Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu

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• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: can protect the interest of the residents in those counties. This is the reason why it is very important that we have this amendment in place. I congratulate Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Junior for doing that. Article 96 of the Constitution, which, in my view, most Senators do not seem to read, gives them the roles they are supposed to play, both in protecting the county governments and ensuring that they function. In fact, they left that role in the beginning and spent most of the time battling with the National Assembly, over supremacy. That is the reason why things went ... view
• 17 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just want to support the petition by Hon. Weru. Kenya is an agricultural country and if you remember what we saw when some of us were 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
• 17 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: still young and what we are seeing now, sometimes, you wonder whether we were capable of learning. In the milk sector, you can get a lot of products. Kenya has got a lot of rainfall throughout the year. So, it is possible that we can extend this service to many parts of the country. The Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) was financing it but nowadays, something seems to have happened and they are no longer doing it. I would just like to encourage the Committee to look at this in great depth so that we can rear more dairy animals in ... view
• 17 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 17 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. As much as I sympathise with the situation we have already made strides in matters to do with affirmative action in this country. In fact, some of the best lawyers in this country come from those same areas which we are saying we cannot get professionally qualified people in those fields. For that reason, I would like us to maintain what is going on right now. Let us do a bit of affirmative action to support those areas, but let us maintain the standards. So, I oppose the amendment. view
• 10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support this Bill. This Bill touches on what is so close to our lives - health. All the successive campaign manifestos have talked about health. That is eradication of disease, poverty and illiteracy. However, we are still grappling the three. When the new Constitution came in place we thought we had found a solution. The Constitution did not envisage the kind of political competition we have today. There are a lot of conflicting issues when it comes to health matters in this country. The county governments have abdicated ... view
• 29 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support this important Bill. I would like to join the Woman Representative for Vihiga County to welcome the MCAs from Vihiga County. view
• 29 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support the Bill and to welcome the Members of the County Assembly from my County to this Assembly. 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
• 29 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Petroleum is a very important natural resource and commodity not only in this country, but also worldwide. It is very important that, as we start the issue of exploration, development and production of the commodity, we put in place measures to safeguard the resource itself, provide guidelines on how it is going to be utilised and related aspects such as how the environment shall be protected. It is when we get into the aspect of exploration that you find a lot of competing interests, including environmental issues. It is very important that we pass laws which will guide how exploration ... view
• 29 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: damage due to chemicals that are being emitted from some of the factories around there. The issue of health and safety is very important. Generally, there should be adequate consultations to ensure that we do not have conflicts over such resources. Article 6 of the Constitution comes in handy because it talks about the levels of government. We have the national Government and the county governments. This is a resource for the country, but it is found in various counties of this country. By right, the resource is generated in certain areas. Therefore, people in such areas must have a ... view