William Kabogo Gitau

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 581 to 590 of 1299.

• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to differ. The issue of being learned is the issue of going to school, like I did. I have two degrees. So, I count myself learned. This is not a legal firm. This is the House of the National Assembly of Kenya. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker for allowing me to catch your eye. I rise to support this very important Motion, but I do so with an amendment which, I would want to move and contribute at the same time. I beg to move that the Motion be amended as follows:- view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: “by inserting the words “and coffee” after the word “tea” wherever it appears in the Motion, and by deleting the word “is” appearing immediately after the word “farming” in the first line and replacing it with the word “are”. That amendment will be supported after my contribution by hon. Mwathi. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Motion because it is meant to help the farmers of Kenya, more so tea and coffee farmers. Many years ago, coffee and tea were the largest foreign exchange earners in the Republic Kenya. However, due to the debt burden and other technical inputs, coffee and tea have become minor contributors of foreign exchange. If the debt relief is given to both tea and coffee farmers, it will go a long way in helping the industry. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will have noticed in the recent past that coffee and tea farmers are ... view
• 29 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: asked the Minister of State for Special Programmes:- (a) where the Kenya Red Cross Society buys rice to distribute to persons affected by famine in the country; and, (b) how much rice the Society has bought from farmers in the Mwea Irrigation Scheme since January, 2011. view
• 29 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other day, there was the Kenyans for Kenyans programme and money was being distributed to buy foodstuff for the starving Kenyans. Money was handed over to the institution of Red Cross which we expected some activities as purchase of rice in Mwea which was part of the food that the Kenya Red Cross distributes. Could the Minister tell us whether with the improvement of the scheme, the Government programme on the purchase of rice will start? view
• 29 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Now that we are expecting a bumper harvest of rice, could the Minister also consider purchasing rice for strategic food reserve for the future of Kenyans in case hunger strikes again? view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. We see a very lax Government. This Question was forwarded to the Ministry on the understanding of the Clerk’s Office that the Question belongs to that Ministry. So, when that Ministry received the Question and found that it was not meant to be answered by them, they did not have to wait for the time to lapse for it to come to the Order Paper. Instead, they should have redirected it as provided for under our Standing Orders. This is a situation where the Government avoids answering Questions and buys ... view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Attorney-General has raised a very pertinent issue. If this House is to move forward in terms of issues that touch on the DPP, I think the House needs to come out clear on who the DPP can give information that is satisfactory to pass to this House because he does not appear in the House. view
• 24 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: The Attorney-General rightly says that this is an independent Office, in that the DPP will answer what he thinks is fit and the Attorney-General cannot force him to do otherwise. So we need to find a mechanism in this House, probably, through an amendment or something, so that the DPP can answer Questions of this House through the Attorney-General to the satisfaction of the House. view