Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1071 to 1080 of 1845.

• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, those points of order are concerns of the hon. Members that we give an answer to this Question immediately. I have told the House that we got the Question today and have promised that during the next sitting, which is, Tuesday afternoon, you will get an answer to this Question. view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Imanyara’s concern is one of the reasons we were not ready with the answer today. More than one Ministry is involved and part “b” of this Question addresses that issue. So, that is why we just needed a little more time. We got the Question today and we have to consult because, at least, three Ministries are involved. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: I want to make a few comments in support of the Motion on the President’s Speech. In his Speech, the President talked about the Economic Stimulus Programme. Within that programme, we have centres of excellence. The way these centres of excellence are arranged to be implemented, we may not get value for money. The Ministry of Education has a number of times written to the Treasury, so that to do these centres of excellence, we borrow from the experience of the CDF committees across the country. The CDF Committees across the country have done very good work using so little ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: With regard to fight the against corruption, I beg to disagree with His Excellency the President as my colleagues did. This country is not doing enough with regard to fighting corruption. Kenya is well known across the world for being a place where corruption is not fought effectively. We know the examples of the goldenberg scandal where nothing was done. There were also Anglo Leasing and Triton scandals. Nothing has been done. Nobody wants even to talk about these scandals. We now have the maize and, of course, the Free Primary Education (FPE) funds corruption allegation in my Ministry. I ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: So, there is no way the President is going to tell us in his Speech that fighting corruption should not be personalised. It will be personalised and that is the only effective way to fight corruption. You are fighting corrupt individuals and persons. Some of these people are politicians. Some of these people have political protection and are protected by politicians. If politicians are not protecting them, when they are mentioned, they themselves politicise the issues by going back to their communities and telling them that they are being targeted or fought. Just because one or two people have been ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, today the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation have done quite a bit in trying to improve on food insecurity and by boosting food production. But then the problem that has come up with regard to this is purchase of the food produce from farmers. I saw recently in newspapers reports that maize produced in Hola could not be purchased and is rotting in farmers’ granaries. It is very unfortunate to get into such a situation when the Government has done all its best to make farmers produce food. In my constituency, ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Madam. Temporary Deputy Speaker, before I conclude, I wish to talk about the sugar industry, particularly in my constituency. The sugar industry in my constituency is not doing well. Chemelil Sugar Company is almost on its knees. The problem there, I believe and I am convinced, touches on corruption. The company has just posted a Kshs1 billion pre-tax loss for the last one financial year! That is the highest loss that has ever been experienced by that company since it was established over 40 years ago. the highest loss it had sometime back – that is several years ago – ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Minister for Agriculture or by the KSB! It is such a big loss! Right now, the factory is having frequent breakdowns and they are not doing well. There is so much inefficiency! view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support. view