Robert Mbui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: There is also a bit of a confusion in who is given this responsibility to construct dams in this country. We know that water is devolved to the county governments. However, the national Government, through its various agencies, does similar projects. One dam in one corner is built by one agency and in another corner, it is built by another agency. It is important to coordinate all these projects under one agency in the national Government and county governments. view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Finally, when we construct these dams, it is important to ensure security. There is one thing that I have noted. In the recent past, I have lost three of my constituents through drowning because dams are put up and then unfortunately, they are not secured properly. It is one of the things that the Committee needs to deal with to ensure that all dams are secured, especially at this time when our children are not in school. In fact, a week ago, I lost a young man—a form three boy—because he went to swim in the dam but he did ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to also rise and support the adoption of the Report of the Special Funds Accounts Committee on its consideration of the audited financial statements of the Commodities Fund. I wish to begin by saying that the Chair has alluded to the fact that, of course, there have been many changes in the Committee. I just wanted to tell him that it is not the leadership of the House that made all those changes. Some of the Members of your Committee actually made requests to move to other committees. This is not ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: talking about the reports coming in another three or four years. We will encourage those people that are stealing from these funds that they know they have two to three years to create a defence. I am saying this because we know the sugar industry has been subjected to a lot of abuse. In fact, I would tell a story of one of my neighbours. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will not name the names now but I can tell you when we are together alone. One of my neighbours a number of years back was trying to sell his ... view
• 28 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I begin, first, by congratulating Hon. Gladys Wanga for her new appointment and election to the position of Chair. Even for those of us who had not read the Bill, just listening to the explanation when she seconded was enough for us to understand the content of the Bill and the import and purpose for which it has been brought to us. Congratulations for the excellent work from the beginning. It is a fact that MSMEs are the backbone of the economy and not just ours, but generally all over the ... view
• 28 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I begin, first, by congratulating Hon. Gladys Wanga for her new appointment and election to the position of Chair. Even for those of us who had not read the Bill, just listening to the explanation when she seconded was enough for us to understand the content of the Bill and the import and purpose for which it has been brought to us. Congratulations for the excellent work from the beginning. It is a fact that MSMEs are the backbone of the economy and not just ours, but generally all over the ... view
• 28 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes view
• 28 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes view
• 28 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Finally, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is obviously true and clear that banks normally want to give loans to those people who have money. In fact, when you have a fat bank account or statement, they will constantly send you messages that tell you that you can borrow up to a certain amount. However, those people who really need to borrow this money have a difficulty to do it. This Bill will help these people to get access to funds. In the absence of this kind of Fund, these SMEs borrow from loan sharks where they have to take their ... view