William Ntimama

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Article 67(2)(e) of the Constitution says investigation should be carried out for historical injustices. First of all, historical injustices start from the day the white men annexed parts of this country. It can be traced to the middle of 19th Century when the occupation of this country started. As far as the Maasai were concerned, I can tell you from the history that I have read of the eminent historian who studied the land question in East, Central and other parts of Africa. He says the Maasai land question was the biggest land rip off in ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: When the land came to be distributed after Independence, the British Government paid billions of shillings in what they call the Trust Land Settlement Fund. This was supposed to settle people on their original land when the British settlers were moving out. However, it was never so! Most people who were settled never owned the land before. Those who owned the land, whether in the Coast or Maasailand or anywhere else, were left out. These are some of the grievances that will never be forgotten by this community. This is because we think the Trust Land Settlement Fund should have ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: If we have talk about land issues, we must discuss them thoroughly because we want our land back. We are not going to stupid extremes of saying we want Nairobi back, for example. However, if there was a possibility that Nairobi could be cleared, so that our livestock would come and drink the cold water, we would not mind. We will not going to be that silly to claim that. We want justice to be done. We want part of that land to be given back to us. We never got an inch back. These are the things that I ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Maasai Community has never been satisfied. During the Lancaster House Constitution, the Maasai delegation never signed that constitutional note. This is because we wanted the British to give us our land back, but instead, they handed over the country without addressing land issue. They gave it to the Government and we were left out. We were discriminated! We were thrown out up to today. It is also true that our land has been diminishing all these other years. This is because the successive regimes of this country have not been sympathetic to us. I think ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: We were moved by the British by force to the lands of the south which were infested with tse tse fly and malaria. The sweet grass of central rift; Nakuru, Naivasha and Molo was given to other people. Our cattle died because of lack of pasture. What am I trying to say? Even the successive Governments of this country were not sympathetic to us. They continued diminishing and eating part of our land. We want our land back. But more importantly, we want compensation for the land that we lost. We want some reparation for the lives of our people ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: It is also very important to say that we have been a peripheral community in this country. We have never really got proper development funds or projects in our areas. We have been on the periphery. We have never really been brought to the mainstream of development of this country, so that we can enjoy the funding and everything else like everybody else. This is why we are behind. I want to say that something must change when we discuss this land policy. It is just not ordinary. It is not ordinary for people to say they will do it. ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to give general information on the main question--- view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to give him some piece of information although I am in the Cabinet! view