Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 981 to 990 of 1172.

• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, the issue here is not about those who sympathise with smokers and those who do not. Those who have decided to smoke will do it even if you write about death as we now write; that the habit will kill you. They will still smoke. Therefore, we should not allow those who have decided to smoke to influence those who have not even learnt to do it or 3120 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 9, 2007 decided to smoke. The issue here is punishing a person who is already converted to smoking. view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Sungu, could you, please, give me a moment? You may be fundamentalist about non-smoking. However, we have to protect human rights. Those who have decided to smoke should be allowed to do so. However, that should not affect those who do not want to participate. The issues here is not about smokers and non-smokers. However, the issue here is not about smoking and non-smokers. If I have decided to smoke, please, allow me to buy one cigarette if that is what I can afford and that is what I want. You will make people steal! I plead with you. view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I intended to put the amendment because it was targeting the small people, but since this one now targets the manufacturers, I withdraw my amendment. view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I would have understood if the Assistant Minister was talking about the electronic media which includes our televisions because that is what the youth watch. view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: I would have expected that he would restrict himself to electronic media because that one imposes advertisement on our children whether we like it or not. But we are going to stop people from reading magazines. Those importing magazines will be stopped and have to be checked if there is any advertisement on cigarettes. If you say any communications at all, then we are suggesting that we are banning smoking. I want us to be very clear. Do we want to ban smoking or do we want to discourage smokers interfering with non-smokers? We must know the gist of the ... view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, on behalf of Mr. Angwenyi, I beg to withdraw the amendment. view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, on behalf of Mr. Angwenyi, I beg to withdraw the amendment. view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Chairman, Sir. Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 33 be deleted and substituted therefor with the following: "No person shall smoke in any enclosed public place". Mr. Chairman, Sir, I am seeking to delete the entire section of Clause 33 because Clause 33 seems to list the areas that cigarette-smoking could be prohibited. My argument is that they are too many. There are many others which they may not have thought of. You can see that they are talking of restaurants, hotels, bars, railway stations, airports and airfields. They are talking of markets, whether they ... view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: It is for hon. Angwenyi. view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: There was a mistake. view