William Ntimama

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose this amendment. The password here is delay, but the bottom line is “evict”! These are delaying tactics. As the delay goes on, in a very short time, there will be no tree standing in the Mau. It does not matter. It might take a short time like a month or something. Even the question of waiting for two years for the issues to be dealt with is not acceptable. Mau would be finished by then! What those people are doing now is gnawing the Mau. They want to finish it by gnawing it ... view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am telling you that we have information. Already, as it has been said by other hon. Members, those people have already sounded war drums. Nobody has apologized for sounding war drums. What those war drums are doing is to target some of the communities around that forest. The longer this thing delays – and I want to say so very clearly - anything could erupt. Unless that thing is withdrawn and the Taskforce is allowed to do their work peacefully--- view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have been criticized in this House. The polls have been showing that even we, who are in this House, whenever anything comes--- We have discussed several scandals here, including that of maize and many others. But we saw the trend! The media and opinion polls show that some of us are thinking with our stomachs and not our heads. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the question of Mau today, I can see the same trend. There are people who are thinking, working and lobbying for their stomachs, and not for the safety of the people who are living downstream. Those people and their livestock are dying! view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. If anybody is touchy, you can continue being touchy. But we are watching the trend. We are watching the people. We know who were in some of the corrupt scandals that were discussed last time and, probably, the same trend is here on the Mau issue! It is unfair for people to come here and pretend they are conservators, while they are not. People and livestock are dying. view
• 3 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Ministry of State for National Heritage and Culture is not aware under what circumstances and by whom Nzambani Rock was allocated to a private developer. This is because allocation of land does not fall under the Ministry’s jurisdiction. (b) The Minister cannot degazette the allocation due to the reasons given above. However, since it has come to the notice of the Ministry that Nzambani Rock is a significant national monument, we will definitely consider protecting the rock, and, probably, gazette it. But this has to have the support of the community ... view
• 3 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am prepared to support the hon. Member. If Nzambani Rock is identified by the community and by himself, we will definitely protect it as a national monument. view
• 3 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will say again that we will protect the rock if the community supports the protection of that rock for purposes of being made a national monument. view
• 3 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, definitely, I am prepared to go there but, as you know, for many years I have been identified as a man. Hopefully, nothing is going to change me to something else. view
• 2 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have been listening very carefully to all these issues that have been raised. However, I want to talk very briefly. The Ringera issue is very important. However, the Mau issue is just as important or more important. For that reason, if tomorrow the Mau issue is going to be included on the Order Paper, then definitely, I will oppose the Motion. view