Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1991 to 2000 of 2249.

• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: are using grenades here and there. Where did those grenades come from? Could the Government give a proper account of why we need grenades in this day and time? We are not fighting a war with anybody! Since that incident occurred, the Mungiki are now having access to grenades in this country. How can we have a Government that wants security in the country, and then make it possible for elements of insecurity to have access to small arms? That is because of inefficiency at the Port of Mombasa, which is both a threat to our security and a threat ... view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 24 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have listened very carefully to the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs. I do appreciate her arguments. Her argument is that there is a technicality. The technicality is that parliamentarians are sitting in County Hall debating matters which, according to her, should be debated in this House. But nonetheless, the same Members of Parliament who are sitting in County Hall did get the approval of the Head of State to do so. view
• 24 May 2007 in National Assembly: I suppose the Head of State does understand that there are ceratin matters that can be negotiated out of the House and then brought to the House, so that its work can be more efficient. In which case, what the hon. Minister should have told us is whether the substance that is being discussed in County Hall contradicts the substance which is being discussed here. The submission by both the Leader of the Official Opposition, hon. Muite and hon. Wetangula is that the substance of what is being discussed here will be affected by the substance in County Hall. For ... view
• 24 May 2007 in National Assembly: 1632 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 24, 2007 view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you can realise, the issue of Anglo Leasing continues to be shrouded in more and more cloud. It is very interesting that the Minister says, with a lot of authority, that they have cancelled those contracts worth Kshs25.5 billion and then hired another firm to give the Government the reasons why they cancelled the contracts. This is very puzzling! view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: The Government must have known why they were cancelling the contracts. Behind all that is the concern of the Kenyan public that there were tremendous kick-backs in all these contracts to the detriment of the Kenya population. I am wondering when the Government and the KACC will liaise to look into these shady deals. The Government cancelled the contracts, they know the reasons although they do not tell who was returning the money, then the Government hired another firm and paid it US$1 million to tell them why they cancelled the contracts. How do you explain this? We need more ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion. I would like to recall that when I was the Chairman of the Public Investment Committee (PIC) in the mid-1990s, we went round various public institutions to find out the problems they had, especially where cases of corruption had been mentioned. It was a very common feature, that almost everywhere we went, we found that public institutions were suffering as a result of their land being grabbed. That was done by all kinds of individuals. The problem was; how do you May 2, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1035 determine the ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot compete with the Assistant Minister for Water and Irrigation who should be in a marketplace rather than Parliament! There he can talk freely without disturbing me. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the Government charges these institutions annual land rates, they can be paid to local authorities. The rationale behind the institutions paying land rates is that local authorities can then get the revenue to serve these institutions with other services. These include, maintaining roads, supplying water, inspecting health facilities and so on. However, local authorities cannot charge land rates if the institutions ... view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am always perplexed in this House when we stand up and applaud when we are asking for a paltry sum of money like Kshs13 billion, in a country that prides itself to be a magnet for development in Africa. That is peanuts! When I look at the revised Consolidated Fund Services estimates and realise that we have a total of Kshs73 billion to pay interest and debt redemption, and I ask a Minister how much we earn from exports in the same period, then I get really worried that what we are paying in ... view