Yasin Fahim Twaha

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 131 to 140 of 205.

• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the largest purchase that any individual would make is to purchase his piece of land and house. The value of stock of all the land in the country is threatened if we will be discriminative. If we say some people will be compensated and others will not be compensated, will be setting a very bad precedent. Some people are arrogating themselves to the powers determine who will be compensated and those who will not be compensated. There is no provision for such powers in the Constitution. Whether a piece of land is owned by a company ... view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have the Floor. view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the report touches on compensation. I support that the Mau Forest should be conserved. What I am urging is that we proceed with a lot of caution. We do not have to be reckless and do foolish things which we will regret later. Two mistakes or wrongs do not make a right. In the past, one Minister of this Government said, a title deed is just a piece of paper. We know we have compensated people with those pieces of paper. So, print money and compensate them. But for heaven’s sake, uphold the Constitution which you ... view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, the business of conservation is sometimes used as sojourn horse by people with ulterior motives. Somebody has a game lodge in the Maasai Mara. Since he does not want Ms. Abdalla to build another game lodge there, I declare the place a leopard’s breeding ground. This is because he does not want competition with his hotel. view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you heard the Assistant Minister say that the Government’s policy is to increase pension by 3 per cent every two years. I am sure that he is aware that the inflation rate is well over 10 per cent per annum. Is this arrangement really fair? view
• 22 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Prime Minister has spoken very well about the problems we have of food, energy, land and the wanton destruction of forests. The main reason why we have famine and food insecurity is that people are invading these forests. That is the reason why we do not have enough water in Nairobi. The reason why we have all these other problems is not really the wanton destruction of view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Agriculture the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that army worms have invaded Mpeketoni Division destroying hundreds of acres of crops? (b) What urgent measures is he taking to contain the situation? view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Agriculture the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that army worms have invaded Mpeketoni Division, destroying hundreds of acres of crops? view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Minister for taking swift action against that problem. But I wonder whether the Minister is aware that some of those army worms are resistant to the pesticides that are normally used? view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have further questions. view