Paul Muite

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 211 to 220 of 261.

• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the further proposal that the committee has suggested is that this 24 per cent--- You know at the moment, it is the 16 per cent that goes to the district but the difficulty we have had is that we are then tied on where to buy the murram and quarry chips. In July 20, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2283 Kiambu District, for example, we are being made to buy murram at Kshs1,800 when we can get the same seven tonne lorry of murram at Kshs600, but we are told that this is the person who won ... view
• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you know the 16 per cent is what has been going to the constituency. The 24 per cent is supposed to go to districts or provinces. I have discussed with hon. Members asking whether they have ever seen a grader, for example, in Central Province going to their constituency, and nobody knows where this 24 per cent goes. That is the position everywhere. So, we are proposing that we reverse this trend. Let the districts get the 16 per cent and the 24 per cent should go directly to the CDF, so that we can ... view
• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are certain sections in the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act that are clearly unconstitutional, as the hon. Mutula Kilonzo mentioned. The Constitution is a supreme law and it vests certain constitutional rights in an individual, including the presumption of innocence. We cannot have an Act of Parliament reversing that presumption of innocence, including the right to privacy of our property. We went through some of these sections and we are recommending to the House that those that violate the Constitution should be deleted, so that the Act is in line with the Constitution. The ... view
• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: We may not like individuals manning other institutions. Let us remove those individuals. However, those institutions must remain independent and autonomous, including the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR). There is one proposal talking about the independence of this institution. You will remember this House has had a long standing stalemate. We approved the names of the director and four deputy directors to the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission. I thought we did so on the Floor of this House. The rationale of the statute is that once Parliament has approved, the role of the President is formal and ceremonial. It ... view
• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister aware that the case for reparation will be filed on 20th October by Mau Mau War Veterans Association and that this will be done through the Kenya Human Rights Commission? Therefore, there are Kenyans who are being conned by this particular organisation. Is the Assistant Minister aware of that? If he is, why is he not handing over the matter to the CID to investigate because the other commission does not intend to have the complainants pay any money? It is doing it for free. view
• 28 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the hon. Member for Bahari Constituency to mislead Kenyans that there is any single rich constituency in this country when we know that all constituencies are poor? Is it not more accurate for him to talk about Kabete Constituency being the least poor and not the richest? 1654 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 28, 2006 view
• 28 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are three issues I would like to contribute on when talking about the Budget Speech. The first issue I would like to touch on relates to the retirement benefits and I want the Minister for Finance to listen very carefully. There is an injustice here that is being perpetrated. Who is perpetrating the injustice and against whom is it being perpetrated? The retirement benefit is money contributed by workers in the middle-class for purposes of pension. Remember that we have got banks, multinationals and the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) telling the Kenyan workers, who ... view
• 28 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: When it comes to dealing with land grabbers, the Government is not decisive. We want a clean city, but we also recognise the fact that it is not the hawkers who grabbed the land where they could have operated from as open air markets. Even as the Government kicks hawkers out of the streets, could it repossess grabbed land and convert it to open air markets where they can sell their wares? Could the Government, as it kicks squatters out of forests, repossess grabbed land, so that it can settle them there? Why does the Government not repossess the Agricultural ... view
• 28 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Corporation (ADC) farms from the wealthy people who grabbed them and resettle the squatters? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support this Motion. view