Walter Nyambati

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: First of all, I want to join my colleagues in supporting the adjournment. At the same time, I want to thank you very much for the way you have conducted the business of this House, with dignity and decorum. I also want to thank you for the way you have led our Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) as the Chair. I would want the House to know that the PSC is determined to do what it must do to make work easy for our Members of Parliament and staff. This is in line with our Fe bruary 24, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y ... view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are many bridges in the country, especially in my constituency, which are not functional. What plans does the Ministry have to ensure that bridges in the country are in a good condition, especially in Kitutu Masaba Constituency? view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am happy that the Minister appreciates the difficulty that our children with disabilities have. Given that we have thousands of these children in the country, who are suffering and need to be taken care of, and given that it is the nation's responsibility to ensure that these children are catered for, what plans does the Government have to ensure that, at least, we have a school for this calibre of children in every district to take care of those children? view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr, Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I want to thank the hon. Minister for the good work she is doing. I am one of the beneficiaries of the IDP programmes. I wanted to know from her what she is doing to help the other children who suffered the same fate in the country. How many children do we have in the country facing a similar problem? I know that in Kisii, there are several children with the same problems. I would like to know the number of children that need this kind of help and what she is doing ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, a country which cannot take care of its youth is doomed. I feel like that is where we are heading in this country. Given that we have so many youths in this country, what is the Ministry doing to increase the youth Fund that we are currently getting in the constituencies? view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to also stand and support this Motion. I strongly want to support this Motion for so many reasons. One, is because I come from a tea growing area and, second, because I have seen what kind of problems our farmers go through. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I want to join my colleagues who have said here that they have gone to school, courtesy of the tea industry. It is about time that we really assisted our farmers. We really have to look critically at the problems that our farmers are going through. Due to this, I strongly support that Cap.343 of the Tea Act must be amended. If we must help our farmers, it must be amended because our farmers are not benefitting out of it. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, our farmers and especially the tea farmers are so much discouraged. Tea is required all over the world. Countries like India, China, Ceylon and others have increased their output in tea production but in our country here, because we have neglected our farmers, tea production is falling. This is simply because we have ignored the plight of our farmers. Right now, farmers are uprooting tea. I am sure that even in Kisii where I come from, some of the Ja nuary 28, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to strongly second this Motion, and urge my colleagues to also do so. The issue of remuneration of our councillors is long overdue. We must realise that our councillors play a very important role in the running of this country. They do all the work and it is about time that we took them very seriously. It is about time we started thinking that these are the people who help run this country. I am surprised to see that other people are paid by the central Government; the chiefs and other officers are ... view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Most of our councillors never get paid, because their councils do not have enough money to pay them. They go even for a year without being paid, yet they are elected leaders. They are not different from hon. Members, because they are also elected by the people. So many at times, they cannot perform their duties, because they cannot travel even to the council headquarters to transact business for their councils. So, it is about time we started thinking seriously about their payment. When we come to what they are paid, it is peanuts, yet we expect them to deliver. ... view