20 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this very important policy on climate finance. The benefits for Kenya from the policy direction we are taking have been spoken to by the people who have spoken before me. 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.
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20 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
First and foremost, the issue of protecting our environment and dealing with the adverse effects of climate change is a direct protection and safeguard of some of the very critical principles of our Constitution of 2010, key of which is the need for us to have a certain minimum threshold of forest cover in our country. Currently, statistics are very dismal. I know we are below two per cent yet the threshold we have set for ourselves, as a nation, stands at 10 per cent. This Policy will go towards supporting our Vision 2030 in terms of increasing our adaptive ...
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20 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
Mine is to challenge them. This is an issue of priority if we are talking about putting our priorities clearly as a country. We need to protect our natural resources. They should wake up and address the issue of climate change as top priority. When it comes to issues of health, there is increased cost of health because of the adverse effects of climate change. This will affect everybody. It will not matter where you come from or your political affiliation. It will affect all of us. When we talk about reduced agricultural production, this affects our livelihood. It is ...
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20 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
Nature is very unforgiving.
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14 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice in first of all congratulating the Committee on Appointments for a job brilliantly done in the vetting process of the nine nominees to the Cabinet. I also take this opportunity to congratulate His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya. The issue of nomination of Cabinet appointees is an exclusive constitutional prerogative vested in the President. As I read through the Report of the Committee, I cannot fail to see the kind of meticulous, very well- thought-out and precise background search that the President ...
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14 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I need protection from my two good friends from Kikuyu and... It is Mheshimiwa Gikaria. I was congratulating the President for a job well-done in the exercise of this exclusive prerogative vested in him. I would like to just highlight a few things because it is not possible to consider each individual on this nomination list one by one. Looking at the issue of compliance with the relevant institutions and particularly on ethics and integrity, we have seen from the Report of the Committee and even following the proceedings of the vetting that these nine individuals got a ...
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14 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
and Hon. Ukur Yatani are great men who are not just from minority groups but from their CVs, they are men of great repute who have served in various public capacities and have proved themselves capable of actually representing Kenyans and working for them. With those few remarks, I want to again say that I fully support the Report of the Committee. It is unfortunate that Members from the Opposition are not here to participate yet they will be in the front line to run for services from this same Government. This hypocrisy should stop. People should come out and ...
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7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: The Report of the Procedure and House Rules Committee on the amendments to the Standing Orders.
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7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to provisions of Standing Order No.262 and notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No.47(1), this House adopts the Report of the Procedure and House 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.
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