you look at the tea spectrum, particularly small-scale farming, you find very little being done by the Government per se . I remember that at one time in this House we made amendments to the KTDA Act. We changed it from Authority to ... view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: become dilapidated. Trees have been cut down. We have here the "master" of environmental conservation, Prof. Maathai, who can bear me witness that we are heading towards a semi-desert in the tea-growing areas, just because the environment has been reduced to nothing, because people cut down trees and use them for treating tea in factories. So, the Government should come in since tea is a commodity which earns the country a lot of foreign exchange. I wonder what the Government has been doing and what returns it gives to the farmer. The foreign exchange that comes into the country is ... view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: 1540 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 23, 2007 view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. You are very right in that observation. Sometimes, one may become inaudible. I am calling on the Government, particularly on the issue of use of fuel, to come in and subsidise fuel, so that we can save our forests and trees. If we continue this way, what will finally happen is that the costs of tea production will sky-rocket and, at the end of the day, the farmer will not be getting any returns. He will just end up being used like a slave. In my constituency, we sell a lot of tea. ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. I stand to support the Motion but before I do so, I have an issue to pick with the Mover. While moving this Motion, he referred to a church in Kisumu and said that prayers cannot heal. I want to inform him that the power of God does not depend on psychology or training or anything else. It is perfect, and it works. I have personally witnessed many sick people prayed for, and they were healed without any other ... view