Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1021 to 1030 of 1775.

• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry, just like the Government, owes the citizens the duty of care. The issue of regulation and overseeing the activities of the SACCOs should be the responsibility of the Ministry, not only now, but even before. What led to this SACCO getting into these financial difficulties which forced the Ministry to put it under liquidation? view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think the Assistant Minister is not listening. She is just answering her own questions. I said that the Ministry, just like the Government, owes the citizenry the duty of care. It does not have to be law, but the Ministry has been there since Independence. This is something that the Ministry should have documented. What led to this SACCO getting into financial difficulties? Is she in order to avoid answering the question and talk about my history in this Parliament? I have been here since 1997, long before she thought ... view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. I want to congratulate the Mover of this Motion, Mr. Mbadi, because the Motion should have been in place. What the hon. Member asks for in this Motion is actually the responsibility of the Government. The Government should take care of its citizens, whether they are elderly, young or those in employment. view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason for the high number of people without livelihoods in this country is failure on the part of the Government to create employment opportunities. The reason why the Mover of this Motion has excluded those who are on pension is because the people being addressed in this Motion have never been in formal employment. If they were working, they would have had some savings in some contributory schemes, pension and so on, view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to support the Bill. view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: I am supporting this Bill in the spirit that we must have the Constitution that we adopted last year implemented, particularly the aspects that deal directly with the business that the Government is supposed to do and the services that it is supposed to render to the citizens. view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: When I look at The Salaries and Remuneration Commission Bill, I imagine what has happened in the public sector and feel that it should be as independent as possible. There are some institutions which have to play roles but, sometimes, just because of individuals, you find that what happens is personalised. An example is the issue of where people have had to pay salaries to themselves because they are more powerful than the systems that are in place, because of the connections they have. People had salaries paid to themselves in some Ministries and state corporations. view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore, this Commission must be as independent and as strong as possible. I was just imagining, where we talk about the conduct of business and the affairs of the Commission, where we are saying that the chairperson will preside over all meetings and, in the absence of the chairperson, the person elected by the Commission at the meeting for that purpose. I would have expected this provision to be very clear – that we shall have a chairperson and a vice-chairperson, rather than having somebody to be elected from amongst those present in a meeting. ... view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is the issue of conflict of interest. I am saying that this Commission should be very credible, independent and strong because what is being said here is what has been happening in Government. There are senior Government officials who have used their positions to benefit from the offices in which they work. They do not use the influence of their positions to get business elsewhere, but rather do business in the same Ministries and state corporations they serve. There should be a penalty for such action. We always say that people should declare their ... view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: I watched a programme on television on the day before yesterday in which the issue of the ownership of Kenol/Kobil featured prominently. I hope that nobody will force me to substantiate because the issue was discussed publicly. In that discussion, it was said that Nicholas Biwott is the one who owns that company. What was being discussed relates to the problems of fuel pricing and shortages. I believe that he got those interests when he was the Minister for Energy. So, even if somebody declares his interest, there must be some penalties to be levied against him, if it is ... view