Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1561 to 1570 of 1845.

• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in his last statement the Assistant Minister told me to be patient and wait for the outcome, yet the dead are not patient in their graves! The Assistant Minister said that rioting, mayhem and looting led to the use of live bullets. There was a school child who was killed while holding his books and was from school. Could he tell this House that the young boy, who was hit by a bullet on the head, was actually looting? That problem was in a stadium, which was three kilometres away from the child who was hit. ... view
• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) whether he is aware that sugar-cane farmers in Muhoroni Constituency are losing money through bribery to sugar-cane loaders; and, (b) what efforts he is making to arrest the situation. view
• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister could be right to say that he is not aware. However, the truth is that the farmers do give bribes to these people. The farmers may be scared of informing the police or anybody else who could help in this matter. The Ministry does not have intelligence on the ground to gather such information. I am informing the Assistant Minister now that this is the practice on the ground. What will he do about it now that I have informed him today? view
• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not know whether the Assistant Minister lives in another world which is different from ours. He has said that, across the world, demonstrations are more peaceful than ours. Maybe, he is out of touch with the most recent developments across the world, when it comes to demonstrations. Recently, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we had mayhem in Kisii where Ministers were watching as their colleagues - hon. Members - were almost being butchered! The police were watching as--- view
• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this problem that farmers face with regard to loaders is only prevalent in Chemelil and Muhoroni. We do not have such problems in Mumias, Sony and Nzoia Sugar Companies because they have adequate mechanical loaders. Could the Assistant Minister assure me that the Ministry will help Muhoroni and Chemelil Sugar Companies to acquire adequate mechanical loaders, so that we can sort out this problem of bribery? view
• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am restricting myself to the Kisumu incident. But the Assistant Minister gave an example of "the rest of the world". I do not want to give examples from "the rest of the world". I am giving examples from Kenya. We have seen them and we have some experience. view
• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Okay, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir! Let me come closer home. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, across the world, and even in Kenya, there are effective ways of restraining rioting mobs, as opposed to the use of live bullets. Even in Kisii, they do not want to agree that even the police were watching. They were watching! view
• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister tell this House what other effective ways our police are supposed to use, apart from using live bullets? view
• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support this Motion. University education in this country has come from a point where it was affordable. It was almost free and most of the expenses regarding university education were supported by the Government. However, it has now become almost a dream to get to university. Many Kenyans who want to get university education today, even if they are qualified, find it close to impossible. As an educationist, I feel that it is the right of the young Kenyans to get university education. In many of our neighbouring countries, university education is ... view