Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: 792 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 27, 2006 I have heard of trafficking in the Press, but I do not know what it is. However, it is defined here in the Penal Code that if you take a woman anywhere in Kenya or outside the Republic of Kenya with a view to making sure that you are paid for men to access her, then of course, that is an offence. So, why use language which is scary. It is the packaging part that makes it come out as something so terrible that unless we pass this Bill, Kenya inaungua ! We are ... view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: No. I am just about to finish. If that happens the magistrate has no discretion to exercise. view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Bill says teenagers will be taken to a borstal institutions. However, if you take my son, who may be at a university to a borstal institution, then that will be a big joke. With those few remarks, I oppose. view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Information and Communications:- (a) what steps the Government is taking to lower the cost of access to the internet; and, (b) whether he is aware that the high cost of access to the internet deprives Kenyans of the benefits of the information highway. view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Minister for that good answer. I also thank the Government for removing the monopoly of Telkom (K) Ltd, which was a bottle-neck to internet access. However, the critical question is: Is it not the case that, when you are in Kenya, except for a few points in this City, internet access is too slow? One takes too much time trying to down-load information. That can be corrected by high-speed access which is called broad-band in other developed countries? How much money has the Ministry set aside to develop broad-band infrastructure, so that Kenyans can ... view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the Government zero-rated tractors, it was basically to assist agriculture and farmers. However, there is no zero-rating on spare parts. When you buy a tractor, you will need to replace tyres within two months and overhaul them within six months or one year. What is the Government doing to zero-rate spare parts for agricultural machinery? view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to declare my interest. I am a sugar-cane farmer who fled from sugar-cane farming because I lost. I lost because of the following reasons:- First and foremost, if you farm and hope that you will harvest in 18 to 24 months, you will harvest between 36 to 38 months. view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: My friend tells me it could even be after 40 months. view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, by the time you harvest, there is no sugar in the cane and there is no weight. In fact, if you are lucky to get any money from the factory when you get your cheque, you might get a bill to pay to the factory because you have lost! That is the kind of business that nobody who is sane ever goes into except somebody who has nothing else to do like our farmers who are suffering. That is the situation in which the Minister is in: That he has farmers who are getting nothing ... view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you cannot just imagine such a situation but that is what is happening in Kenya. The Government is now faced with insolvent sugar companies which cannot develop sugar-cane because they have no resources to do it. They cannot crush enough sugar-cane and that is why we have to wait for 48 months to crush our cane. They also have dilapidated equipment and old technology. All these lead to the collapse of the industry; an industry where the Government has an unlimited market and we are protecting our market. We are saying: "Do not bring just ... view