William Ntimama

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 111 to 120 of 280.

• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to say, from the outset, that I support this document. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we must now really decide to have a new Constitution for this country. Let me say, and I have said many times on the Floor of this House, that we never had a Constitution. The 1963 Constitution was abrogated by the leader of our country then; by President Kenyatta and a few of his friends. We lacked a Constitution. There was no Constitution then. The regional assemblies were sent reeling. The Senate was disbanded and we were left ... view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to oppose this business of going to Naivasha. The law is very clear. It is now the role of Parliament. We have nothing to go and do in Naivasha. Everybody who was involved in the process has completed their work, including the Committee of Experts and the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Constitution. Unless we want to go and just bath in the sun in Naivasha, there is nothing that we are going to do. Some people in this country want to put us back to the old days of having ... view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I stand here to support the Presidential Address which was made in this House during the State Opening of Parliament. I have got a few things to talk about. First of all, let me start by talking about corruption. The President mentioned corruption very mildly, indeed. It is unfortunate that we are handling corruption as if it is a normal issue. Definitely, it is not a normal issue for this country. The word “corruption” is a household word in Kenya today. Everybody, child, man and woman know about ... view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not even hear, but whom does the Member want me to mention, for example? If he can tell me one individual that he wants me to mention and give a chronology of how he has made his money, I will do so, but not otherwise. It is really unfortunate that some of these people what to become Presidents of this land because they have the loot. They know that our people are poor and they can be bribed. That is what is happening, especially as we see it now. If we really do ... view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) To date, there are no historical sites that have been gazette in North Eastern Province. The problem has been that most of the sites do not have land registration numbers which are required before a property is gazetted as national monument. (b) We have begun the process of gazetting Orahey wells to get around this problem. The National Museums of Kenya has begun the process of obtaining a title deed of Orahey wells. Shallete, Shidle and Hoko wells in Wajir town have previously not been identified as significant sites either ... view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is normally done by my Ministry in conjunction with the community and other local leaders, including the Government officials in the District of Wajir, Land Adjudication and Water Officers. But most importantly, we listen to the community. If the community can come out and set aside this particular area and recognize it as something that is important for their own heritage, then we would do the gazettement. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Yes. I hope the hon. Member is not referring to the Njuri Ncheke Museum. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are prepared to go round and improve all these museums for the benefit of the people and the nation. As you know, we have already given some money to the Njuri Ncheke Museum; a group of people whom we recognize as some of the most important people before Independence and now. I think we can come down to the Meru one and many others. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: I wish to say very clearly that we lack finances in doing these things as much we would really want to build up all these heritages, monuments and culture of the people. We are beginning to realize that it is so important for this nation. view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to tell the hon. Member that my Ministry has not grabbed any land at all for water, for example. However, if, as he says, the Government had acquired the land through the normal process of land acquisition, then I think he should try and investigate that one before we go there. However, I can assure him that if the community, the Government and the experts in the Ministry of Heritage and Culture establish that this is an important monument for the nation, we will do our best to try and gazette and protect ... view