6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, I was watching television and there is one athlete from France who said: “I give up. I will never run the steeplechase again because that is a Kenyan race.”
view
6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly:
Russia only beat us because the lady got a gold medal. Had she got a silver medal, we would have been second. There are other disciplines like boxing where, as the Minister for Foreign Affairs has said, we are quite good. In cricket, Kenya beat West Indies, which is a world class team. In hockey, we were one of the best in Africa and in the World. In Rugby Sevens, we are one of the best and we take on South Africa and New Zealand. In Golf, we also do very well. The only thing remaining is that we do ...
view
26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would stand to support this. Public finance, as you have just said, is a very established course not only here but all over the world. There is a big difference between private financing like the Master of Business Administration (MBA) that I have taken and public finance. Before, I did not even understand public finance. When I became a mayor, I thought I was a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA) and, therefore, knew finance, but I did not. Public finance is a very different animal and, therefore, we must have it ...
view
26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir.
view
26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir.
view
26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
It is important. Is it in order for the---
view
26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, we had a long discussion on this and I see no reason why the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance should oppose it. This is because if the Commission requires staff, it can still ask for them because this is an administrative issue. What we are trying to get away from, and I do not want to repeat, is that even the Commissioners can be influenced to come and ask for secondment of staff.
view
26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. My dear colleague---
view
26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, is Ms. Karua in order to---
view
26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, but she has made a statement which is untrue.
view