Wesley Kipchumba Korir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 71 to 80 of 312.

• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank the Mover for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I support the appointment of this wonderful lady with a lot of qualifications to lead this institution. She has worked as an economist in the World Bank. We want somebody who knows where money will be invested for the growth of the economy of our country. We lack a policy of investing our money for profit. We should invest money not only to create employment opportunities but to also empower our people. The lady has a PhD in Economics from ... view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to support this Bill. From the outset, this is a timely Bill as we move with the world. The world has agreed under the UN that torture is obsolete. Torture was an effective way of gathering information from criminals a long time ago since there were no other options. The world has come of age in terms of technology. We now have other ways of getting information. Any country that still uses torture to get information is going backwards. I was saddened when I heard the President of the ... view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Forceful circumcision has not been included in this Bill. Some cultures do not circumcise their people, but some people have been forcefully circumcised in villages and cities against their wish and left to bleed. Some have even died. That is torture. That should be included in this Bill either as physical or mental torture because when you circumcise somebody, you are subjecting them to pain they had not prepared themselves for. We should not force them. Anybody who practises this should know that the law is now in place. We need to go forward. view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Kang’ata had a very good idea on how to handle bad people in this country. He said that we should only inflict torture to terrorists and murderers to get information. That is old-age technology. If we want to get information, we must strengthen our systems. We must embrace technology. We can do thorough investigation, so that we do not need to extract information from suspects through torture. We need to have Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in police cells and interrogation rooms to deter police officers from torturing suspects who are in custody. They should know that people are ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I support the Petition by my neighbour and my friend, Chris Wamalwa, on the killing of an innocent young man who was going about his work. The fact is that police reservists in some areas like Trans Nzoia are now getting out of hand. The police engage police reservists to do police jobs. Nowadays, some police reservists drive around in Probox cars as they go to people’s houses and alcohol dens. That is not supposed to be the work of police reservists. We need, as a House, to come up ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: somebody else. So, taxi drivers should know that the world is changing and they should change with the world. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. As former speakers have said, this is a very timely and good Motion. But should we be talking about encouraging people to vote? Every Kenyan that has attained the age of 18 years should know that it is their constitutional right and responsibility to vote and elect their leaders. Many people complain when leaders do not do what they are supposed to do. You do not have a right to complain if you never voted for anybody. That is what the message should be ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Wa kwanza anatoka kwako. I also support the idea that we need one ID. When you look at what is going on right now with the biometric voter registration, they need your fingerprints and ID and you get a card. Why can they not integrate the acquisition of national ID with the IEBC? It is the same thing. If you have a system that already has my fingerprints, why do you need my fingerprints again? Why can the IEBC and the National Registration Bureau not integrate their systems so that people’s fingerprints taken for ID issuance can also be used ... view
• 31 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this Bill. This Bill has come at the right time, when our country is facing drought and therefore lacks water. I am wondering why at the end of this Bill, in the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, it is said that it does not concern county governments. Everybody here knows that water is one of the functions that have been devolved to county governments. So, this Bill should include county governments so that the Senate can also debate it. County governments have bought many rigs. Those are ... view
• 31 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: be of great assistance to this nation. Otherwise, if they are brought to the national Government, we will not access them. It will also be very good to have people studying hydrology as a career. We know many youth are looking for jobs in this country. This is, indeed, a job opportunity. By passing this Bill, we are opening job opportunities for the youth. I urge our institutions of higher learning to offer courses in hydrology. For one to be an assistant hydrologist one needs to have a diploma or an equivalent qualification in hydrology. So, the Technical Training Institutes ... view