Wesley Kipchumba Korir

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I want to bring an amendment to make sure that before a natural resource is extracted--- Things should be the way we were dealing with the Mining Bill, namely that 30 per cent of the mining resources should go to the people around its location. How are we going to make sure that when water is tapped from your area people who benefit from that water, first are the ones in the locality? It would be unfortunate that you take away water from people who are dying from waterborne diseases. That is what we need to take care of; we ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this good Motion from my friend, hon. Wakhungu. I come from Trans Nzoia County. I come from Kitale. I come from this area where the late Kijana Wamalwa came from. I admired Kijana Wamalwa very much. He was a Member of Parliament for the area in which the high school I went to, St Joseph’s High School, is located. Every time Kijana Wamalwa came to our school I admired his English. He was so good. Every time he spoke, everybody was left wondering what he had ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: No. view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: The late Kijana Wamalwa was a great man. He was a hero and he is a hero to me. It is because of him that I wanted to speak good English, and I hope one day I will be close to his manner of speaking English. The late Kijana Wamalwa definitely gave a lot to the community. He spent his time serving the people. I would say Kijana Wamalwa died a poor person because of what he had done to the community. I agree that Trans Nzoia County desperately needs a university. Every county in this country needs a university ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. I stand to support this Motion. As a country, we cannot work alone. We need a group of us to be able to successfully defeat the challenges that we face as a nation and a continent. Africa is a continent that has been known as a backward continent. It is a continent that has been known for no development. However, I think it is about time we, as Africans of this continent, came together, so that we can fight our challenges as one ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: As a runner, there is one thing that we know. For us to win, be successful and defend every title that we run for out there, we need to do it as a group. The reason why Kenya has become so successful in running is because of our team work and tactics. For us as Africans, and especially East Africans, to be able to successfully fight our economic difficulties, I think the first thing we need to do is unite. view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: one thing on which I disagree with my friend is changing Kitale Technical Institute into a university. As a person who comes from this county, I would like to say that we would love to keep Kitale Technical Institute as a technical institution and look for other alternatives to start a university. We have the Bakhita branch of Moi University, which, to me, should be upgraded to a full-fledged university. We have Kitale Airport which, to me, should be named after Kijana Wamalwa and upgraded to become an international airport. So, as much as I support the fact that we ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: I come from Cherangany and I represent the good and great people of Cherangany, who live close to Uganda. These people are mostly farmers. The biggest problem that we face in this country is that cheap things come from Uganda and flood our market. One thing that we need to accept as a country is that there is now what we call a free market and free movement among all these nations. As we move into the free market and free movement within East African nations, we need nothing more but to be able to unite, and form monetary union ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: The reason why maize is cheaper in Uganda is because cost of production is low. It is because Uganda’s currency is weaker than Kenya’s. If you want to buy fertilizer, it will be cheaper. If you want labour, it will be cheaper. The reason why China is a growing country is because it has done so well in devaluing their currency; they have done so more than the United States of America; that is why people are able to go there and produce; cost of labour is lower. If we East African countries are able to use one currency, it ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: same. A farmer in Kenya cannot compete with that of Uganda. It is not easy because of the differences in the value of our currencies. view