Sammy Arthur Weya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: It is annual thing, but why are we putting--- view
• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the people who are really affected in this country, when it comes to labour laws, are farmers or who work in the agricultural sector. I am talking about sugar-cane cutters, coffee and tea pickers. These people go through some hazardous conditions. The same applies to the people who work in tobacco plantations. You will find them spraying the crops with dangerous chemicals, yet, he or she has no protective clothing, whatsoever. But, we look at them; we really do not care. This is a critical issue. One of the reasons why we are ... view
• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is some of the background history that we need to put in place, so that we are able to understand what we are trying to achieve. These are some of the things that we are trying to achieve, in the modern way of achieving things, and not in the outdated way of doing things. We are putting laws in place, which are supposed to achieve certain things. When we say that we have created a law to cater for disability, we should ensure that it states that workers with disabilities should be able to ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for having given me the opportunity to say one or two words with regard to this Motion by Mr. Wamunyinyi. The fact is that there are many ills that have occurred in this country. There are tribal clashes, poverty, HIV/AIDS, alcoholism, drug abuse and sexual offences. This Bill is very necessary and it requires a lot of attention. We have school children who go through a lot of trauma in their families and it would be very necessary for us, as a society, to think of putting counsellors in schools. In ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: 1208 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 9, 2007 view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a friend of mine who was shot in the spinal cord when he was living a very normal life. It was only because he had a facility to enable him to continue with life but he is now disabled. We have a lot of disabled people in society who were not counselled properly to be able to cope with modern life, and you find society looking down upon them as second class citizens. I think it is critical for us, as society, to look into these cases where these things were done in ... view
• 25 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. First, I would like to commend the Minister for Energy, because I think he has reformed, and his Ministry is doing very well in supplying electricity, through the REP, across the whole country, as opposed to many other Ministers, who are only supporting their areas. I would like to congratulate him for that and ask other Ministers to follow his example. view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, he went through baptism of fire. If other Ministers could follow his example, this country would be a great nation. view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: I would like to also advise the Minister for Finance to copy the examples provided by the Minister for Energy and the Minister for Roads and Public Works, who inform Members of Parliament what their Ministries are doing in specific constituencies. As a Member of Parliament, I find it very difficult to understand why a young Minister like him cannot establish a website to inform Members of Parliament, and the nation at large, for instance, with regard to the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), how much money is going to each constituency and what projects are being financed, so that we ... view