Prof. Wangari Muta Maathai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is hardly enough time and I wanted to, very badly, ensure that this Motion is not dropped because of the words "ban" or "genetically- modified products." That is in the last paragraph in the Motion. This is a very important issue for this country. Since we do not have much time, I would like to suggest to the Mover that we put the word "potential" before the word "danger". We should, first of all, replace the word "food" because there are very many other products that will be genetically-modified besides food. So, we should ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is unfortunate because this is a very important Motion. I hope that an amendment will be put forward, so that the Motion is not thrown out. view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Sir. Allow me to thank the Minister for giving me a few minutes to contribute to this Bill. Indeed, statistics are extremely important for planning. We are very happy because the Minister has brought this Bill. In fact, we support him for doing that. However, it is one thing to gather statistics, and a completely different thing to use those statistics. I want to call upon the Minister to ensure that there is enough data collected with regard to issues impacting on our environment. There are a lot of terrible things happening on our land ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to second this Bill. It is a privilege to do so. I agree that this Bill is badly needed in our country to fight organised crime, crime related to corruption and drug trafficking. Every time a witness is required to give evidence, there is a strong fear of repercussion. They ponder about what could happen to them. That is so because people who are involved in corruption, organised crimes or drug trafficking can do a lot of damage if they know the person who passed on ... view
• 27 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. First, I want to congratulate the Minister for his excellent Budget Speech. I also want to congratulate him for increasing the amount of money allocated to the CDF. As hon. Members have said, this is actually one area where our people have the opportunity to bite the national cake directly. It was wonderful that the Minister was able to grant us the increase. I would also like to thank the Minister for the improvements that continue to be realised in the collection of taxes ... view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want to thank Dr. Ojiambo for considering to bring this Motion to this House. I want to agree with many hon. Members who have contributed to this Motion in emphasising the need for us to come up with strict guidelines that will help us manage our financial resources better than we have done in the past. As other hon. Members have emphasised it, indeed, it is a shame, especially during the NARC era, that we should continue to be considered in the ... view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I was emphasising, what we need in our country are institutions that are strong and can provide checks and balances that are needed to ensure that those people who are in power manage the resources of this country for the benefit of our people. Therefore, it is quite appropriate that the Mover of this Motion be given permission to bring a related Bill, so that we can create the proposed institutions. I emphasised that there are no angels among people who govern countries. It does not matter which country we are dealing with. What ... view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. Cotton is one of the many cash crops that our people grow. Unfortunately, many of the crops that were planted in the hope that they would make our people rich or improve the quality of their lives have not achieved what the farmers had hoped for. Unfortunately, cotton farmers, like coffee, tea and sugar-cane farmers, continue to suffer, mostly because we have not, as a country, May 4, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 971 invested in adding value to these crops. We do not sell to ... view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving this opportunity to contribute to today's important Motion. I think that the death of our brothers in Marsabit almost ten days ago should be a wake up call for Kenyans to appreciate the need for us to extend development to the norther part of our country, which is largely arid, semi-arid and even a desert. When the Norwegian Nobel Committee gave me the laureate prize they clearly wanted to send a message to the world that managing resources, and having good governance, is very central to peace. I am very happy ... view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to thank His Excellency the President, for his excellent Address. I want to remember the fact that we had and still have a prolonged drought in this country. Many of our people and animals have died. Many of us were involved in mobilising support in the form of food for the affected people. We also had animals trekking long distances and ending up in forests in the Central region, in an effort to survive. I want to believe that, that drought taught us something. I am encouraged by ... view