All parliamentary appearances
Entries 1331 to 1340 of 1718.
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23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly:
Finally, we cannot strangle the very heart of this nation; the Office of the President, which has been given some money. If we do not allow that Office to be operational, it will be too bad. We have also allowed in the Budget recruitment of nurses. We should not be an impediment to the recruitment of nurses and laboratories technicians.
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23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly:
With those few remarks, I very strongly support this Vote.
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22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister indicate to this House what plans the Ministry has to increase the Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) from the three million bags because of the increasing population of our people in this country?
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22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Could the Minister indicate to this House the specific steps his Ministry is taking to address once and for all the squatters problems in this nation and particularly in Lari District?
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22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. First I wish to thank the Mover of this Bill because of the deep preparation she has made to develop it. I would like to talk on a few items in the Bill. One area that is being addressed by this Bill is the issue of early marriages or forced marriages. Children are forced to marry, thereby being denied a chance to go to school. That is tantamount to ruining the future of these innocent kids. It is also self- denial ...
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17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to laud the Assistant Minister for making very strong efforts in terms of recovering these animals. Recovering 1,434 animals is not a simple matter. Nevertheless, what other efforts is he making to recover the difference of 66 animals that disappeared together with the others?
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17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a major road in this region linking three constituencies, which are, Juja Constituency, Githunguri Constituency and Lari Constituency. It is about 40 kilometres and there is real threat in the three constituencies, where communities are almost planting bananas stems on the road because of the deplorable condition. I would, therefore, ask the Minister to reconsider this very insignificant amount of money, so that this road is made motorable as soon as possible and even to be---
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17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry. I am asking the Assistant Minister to consider increasing this insignificant amount of money and again to be specific as to when this project should commence because the road is in a very bad state.
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16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, with the admission by the Assistant Minister that caning took place in this primary school and with the understanding that there is an Act of Parliament that bans caning, what broad steps is the Ministry taking to ensure that the Act of Parliament is fully implemented in both primary and secondary schools?
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16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly:
Once again, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I take the opportunity to thank you for granting me this opportunity to make my small contribution to this Budget. Firstly, let me thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for the fitting manner in which he presented the Budget in this House. Although there was some power interruption, the Minister continued to make the Speech and this was really very good to us. I should also extend my appreciation to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, and also the senior staff who really participated in the whole process, and
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