Simeon Nyachae

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Entries 211 to 220 of 226.

• 11 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will not take a lot of time. I stand to support the Motion after listening carefully to the statement made by the Minister concerned in presenting the case to this House, so that we can allocate money for the Office of the President. There are many needs that have been mentioned. However, the debate on this Motion is just for two days. We should spend time to debate these issues, so that they are handled accordingly by the Ministry. We should offer views. Hon. Members say there is corruption in the Office ... view
• 11 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Some hon. Members are calling for an early general election and they have just been told that 114 of us will not come back to this House. Let us wait for the people to decide who will come back and who will not. I know I have digressed and I apologise for that, but let us handle this matter very carefully. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Billow has opposed the setting up of the forensic science laboratory. If we want to deal with crime and investigate it, unless we have a forensic system we will never get to the ... view
• 11 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: You cannot run away from this fact. The Government of President Kibaki is also not run by angels. We will always have weaknesses somewhere in the way it is run. Weaknesses are bound to be there in any Government. That is why we have Parliament to oversee Government functioning. If there was perfection in Government affairs, we would not be here as Parliamentarians. With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 6 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when my name is mentioned about Kisii, nobody should be bothered. So, can it rest because whenever the people of Kisii have a problem, my name must be mentioned somewhere. So, let us not bother about that! view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am going to be very brief. The Bill is all right, at least, for some of us. It is a good Bill because establishing an autonomous body is a good thing. But I expected certain areas to be emphasized a lot more this time. The statistics we have seen over the years have been produced through some kind of survey that has been done countrywide, but the people out there do not know how you arrive at these figures. A way must be found to ensure that before these statistics are made national ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is what we need to know; and how the Central Bureau of Statistics arrived at those figures. We need to know what factors the Department uses to arrive at such conclusions. Let the Department debate those factors with other people. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, sometimes I make a joke about how the Central Bureau of Statistics arrived at the conclusion about Kabete Constituency being the richest in the whole of Central Province. That, whoever went there to collect the data must have seen a lot of livestock from Maasailand, which had come to graze along ... view
• 29 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. June 29, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1731 Speaker, Sir. You have given us guidance and a ruling. But some of us feel that a very dangerous precedent is being set in this House. I want to make an observation which is not necessarily connected with yesterday's statement. But where an hon. Member stands up and makes a very serious allegation against another hon. Member and he refuses to substantiate--- He is ordered out to have a cup of tea and, after one day, he is free to come back to the House. How many other ... view
• 29 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we respect your decision. We respect our Standing Orders. But I feel very strongly that, perhaps, this matter, even if it is not today, could be looked into by the disciplinary committee. That can be done through your guidance, so that we can prevent that from happening again. Hon. Members are likely to adopt that kind of precedence. It is going to create enmity and lower the dignity of this House. We will become enemies in this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I leave it to you. view
• 29 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think we must respect the Chair. When the Chair demands an apology from an hon. Member and is told: "I am apologising under duress", that means he is not willing to apologise. He is being forced to apologise. I think--- view