Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1761 to 1770 of 1845.

• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: asked the Minister of State for Administration and National Security whether he could inform the House the role of the police in political rallies and other public meetings. view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Question came up because of the behaviour of police officers in the recent past, as regards public rallies and meetings. They have even been accused of killing innocent people for no apparent reason. Could the Assistant Minister tell the House what the law today says as regards these rallies? Is anybody who intends to hold a public gathering supposed to get a permit, or simply request for security? view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a good example is during the last referendum campaign in Mombasa, police officers broke up a rally which was peaceful and ended up killing people. What does the Assistant Minister's office do to such police officers who break up peaceful rallies and end up killing people? view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Assistant Minister made a road-side promise to us that we are going to get three pumps. I do not think it is difficult for the Assistant Minister to tell us exactly when these pumps will be provided since the promise was made three years ago? view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is four years since the NARC Government came to power and it promised to revive some of these companies that collapsed during the KANU regime. The Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) and the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) have been revived. These two companies fall under the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development. Miwani Sugar Mills, which falls under the docket of the Ministry of Agriculture, has not been revived and the Minister has been making promises for the last four years. Every now and then, he has made promises to the community and also in this ... view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have a few comments to make. The Minister, in this Bill, had some good intentions in support of the poor in this country. However, some of the intentions are not very good, particularly the one on zero-rating welding machines. It is a good idea because it will promote the jua kali sector, although some of the machines they use for welding are still very expensive. We have made the welding machines affordable, but the rest of the equipment that they need are is still very expensive. That should have been addressed, although ... view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not mention a particular officer, but where there are irregularities, we mention them. view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not discussing an individual. Anyway, let me continue. Another issue I wanted to raise is that of VAT on sugar. Sugar is actually food. I do not think there is VAT on coffee and tea. Majority of us cannot take tea or coffee without sugar; you need to sweeten it a bit. Sugar is actually an essential component in many foods across the world. In this country, one thing we know is that foods are zero-rated when it comes to VAT. I am wondering why we still have VAT on sugar. We have ... view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have problems with the cost of petroleum products in this country. Everybody, from leaders to citizens have been complaining. But one of the reasons why petroleum products are expensive is heavy taxation. One way of getting out of this is use of gasohol. We are producing alcohol from molasses locally. We have tried to use gasohol to run our vehicles before. At that time, we had only a small factory in Muhoroni. Today, we have a bigger one in Kisumu. So, we have two factories producing alcohol which could be blended with petrol to ... view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Many Kenyans are infected with HIV/AIDS. In order for them to live longer, ARVs are important. They need to be counselled properly before they take ARVs. This is what is lacking in many places. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what is the Government doing to train officers to counsel such patients? I know that many medical personnel are very hostile to patients who suffer from HIV/AIDS. view