Sammy Arthur Weya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, rural electrification is key to every developed country. In our rural electrification programmes, power is taken to the people but they cannot afford to step it down to their residences. As a country, we might need to see how we can make rural electrification affordable at that level. We should balance the quality of life between those in urban and those in rural areas. This will stop the rural-urban migration. One of the things we might need to consider is making power more affordable in rural areas. In some countries, they have standardised the cost ... view
• 21 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have not finished. Why are hon. Members standing up and I have not finished? I am just making a summary. view
• 21 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to talk about my constituency because that is where my key issues need to be addressed. I am happy that the Ministry has started implementing the Rural Electrification Programme (REP) in my constituency. Ever since I was elected, I have witnessed many REP projects being carried out by the Ministry. I am happy that for the first time, the people of Alego-Usonga have electricity in their constituency. This has really reduced the poverty levels because at the time I was elected, the poverty level was at 85 per cent, and now it has ... view
• 15 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The hon. Sungu has been saying very dirty things about me. I want to state here that I have not been compromised by anybody. He kept shouting out there that I have been compromised and that I was going to debate on this matter after being compromised. I take that as an offence from the hon. Member and--- view
• 15 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to say one or two things with regard to the regulation of the tobacco industry within this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I want to say that I support the regulation of the tobacco industry. I want to make this very clear. I also want to make it very clear that tobacco is harmful to human health. However, we have to take into account the many things that happen around us. We should also look at what neighbouring countries are doing. If we are ... view
• 15 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister is arguing his point. He is making his point clear. We have been told that five million people die every year in the world from smoking- related diseases. We need to find out how many of these people are from Africa. Diseases like malaria and HIV/AIDS are the key killers of our people in Africa. When it comes to advertisement, you either allow somebody to do business or you stop him from doing it. In the a First World country, you cannot advertise cigarettes on television unless it is after 10 o'clock ... view
• 15 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: One of the issues that has been raised here is that of corporate social responsibility, particularly by manufacturers. We said that they should not be responsible for anything. I think it has been identified that cigarette smoking is harmful to our health. There is no reason why those companies cannot be compelled to put up health facilities. Why should we stop them from putting up health centres, yet we know that the substance they produce is a health hazard? Let them put up November 15, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3727 health centres because that will help our people in the rural ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The issue of beating women is a very serious one. Recently, in my constituency, an assistant chief beat up a woman and molested her badly, and the administration has been covering up this issue. What is the Ministry doing to ensure that the harassment and beating of women is not covered up by the Government officials? view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, with regard to the Turnover Tax, you will realise that most multinationalsincrease their rates whenever the Minister increases the rate of taxation. For instance, when the Minister for Finance increase VAT by a certain percentage, a company, say, Safaricom reflects that on the consumer price and thus making their service costly to the consumer. Therefore, I propose that this clause should be deleted. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to support the mover of the amendment. If we reduce the price of wine, this will discourage the locals from drinking chang'aa and busaa . The Minister should also understand that by reducing the taxes, people will drink more and we will collect more taxes. The locals will divert from drinking chang'aa . In the process, we will be a wine-drinking nation as opposed to a nation that drinks some harmful local brews. I would like to inform the Minister that we will be collecting more revenue. In the past, we all know ... view