Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1671 to 1680 of 1845.

• 26 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the last part of the Minister's answer is quite inappropriate. I am particularly concerned about Kenyans. Several Kenyans lost their lives and some got injured. The Government cannot claim that the USA, being a sovereign state, cannot give us information regarding the compensation that was given for the Kenyans who died and those who were injured. I think the Government is in a position to find out how much was given to the families that were affected; whether their people died or were injured, and compare that with the average life insurance covers in this country. ... view
• 26 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could he assure the House that the Government will do this on behalf of the families, because these people are complaining all over? view
• 26 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the answer given by the Minister is inadequate. This is because he cannot convince this House that he cannot take this matter up with the USA Government, because the USA is a sovereign state. This is an issue of diplomacy but not sovereignty. I will leave it at that because the answer is very inappropriate and inadequate. view
• 25 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, in view of the fact that there are several children in the country living with disabilities, who need special education, and that special education is too expensive for them, and taking into consideration that there are no adequate Government-supported special education schools in the country; this House urges the Government to establish, at least, one fully Government-supported special education primary school and secondary school in each district to cater for the 922 education of children living with disabilities. SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS IN PUBLIC ... view
• 25 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this country has a very interesting history of party politics. At Independence, we were enjoying multi-partyism, until KADU decided to disband itself and join KANU. That was their own decision at that time. In 1969, KPU, which was formed in 1966 was banned. That took us into the bad days of single party politics in this country. There are days that are not very interesting to remember, when Kenya had a single party system. This is particularly in the late 1970s and 1980s, when the Lords of KANU would wake up and decide to kick ... view
• 25 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have over 80 parties in this country. When this Bill becomes law, the Registrar of Political Parties may decide that some of these political parties fall in the mentioned categories and decide to deregister them. That is what I am trying to say. Clause 7 talks about public officers. However, even elected leaders in this country are public officers. Members of Parliament and councillors are also public officers, unless we make it very specific as to who a public officer is. So, that is something which needs to be addressed. Subclause (c) of Clause ... view
• 25 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Muite is a learned man. His information could be useful. So, let me hear him. view
• 25 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you. That is good information to the House. So, if that comes in, then, probably, Clause 9(3) will be looked at again. Clause 9(5) talks about a person who has been deprived by the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction--- This reminds of those old days of KANU expulsions, when people would be expelled from their parties. Those days were a nightmare. So, if we leave this part of this Bill to become law, we will be giving room for expulsions from parties. We will be legalising things that KANU did illegally to Kenyans. So, it is my ... view
• 19 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Environment and Natural Resources:- (a) whether he is aware that water hyacinth has invaded wetlands, streams and other small water bodies, thus threatening their survival; (b) whether he is further aware that the weed has also invaded some irrigated lands in western Kenya, making it expensive to till the fields; and, (c) what efforts he is making to eliminate the weed from the affected areas. view
• 19 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has not read the entire written reply. However, even the part that she has read out baffles me. What she is telling us here is that the Government is not able to sustain a project if it was donor-funded. Here is Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, which is under threat of dying, and the Government says that it needs funds from a donor. What kind of money is needed? The question is: How much money did the Government, or whoever funded the project, spend on the beetles that were brought to ... view