Yasin Fahim Twaha

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for Mr. Ojode to recommend all these benefits for the regular police and not to mention the Kenya Police Reserve, as well? view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to support the Motion and put particular emphasis on subsidising agriculture, which is what all the developed countries are doing. That is the only way we can create jobs. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, another thing is that with the production that we have, we have to include value-addition. For example, we produce 10 million kilogrammes of cotton every year in Lamu. But it is only the gin which is brought to Nairobi to enrich people here in the ginneries. What we need to have at the grassroots level is ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. In addition to subsidising agriculture, we need value-addition in our local industries. We need spinning, weaving, cutting of cloth and a method where people create value where none exists such as through branding, fashion and such like things. In developed countries, a T-shirt which cost US$1 locally is sold at US$400! That is because an image has been created and people are buying those brands through advertising and brain-washing! They end up--- view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: People get work through magazines, modelling, fashion designers and those sort of things. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, another thing is that we have to lower interest rates so that people can have access to credit to develop the country. We are not going to have jobs unless we have extra production. Production is land, labour and capital. We have ample and qualified labour. There is land, but it needs to be developed through irrigation, accessibility and such things. Security needs to be provided in those marginal and semi-arid areas. Capital has to be accessible by all people. When this ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. My learned friend made a remark that white people should pack up and go. We accept that non-citizens should not be given preference for jobs over citizens. However, is it in order for the hon. Assistant Minister to use the Floor of the House to incite racial hatred? Just the other day, Ugandans were burning each other! view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to support the Motion as amended. As I congratulate the hon. Members of the Committee, I would like to raise some points which I would like them to pursue and concentrate on while conducting the inquiry. The real theft was not just through the machinery. It was through a Gazette Notice which gazetted cashewnuts and bixa as schedule crops. I have checked the dictionary and I do not know what "schedule crops" means, but at that time, it meant that the factory could buy the raw materials at a pre-determined rate, which ... view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: April 11, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 519 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to urge the Committee to concentrate on those points. The Committee should find out which Minister signed the Gazette Notice that legalised the theft of the farmers' produce through selling it at controlled prices. It should come up with remedial or punitive measures that should be taken against that particular Minister. We have a tendency in this country where, when Ministers are newly appointed, in order for them to show their muscle, they rush to sign gazette notices which have terrible consequences on our people. They ... view
• 7 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the hon. Member to mislead the House that Kenya is the most corrupt country in East Africa? There is no objective way of measuring--- view
• 7 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is no objective criteria for measuring corruption. view