Paddy Ahenda

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for keeping your promise. I did not know that you would keep that promise but I am very glad that you have done so. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, however, one person who has not kept his promise is the Minister for Trade and Industry, who I told that I was going to lecture him on some topical issues. He promised me that he will be present in this House but he is absent. His Assistant Minister is also not here. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, however, let me talk about trade. I wanted the Minister ... view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: July 26, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2391 view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am glad the Minister is just walking in. The internal trade has been far much abused, in that, our trade officers have merely become tax collectors. In fact, I would prefer the Minister to transfer all of them to Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) where they can become tax collectors because they are very much preoccupied with collecting fees for trade licences without actually trading. The internal trade should have been expanded by the trade officers going out to the markets to see how traders are doing and what problems they are experiencing. There is a ... view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. Is it in order for you to tell hon. Members to keep quiet and they continue making noise? view
• 13 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I go on with my contribution, let us get clear the meaning of the acronym NGO. In full, NGO means Non-Governmental Organisation. I know that many hon. Members do not know the meaning of the abbreviation NGO. view
• 13 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, NGOs are non-governmental and are, therefore, not expected to operate as if they are government institutions. That is the meaning of that abbreviation July 13, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2113 and that is exactly why NGOs were started in the first place. Donors that fund NGOs do not deal with the Government directly. If we understand the background of NGOs, we will definitely know where we are heading to. Because of the redtape that was rampant in the Government departments with regard to disbursing money at the grassroots level, NGOs were formed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, ... view
• 13 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there has been a lot of hue and cry about some of the activities of those NGOs. They spring up with dubious forms of activities, such as the "miracle babies" of the famous Deya Ministry. We do not know what such NGOs do. But if you go on the ground, you will find that those NGOs operate using orphans. The word "orphan" has been the 2114 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 13, 2006 most misused by the NGO world in this country. Children who are orphans have been used to get money by the NGOs. Once that ... view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Allow me to dedicate a few minutes to give a small lecture to the Mover of the Motion on genetic engineering and biotechnology. At the end of that lecture, he will withdraw this Motion from the Floor of this House. About four to five years ago, the University of Nairobi, Faculty of Medicine started a Department of Biochemistry to carry out studies in genetic engineering. At that time, the first students were admitted at the university, Faculty of Medicine, Biochemistry Department to do genetic engineering and stem cell scientific research. Many ... view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have been eating GM foods. For that matter, it is not new in this country. Our universities should be strengthened to take over from the Europeans, the Americans or the South Africans, improve and localise it so that it can be in conformity with our soils, temperatures and rainfall to improve the yields even further. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you are a farmer, you know that the South Africans have been giving Kenyans GM seeds. This was in the Press recently. We planted them and they did very well. The Mover of ... view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it has been proven in the world that there are no side effects on genetically modified food. Contrary to the belief that the researchers inject some chemicals into July 12, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2009 the crops during their research, they actually put chemicals in the soil. That is a fallacy. So, the genetically modified food is the right way forward. In any case, science does not stop there. After the genetically modified food, we will move on to something else. Science is continuous. If we, as a country, do not take up the challenge of ... view