Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Sorry, I was just saying we have many skilled people. We have Kenyans of talent but we have not been able to harness their skills because people tend to be interested in money most of the time and not creativity. So, I believe that sector and the persons appointed will perform. The issue of gender affairs is very important and has been left behind until we have had to nominate Members of Parliament to come here and perform the role of balancing. I hope this can now go on well after the appointment of Zeinab Hussein into that position. view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: The appointment of politicians is also coming in. Yesterday, we dealt with the nominations of Hon. Sen. Keter and Hon. Kiunjuri. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I support the Bill. It is an important Bill because it is dealing with what has been contained in the Constitution. It gives effect to Article 71 of the Constitution. Maters to do with natural resources for any country are very important. Therefore, for any matters of exploitation or extraction, there must be order. In the past, there have been cases where residents would be the owners of the natural resources. But because of the way those resources have been exploited, due regard has not been taken of the ... view
• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank Hon. Wangamati for bringing this petition, which is long overdue. The Grand Coalition Government made an attempt to resolve this matter, but that did not happen. That time, it caused a lot of anxiety and curiosity among the people in that area, especially those who The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: were involved in employment and the suppliers. It is important that the petition is considered so that a way is found of settling the outstanding debts. Webuye is strategically located. You can get to the northern parts of Kenya via Webuye as you go to Kapenguria and beyond. It holds so many people from various parts of this country. Therefore, it is important that this petition is looked into and payments made and the factory starts working. I support. view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a very important sessional paper. We know that ignorance is the worst enemy we could have in our midst. In order to achieve what we want to achieve there must be appropriate education. In this sessional paper on environmental degradation the role of education as a tool is very important. One of the aspects that were talked about was the role of NEMA. It was said that NEMA has spearheaded development of education for sustainable development. Most of the time, I hear about NEMA when we are talking about approvals for projects that we ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: 27 Wednesday 2nd December, 2015(A) view
• 24 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for the chance to make a contribution to this Bill. I consider it very important. This is because somebody said that “if you do not plan, you plan to fail”. This has also happened. In fact, a number of problems we are having in this country, with regard to our towns and cities, are because of the way we deal with the matters and not having foresight. If you look at places like the eastern parts of the City of Nairobi, I do not know whether it was an imagination that the population was not ... view
• 24 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we have not injected enough money into agricultural development. Towns require planning because of expansion. I hope that as we plan Nairobi, we also--- view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this amendment because we must be prepared all the time. We only had one national Government but the new Constitution brought in place additional 47 county governments. Therefore, in total we are dealing with 48 governments. All these governments have obligations to the people that they are supposed to serve, both at the county and national levels. For that reason, we must have laws in place which The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view