Prof. Wangari Muta Maathai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want to congratulate the delegates who represented us April 11, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 581 in Barbados and to thank them for an excellent Report. I want to emphasise on the issue of governance and say that as much as we may not want to critique ourselves, I think we must continue to challenge ourselves, to provide ourselves with good governance. When we critique ourselves, we are not criticising a third party. We are criticising ourselves and challenging ourselves so that ... view
• 10 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. First of all, I want to congratulate the delegates from our Parliament who represented us in that conference, for their excellent contribution and Report. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to appeal for a sense of independence. We have been independent for more than 40 years but, for African, Caribbean and Pacific regions, we are still seen as junior and under-developed partners in many ways when we deal with the European Union (EU). Although the EU continues to be a very good ... view
• 5 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion and congratulate our delegation for representing our Parliament so effectively at the 115th IPU Assembly held in Geneva, Switzerland. April 5, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 443 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is an extremely important forum of parliamentarians, in particular, in the role that they have taken to promote the globalization of democracy. I am very impressed by the continued awareness by parliamentarians, that in order for us to improve the quality of the life of our people, we need to cultivate a culture of ... view
• 5 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. All I was saying is that, the rule of law and respect for human rights demand that we hold everybody to be innocent until taken to court and proved guilty. It is with that spirit that we, for many, many years in this country, fought to prevent anybody being shot at. I remember that when we were agitating for multi-party democracy in this country, occasionally, some people would be shot right in the streets because the police would use live bullets. I remember that we used to make a lot of noise and ... view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to join my colleagues in congratulating His Excellency the President for his Speech. There are a lot of good things that have been done by the NARC Government. We have enumerated many of those issues. Many of them were articulated in the Speech by His Excellency the President. We have many things to congratulate ourselves about. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to raise an issue that is of major concern to all of us - climate change! I want to draw attention to the fact that, ... view
• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to support this Motion. I want to say that this is a good time for Members of December 7, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4297 Parliament to adjourn because due to the current rains, I hope they will go home and participate in the billion tree campaign that we recently launched to be part of our global campaign to protect the environment and especially to reduce the greenhouse gases that are interfering with our weather. view
• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also want to remember the fact that so many of our people are still suffering because of the floods and drought in many parts of our country, especially in north west and eastern Kenya and at the coast. As I have said before, I congratulate hon. Members who have taken up the tree planting campaign very seriously. It is something that is durable. It is something that we can work on very easily with our constituents. You can always call on us and we will be very happy to come, although at times we ... view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion and congratulate the Member who has brought it forward. I think, in this country, we have been asking why so many of our children to go to neighbouring countries and have to first go and waste two years? Why can the East African Community not synchronise our education system? Since we have gone through the 8-4-4 system and we have not felt satisfied, I want to agree that we should synchronise our education system and reintroduce the 7-4-2-3 system. Mr. Temporary Deputy ... view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I want congratulate the Minister. This a very welcome Bill that will help to reduce poverty and address the concerns of the poor people in this country. I know that we do not have much time left, I want to very quickly mention the fact that the value and power of microfinance institutions has clearly been demonstrated by Prof. Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh who established the Grameen Bank. He won the Nobel Peace Prize this year. I want to congratulate him from this ... view
• 7 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. First, I would like to congratulate the Minister for bringing this Bill. I remember with nostalgia the establishment of Western Institute of Science and Technology. Many steps have been taken and now it is becoming a university. This is something to congratulate the Minister for. I agree with my colleague, Prof. Oniang'o, that we should recognise the founding fathers of this university. One of them was a colleague of mine at the University of Nairobi, Prof. Kamara. I also want to recognise that ... view