Richard Makenga Katemi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: You also find that even on the roads, people with disabilities are not thought of because access to pavements is not conducive for them. Therefore, I urge Government agencies that are mandated to oversee construction of roads to make provisions for pavements so that people living with disabilities can access them. view
• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: There are very few designated areas for people with disabilities. Even in Parliament Buildings, there are very few designated parking areas for their cars to assist them to move without difficulties. view
• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: It is important that those designated areas are provided in every institution. They should be more so that they do not encounter any problems when they are trying to park or accessing any building. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Therefore, I support this Motion. It is timely considering that we are 50 years down the line and we are still struggling with some of these laws which seem to be discriminative. Therefore, all buildings--- view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill; the Biomedical Engineers’ Bill. I would like to seize this opportunity to congratulate the Mover of this Bill, Hon. Mule. At the outset, I would like to say that this Bill is very important because the structures proposed in it will definitely bring a lot of sanity in this field. As we are aware, this industry has been riddled with a lot of people who are not professionals and they behave like quacks. Therefore, this Bill will cure those types of people ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: In addition to the provisions set out on Part IV, this Bill has come out very clearly on the issue of private practitioners. They will be prohibited not to practice as public biomedical officers and, at the same time, engage themselves in private practice. This Bill has come out very clearly. If an officer is serving in the public service, he may not practice privately. However, if he wants to practice privately, then he has to leave the public service and practice privately. That will root out any corrupt practices whereby people who are not qualified just sneaks out of ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this very important Bill, the Forest Conservation and Management Bill. I would like, from the outset, to say that it is very timely. Our forests are being dilapidated in a very fast manner. The way they are being dilapidated is a threat to our country. It is important to maintain forests. As the last speaker has said, forests should be maintained for sustainability. They should not only be for the current generation, but also for the future generation. I have a passion for planting trees. ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: I would also like to talk about the threats which are posed to some of our forests. The forests are threatened by Government officers who are entrusted with the responsibility of looking after them. Recently, about three or four weeks ago, in an area called Iguani, Administration Police officers (APs) were found felling mature trees, some of which were over 15 years old. They were doing that with a lot of impunity. I want to warn them that my constituency will not take the destruction of forests lightly. We have preserved those forests for quite a long time now. I ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: The other issue is the dependency on firewood as a source of energy. We need to encourage the use of renewable energy such as biogas. There is also another source of energy which, if we embrace, we could minimize the destruction of forests. I am talking about briquetting. One can use the leaves which fall during the dry season. Those leaves can be collected and briquettes made out of them. Those briquettes can be used as firewood. I would therefore encourage the relevant departments to sensitize people and make use of briquetting as a source of energy. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: This Bill will ensure the establishment of arboreta and green zones. My area is more or less like Switzerland. An establishment of a green zone will make it closer to Switzerland. Growing of trees will do away with erosion, especially on our roads and the slopes. view