Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 961 to 970 of 2249.

• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to plead with the House not to make this amendment for the reasons given by the Attorney-General, Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry and also the Minister for Finance. I am appealing precisely because we are dealing with national security. If information lands in your hands and you are a Kenyan citizen--- view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to plead with the House not to make this amendment for the reasons given by the Attorney-General, Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry and also the Minister for Finance. I am appealing precisely because we are dealing with national security. If information lands in your hands and you are a Kenyan citizen--- view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Because classified information is always stamped “CLASSIFIED” in Government. That is true. Secondly, indeed, some classified documents may come from the NIS, but through dubious channels. In the world we live in today, we have a lot of security issues. We have a lot of security issues in this country and I would like to appeal to the House to just be cautious especially because classified information is defined in the Bill. Even the public should be protected from committing this crime. So, I appeal to the House not to make this amendment. It is very important. view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Because classified information is always stamped “CLASSIFIED” in Government. That is true. Secondly, indeed, some classified documents may come from the NIS, but through dubious channels. In the world we live in today, we have a lot of security issues. We have a lot of security issues in this country and I would like to appeal to the House to just be cautious especially because classified information is defined in the Bill. Even the public should be protected from committing this crime. So, I appeal to the House not to make this amendment. It is very important. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. Just like all my colleagues have said this morning, we must thank hon. Mungatana for introducing this very important Bill on establishing the Coconut Development Authority with very specific functions; to promote and regulate production, processing, marketing, grading, storage, collection, transportation and warehousing of all coconut produce and all coconut by-products as it has been stated in Clause 11 of the Bill. In doing this, I want to make an observation that follows the point that hon. Nyamweya has just made, that most of our development authorities and our boards ... view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you for that correction. I always take it as cold water myself. If you call it juice, so be it. I think this is juice that is extremely useful, not only to quench thirst but is also used medicinally. The coconut itself is also useful medicinally. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so I only rose to give full Government support for this Bill and my own personal support for this Bill as the Minister for Medical Services and hope that sooner rather than later, this authority will come into being, not as a bureaucracy because at times when these ... view
• 7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to support this Motion to extend the life of this Commission. I would also like to appreciate the points that hon. Members have raised that in the best of all worlds, this Commission should have finished its work in time and handed it in expeditiously. But as you know, this Commission was involved in a lot of problems. Some of the problems are not of its own making. The nature of the work of this Commission invited a lot of interest whereby some people were resistant to the work of the Commission. Therefore, ... view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my apologies. The Minister for Local Government himself is indisposed. He is not feeling well but I am not quite sure where--- view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: I am coming to that; patience pays! view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: The Assistant is here! view