Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 821 to 830 of 1172.

• 9 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not so much about what the Assistant Minister feels he is satisfied about, it is more about the rules of this House. When there is a Report before the House awaiting debate, and you have a Question or Ministerial Statement that relates to that Report, the House should direct you that, that is matter that is pending before this House, so that we do not have to behave this way. view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. There are two theories that compete in our market place; one is the view that we should let the market forces determine the prices of our goods. This is very attractive. The others say that the market forces are not necessarily in the interest of the majority of our people and, therefore, there is need for intervention in the market place so that our people can survive. It is very important that when we are talking of essential goods, we are talking about food and may be drugs. view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: It is Mwalimu Nyerere who, at one time said that, if you want to be toppled from a Government, let your people go hungry. If you really want to be overthrown, then try to let your people sleep without food. And because I am in the Government, I am very sensitive to this idea. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the recent history, the Soviet Empire collapsed because they could not feed their people until America brought them food and started to subsidize their own heating for their homes. That is when it collapsed. It was so ... view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this morning hon. Affey raised a matter requiring me to give a Ministerial State on the registration of Kenya nationals living in North Eastern Province; registration for purposes of the issuance of national identity cards. view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have enquired and there was a statement that was given by the Provincial Commissioner of North Eastern Province to the effect that registration of persons in North Eastern Province will be frozen until such time that certain security concerns are addressed. The security concerns are the following: There is a huge influx of foreigners from Somalia or should I call it the former Somalia. In fact, we are getting 300 to 500 people entering our territory every day from Somalia. This has gone on for the last three or so years. When we register them ... view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Recently, the Provincial Commissioner realised that one of our committees that does verification of who is a Kenyan, unlawfully and knowingly allowed foreigners to be registered purporting to be Kenyans. He has since caused the arrest of an Assistant Chief and some members of that committee. But I think the announcement that citizens of Kenya living in North Eastern Province should not be registered was a statement that was not proper within the law. The law requires that every Kenyan must be registered . Actually, it is an offence not to register people. You must be registered at the age ... view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even if it was a complex problem as it is, it would be a terrible thing for the Government to say that we are not going to register Kenyans because we cannot identify them. It would be a terrible admission of failure. I think I am giving this Statement in good faith; that we will continue with the work that we must do. We will do it carefully by registering Kenyans and not Somalis. If we find that there is anybody who purports to be a Kenyan and is not one, we will deal with him ... view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Member of Parliament has put it very well and I do not think I have anything useful to add. However, strictly speaking, criminal responsibility is individual as we have said. It would be seen as if it is discriminatory to suggest that because some Luo from Uganda registered in Kisumu, the whole of Nyanza people would not now register. It will be something extraordinary. So, I think that a mistake was made and I want to accept that. I think that we will continue with the registration exercise. As I have said earlier, there is ... view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the truth is that our brothers who are coming from Somalia and who seek and get these identity cards are not ordinary people. They are businessmen. They want to use Kenyan identity cards and passports to travel abroad because Kenya still seems to have a good name abroad. So, they have the capacity to even influence our registration officials in a very negative way. That is our problem. That should not, therefore, mean that with all those problems, we should not continue to register. So, I want to admit that a mistake has been made but ... view