Rachel Wambui Shebesh

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 1324.

• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to start my contribution by congratulating Dr. Ottichilo for coming up with a very timely Motion, and for doing the work that should be done by the Executive arm of the Government, which is formulation of policy. I want to go straight to areas which we should improve. I am going to narrow down on three areas. As I contribute to the Motion, I would like to take the opportunity to speak about climate change talks that are going on in Durban, Republic of South Africa. We also know that the conference of parties ... view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister who is supposed to be replying to this Motion is not listening to what I am saying. Maybe, you should ask her to listen. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, even if nobody else listens, I would like the Minister to listen because she will be responding on behalf of the Government. The Member for Rarieda should probably give the Minister a few minutes to listen. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: I am speaking about the issue of disaster risk reduction, and it is one of the components that highly need the kind of geo-information policy that we are speaking about through this Motion. I am saying this because all the Ministries in this country must have a component of disaster risk reduction, especially Ministries that deal with the of food security. I am specifically talking about the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Ministry of Energy. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if these Ministries do not have components of disaster risk reduction in their planning and policies, what happens is what happens every year in this country. A crisis is created. Food is not available. The maize crop in the last season failed because we did not look at the necessary information, which must have been available. If information was not available then, it must be made available. So, we always find ourselves dealing with crises. It is unfortunate that the policy on disaster risk reduction continues to lie somewhere in a cabinet. It has not been ... view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has said that residents in the area are not willing to co-operate with the police to give information. He needs to tell us why residents in an area where there is insecurity would not trust the police. Could he tell us whether the police are part of the problem in terms of the way they have treated the residents of these areas when crimes are committed? view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to request a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security with regard to the fatal shooting of Messrs. Ibrahim Oketch Ondego and Joseph Nyaberi, who were shot on Wednesday, 23rd November, 2011 in Kawangware, Nairobi. In the Statement, the Minister should:- (a) confirm whether the deceased persons were executed by police officers on their way to Gikomba Market, Nairobi, and whether their shooting was a case of mistaken identity; (b) confirm whether a car belonging to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) ... view
• 16 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am glad the Minister himself has brought in the issue of politics. In urban areas every time we are heading towards an election, there are political games played. Sometimes houses of the majority of residents in urban centres, particularly Nairobi, are razed down. People are displaced in order for some people to gain political ground and in order for other people to lose ground; this is so especially for those who have a lot support certain areas. Because the Minister himself has alluded to politics, could he clearly state whether there is politics being played ... view
• 16 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister has rightly said that a population of about nine million Kenyans who live in urban areas rent their houses. Could he tell us where the land is that the Ministry is planning to use to house nine million people when the Government clearly said yesterday that all land purchases currently taking place within urban areas are fraudulent, and that the land that will be bought will put Kenyans in the same situation as that we are now seeing in Syokimau? view
• 16 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister is also aware that there is a new body in place running football, whose elections were done recently. Could the Assistant Minister consider having a long lasting relationship where his officers who go to man matches are trained specifically on how to deal with hooliganism because the same police officers who deal with criminal matters on the streets, who are sent to deal with football matches sometimes could be the cause of more tension because of the way they react? Could he consider, as a Ministry, to train police officers ... view