Prof. Wangari Muta Maathai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do understand the argument here. I know that what you are trying to say is that we are mixed everywhere. But the truth of the matter is, nevertheless--- The question I want to ask is: Do we really want to continue speaking to our people in languages that they do not understand? For the same reason, I know for sure, when we shall go looking for votes very soon--- I know when we go looking for votes, we will speak the language that the people understand. How come when we go to these people ... view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: He wants to inform me? view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Yes! Maybe, he has something that I do not know. view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, except for the fact that if you start in English, you have to continue in English, I can easily switch! That is not a problem for me. I think what the Member is asking is different from what I was trying to explain. view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I hope that I am giving food for thought. There are many countries in this world that try to speak to their people in languages that they understand. But I do know that it is costly. I also know that it is, sometimes, very hard. We may not be able to do, for example, what South Africa did. It allowed languages other than Afrikaan and English to be spoken in their Parliaments. But I think, at least, for me, it is something that really always bothers me when I see us, especially at ... view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to agree with other hon. Members who have called for the responsibility of the Press. I want to say that it is, indeed, very important that the Press have a responsibility. Without responsibility, the freedom of the Press is, in a way, undermined. Freedom of the Press is a very important pillar of good governance. When the freedom of the Press--- As the Press developed, especially in the western World, it was a big struggle to allow it to speak, inform, advise and give ordinary people an opportunity to know what their leaders ... view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to appeal to the Press--- If the police want to expose the dead, the Press can, at least, act in a civilised form of governance and refuse to expose those bodies to our children at home. It is almost like we enjoy looking at those dead bodies. When you think that some of those people are truly innocent--- I do not believe that July 3, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2197 you can always shoot--- Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you are only suspecting, most likely some of those people you are shooting are ... view
• 26 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this debate. First of all, I want to thank the Minister very much for having addressed the issue of plastics. We know that thin, flimsy plastic bags have been a menace to our environment. We have discussed this issue and raised it in this House many times. Therefore, I want to thank the Minister for requesting companies to increase the thickness of plastic bags they produce, so that we recycle and reuse them. In the process, we would reduce the amount of plastic bags scattered all ... view
• 26 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I repeat: There is no law anywhere in this country that allows anybody to shoot another under suspicion! view
• 26 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: However, the police officers can protect themselves when attacked. If you suspect that somebody is going to attack, you have no right to shoot that person to death. You can arrest and take them to court then allow the law to take its due process. Unless we control our guns, we will reach a point where we can no longer control violence. This is because violence anywhere breeds more violence. I would like to remind hon. Members that in Africa, we saw genocide in Rwanda. Recently, we saw the maiming of citizens in countries, like Liberia where people lost their ... view