Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Bw. Naibu Spika wa Muda, ningefurahi kama Mzee Kibaki katika hotuba ya jana, kidogo angetaja mambo ya wakimbizi wa ndani. Waziri Mkuu amesema hapa kwa uchungu na hatumlaumu kwamba wale walioathirika wanyeshewe na mvua hii ya masika sasa, na hakuna anayejali kuyasema haya ndani ya Bunge. Yanasemwa kidogo kidogo kule vichochoroni. Tunataka tujue ni wangapi walibaki bila kupewa makao. Si hawa wa juzi tu. Hata kwangu katika mwaka wa 1978, Wakuria walifukuzwa kutoka Trans Mara. Hakuna anayejali maslahi yao katika Serikali yetu. Je, sisi viongozi ambao tumepata nafasi kuwa katika Bunge hili, tutayarekebisha vipi makosa haya? Tunaposhughulikia suala la kuratibisha ... view
• 17 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to be directed on this. I do not remember a substantive Motion being brought to the Floor of this House to discuss Members of Parliament. Is precedence being set for that kind of line or attitude? There is something missing here! Is it in order that a Member of Parliament is being discussed in this House without a substantive Motion? view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, before we went on recess, the idea of tabling these Bill on the Floor of the House was actually raised and caution given by some hon. Members that it was totally unconstitutional to do so. But the spirit with which it was tabled is acceptable because the House found the urgency to pass some Bills to operationalize the new Constitution. I hope the comment by the Chairman of the CIC is not mischief; just to appear to want to stamp his finger on amendments. I hope it will be substantive to warrant this delay. That is ... view
• 21 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support the adoption of the Report as put to us by the relevant departmental Committee, and indeed, the two members whose names have been suggested to be in this Commission. It is true that young people are a good investment for this country for tomorrow. They have used their career with a lot of respect that Kenya has noted. It cannot be true that every young person will have the same credentials in terms of support by the Kenyan people. I do not agree with some Members who think age is not important in ... view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, once again, the country is looking at the Members of Parliament to make a wise move. We have had enough bickering about the Members of this Committee. That was time well spent, but wasted. We have a list of Members of this House which makes a good representation of all of us. In the history of this House, I do not remember when anybody from my constituency was ever appointed to any Committee, but I have never raised a voice. I beseech and persuade those of us who feel that they should have, for one reason or ... view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: I want to congratulate the Members from the Luo Community. None of them is in this list and nobody has complained. Hon. Mbadi and hon. Millie Odhiambo are from the Suba Community. With those remarks, I beg to supports. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I congratulate hon. Yusuf Chanzu for this very noble exercise of bringing this Motion to the Floor of this House. Indeed, the increase of students has been exponential. During my time at the university in the 1970s, the total university population in the country was slightly below 2,000, about 30 per cent of whom were foreign students. We now have over 200,000 students in the universities, most of whom are from needy backgrounds. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Fund, which was established ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not agree that we have poorly qualified people in the management of these funds. They do not have enough funds to manage and hence, the poor management. Tripling this fund may not even be enough. I may not agree with Mr. Chanzu that the average amount of money paid by a student is between Kshs170,000 to Kshs200,000. Indeed, medical students pay up to Kshs800,000 per year. So, the scope which this fund has to cover should actually be wider than the originator of this Motion envisaged and hence, I think that this is the ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the fund should be expanded to private institutions and we should redefine what we call higher education. I support what Mr. ole Metito said; that, Higher education does not only mean university education. We have post-secondary institutions which produce quite capable technicians, some of whom have been found to be more capable than university trained graduates in terms of professionalism. Therefore, the definition of higher education should be re-looked at in terms of the management of this fund. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: The amount that is allocated to this fund, that is, Kshs2.9 billion this Financial Year, is a total abuse to the principle of giving education to Kenyans and making the society of Kenyans more literate. That is maybe, because of our limited resources. I think there are certain Ministries which need more funding than others and it is important that higher education and especially, technically-based higher education, should be given more priority in terms of financing. The Higher Education Ministry is not a small or side Ministry as many people may want to believe. view