Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu

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• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: There is something that we want to emphasize. The Government talks about free primary and secondary education, but learning materials are very expensive. Someone should consider text books and printing materials for zero-rating, so that they are affordable. We are thinking about agriculture and you have heard the issue of sugar-cane transport and so on. It is very unfortunate that in a country like ours, we can produce sugar but we cannot afford it. You have seen what has happened to coffee. If you go to the areas where we produce sugar-cane, you will find that, that is where we ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have a paper factory in Webuye which we spent a lot of money to put up as a Government. But because of how expensive it is now to get it back, because of taxation on the machinery for that kind of factory, we are not able to revive it. We are importing paper at exorbitant prices when it would have been cheaper to manufacture it. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I am saying that this Bill is very important. Hon. John Mbadi must have thought well. However, I was imagining that the time he was contemplating bringing it here, he must have had some fear that Members would not support it overwhelmingly. That is 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
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: why he did not exhaust what should be contained in it. I think we need to have enough time, just as the Leader of Majority Party said. I hope he did not say that with the intention of wanting to oppose the Bill. We should think about it in more details and include all the items, so that we do not have to do it again in the near future. We should include items which our people will afford. If you go to supermarkets like Uchumi or Nakumatt--- view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Just as you have heard, we are talking about PAC Reports of 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 Financial Years. I want to congratulate the Chair of the Committee for the Reports that he has tabled but you can see we still have got Reports of 2010/2011 up to now. So, taking into account the views that have been raised by Members here so far from yesterday, I believe the issues that are being dealt with are repetitive. I would like to ask that the debate on this stops so that we allow the Mover to reply. This is ... view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I agree with this Motion in principle because it is a good idea. We need to have some kind of harmony. The emerging of universities in this country like Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and the rest has helped this country to develop. It has created a situation where we need some kind of harmonization or standardization. You will find somebody who did not even study engineering before, but he goes to a university somewhere and comes back with a postgraduate degree in engineering. I ... view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: standard measure, it would then make it much easier for us to asses and get the teachers employed. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I know there is a problem of mass production in terms of colleges. When many graduates are produced in the job market, this kind of situation obtains. That is why we need to have a regulatory body to regulate all of them. I do not think it is going to defeat the purpose of those trainings. This is what happened even before. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we got into the 8-4-4 System of Education, we had technical ... view
• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion and say that KNCHR is one of the commissions in this country that were at the core of the transformation that has taken place in this country. That is because most of those who were yearning for change were fighting for it, so that we can have equal rights in various areas. So, it is a very important Commission. I think that is why the vetting process and the Report that the Committee has done is very significant. It touches on the core basics that we need in this country. view
• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, so, out of the people who have been proposed here, there is one who has been rejected for very good reasons. In fact, I like the point that one Member has brought out; that one of them was not even among the eight who were shortlisted for vetting. view
• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: So, hon. Speaker, the only thing that we can do, considering that we have got 42 communities is to look at Kenya as one country. KNCHR should work for the service of the whole nation and not for where they come from. That should not be the issue. They should be able to work for the whole country. That is because if we say that we want go get commissioners from every place, it will not work. You cannot get commissioners from 42 communities. If you do that, it means that you will have a bloated KNCHR. view