Robert Mbui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. First, I want to thank hon. Wangwe for bringing this Motion for debate. That is why we are elected to this House, to find reasons and issues that affect our constituents and find ways of sorting them out. This issue of exams poses a very heavy burden on parents. It is one of the things that are affecting people who are already being weighed down by very high cost of living. view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. First, I want to thank hon. Wangwe for bringing this Motion for debate. That is why we are elected to this House, to find reasons and issues that affect our constituents and find ways of sorting them out. This issue of exams poses a very heavy burden on parents. It is one of the things that are affecting people who are already being weighed down by very high cost of living. view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I want to support the abolishment of national examinations because it will give our parents an opportunity to spend their money on other more pressing issues. Recently, the Government, through a proposal, said that they are getting rid of those exams but the proposal that came from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology was that they would pay fees for children who attend public schools. This is completely discriminatory because there are no private or public children in this country. All the children who go to our Kenyan schools and they are Kenyan citizens have a right to what ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I want to support the abolishment of national examinations because it will give our parents an opportunity to spend their money on other more pressing issues. Recently, the Government, through a proposal, said that they are getting rid of those exams but the proposal that came from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology was that they would pay fees for children who attend public schools. This is completely discriminatory because there are no private or public children in this country. All the children who go to our Kenyan schools and they are Kenyan citizens have a right to what ... view
• 31 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for this opportunity. The President is at liberty and is mandated by the Constitution to give the State of the Nation Address once every year. In the State of the Nation Address, the President is basically expected to give a scorecard of the achievements of his Government. I was very impressed by the President when he took the bull of corruption by its horns. In fact, this house stood up three times to applaud him. I hope that when we talk about this issue of corruption, the President will follow it up with action. Hon. Speaker, ... view
• 31 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: given to the people of this country about irrigation of a million hectares of land something we have not yet seen. This Government came to power on the promise of setting up a digital platform. Unfortunately, two years after elections, we still have not seen the laptops meant for our children. Security is wanting. There are major failures on the part of this Jubilee Government. With regard to corruption, I totally agree with the President that we must address these issues while following the law. The President, similarly, has to follow the law when he is addressing issues. There were ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Let me begin by thanking hon. Kigo Njenga for this very timely Motion. This is the right time to bring up such matters. It is something that is important to this nation. It is alarming that 2.2 million Kenyans are addicted to alcohol. Many of these are young people. The Mover has also mentioned the dangers of alcoholism to our school- going children. One of my biggest concerns is that we are all aware that alcoholism leads to impotence. That means the future of this country is in danger. We ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I want to also address the issue of disposal of empty alcohol containers. I represent a constituency within Machakos County. Last year, during the Rugby Sevens Tournament, the whole of Machakos town was littered with empty bottles of alcohol and the rubber items used as contraceptives. In fact, I understand that these things were collected using pick-up vehicles because of their large quantities. This is something we need to address. We need to get hold of the issue of disposal of empty alcohol containers. There are two ways of doing it. The first one is recycling them. Recycling beer bottles ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: That happens with beer and that is why you do not find beer bottles littering towns. The other option is to completely dispose of them. For those that cannot be recycled, we need to find ways by which bar owners and companies that manufacture them would ensure they are disposed of adequately even if it means destroying them. NACADA, being the one vested with this responsibility, has had certain failures that I have observed. Last year, one of the small bar owners in my constituency who sold alcoholic drinks that were laced with some stuff which killed three people was ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I rise to support ranking of schools. view