Sunjeev Kour Birdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to say something. I met a few people a while back who were so happy to see water in their area. When a borehole was done for them and they saw water, they said that they knew Kenya was independent but they saw independence when water was delivered to them. view
• 30 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you. I would like to say that the standard for building dams is set by the World Commission on Dams. They say that dams are rushed and huge contracts are open to corruption. Designs are not up to scratch. With those few points, I beg to move. view
• 30 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you. I would like to say that the standard for building dams is set by the World Commission on Dams. They say that dams are rushed and huge contracts are open to corruption. Designs are not up to scratch. With those few points, I beg to move. view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker we shall report back on this issue within three weeks. view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I do understand and appreciate the urgency of this matter, but I am also aware of the urgent matters that we are taking care of – I am not saying that this particular matter is not urgent enough. However, considering the urgency of this matter we shall get back to her in two weeks. view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Looking at the mood of the House, I feel that some of us would like to make an input within the next ten minutes. Would I be in order to ask that you reduce the time of the speakers to maybe two minutes? view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I know I have very little time but I will try to make it as brief as possible so that people can understand. This is not a dog Bill. It is not a cat Bill. It is a human being Bill. It is a man’s Bill. It is a woman’s Bill. They get together in matrimony. When you look at this Bill, it talks about matrimonial property. Matrimony is a situation where two people are joined together in marriage. Property that is acquired in the course of marriage has caused wars in this world. ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: THAT, aware that every year floods and drought wreak havoc in various parts of the country; observing that flood seasons are often followed by times of drought, leading to loss of lives and lack of water for many; concerned that from 1995 to present, just over 500 small-scale sand dams have been constructed as water reservoirs, further concerned that as a result, there has been unplanned and rampant digging of multiple boreholes, leading to fast and widespread depletion of water tables; noting that such depletion leads to falling of trees and adversely affects the entire ecosystem that could be prevented ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was hoping that we would have a full House when I move this Motion because it affects each and every constituency, each and every hon. Member of Parliament and all the people of Kenya. This Motion addresses the following issues: Floods and drought. Floods and drought are directly as a result of climate change in our country and we have to ask ourselves:- Why do we always start blaming the environment when we have floods? Why do we start blaming the environment when we have drought? The fact is that we, as human beings, are ... view