Rachel Wambui Shebesh

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1101 to 1110 of 1324.

• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would really like you to protect us from the Assistant Minister’s careless answers. My colleague has tabled documents here that clearly show that Mr. Odhiambo was cleared of having committed any criminal offence by the Attorney-General’s office, yet the Assistant Minister continues to say that the internal way of dealing with Mr. Odhiambo was disciplining by firing him? Is it in order for the Attorney-General to give advice to a parastatal and what it does instead is sack a man whose personal integrity here is at stake? Could you give us guidance on this ... view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. It has been clearly stated by the Attorney-General, who is the advisor of Government that there were no criminal charges. Therefore, there was no abuse of office. Is the Assistant Minister in order to talk about other charges when the Attorney-General has said there were no criminal charges? Is it in order for him to keep going back to issues that are not true? Why is it that he is continuing to build up this case of ethnic profiling? view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge the Assistant Minister to take this matter seriously because this is an issue concerning a person’s integrity. When we debated this issue last time, as my colleague has said, the HANSARD clearly also stated that investigations had not been completed. Could the Assistant Minister tell us why he has not tabled a copy of the report that cleared Mr. Odhiambo of any wrong doing? The report says that Mr. Odhiambo was cleared by the CID on the issues that the Ministry had purported to raise. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with all due respect and understanding of the gravity of the issue, I feel that the previous speaker must withdraw the terminology “genocide” and the kind of implications that his statement is capable of, because we have agreed that the matter should be referred to the Departmental Committee. Can the previous speaker, with all due respect – because we are talking about an hon. Member of this House and an Assistant Minister here – withdraw such serious allegations as he used the word “genocide”? view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion brought by Mr. Chanzu. As I support it, I just want to mention a few issues. In the years before, during the time when we did not have many graduates, companies would actually go to the university and get students before they graduated. Today, we have many people who have graduated and who are selling maize on the roadside, are matatu touts or just lazing around. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the reason I am speaking about these issues is because I think it is about ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to support this Motion. As I support it, I am compelled to speak because of the very many sentiments I have heard my colleagues expressing, and it is their due right to do so. I do believe that I must clarify that within the Bill of Rights and our own democratic space, we cannot dictate to our people what to do and what not to do. What we must do, as leaders, is to show a good example. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while on platforms, we have engaged ourselves as politicians with ... view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to seek the following clarification from the Minister. He knows that I sit in the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) in the Committee of International Relations. Therefore, I would like him to clarify that an AU decision, especially this that came in regard to President Al-Bashir was not a decision that was agreed upon by all nations but it was a decision that all nations were told to uphold. It is important that people know whether there were some who dissented to the decision that was made at the AU. I would also like him to ... view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: The Minister also said that in the meeting with the President of Sudan, four issues were resolved. I do not know whether he understands how heavy that statement is, including the issue of the demarcation of borders. Could he clarify again on the Floor of this House that the issues including having a referendum for the people of Southern Sudan in January and the demarcation was agreed upon by the President and if that would be ratified by the AU? view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would really like to emphasize the point that my colleague has just made about the contribution by those who earn more than Kshs100,000. There are also businessmen who make millions and the Minister says that the self-employed will be contributing Kshs500. What is the Minister doing about the businessmen who make millions of shillings in this country? Could he tell us whether there is room for the expansion of what he is covering? The Minister has talked about anti-natal care but he has not talked about post-natal and other issues. Is this open to further ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it seems that most of the Members who have spoken are in support of this Motion; would I be in order to ask that the Mover be called upon to respond? view