Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 1775.

• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: That is appreciated. That is why I withdraw that feeling. view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: I want to congratulate the Minister for this. I think we are in times of reforms. There is no point of talking about reforms and there is no practice. You talk a lot out there about reforms and so on. I think this is a milestone if we can be able to change the law, and also be able to implement or enforce it. I just want to refer to what hon. Wetangula was talking about - the times of Tudor Jackson. That is because when we were at the Architecture Design and Development (ADD) faculty, he also taught us ... view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is the issue of morals. Our morals are also rotten. That is why it is impossible to apply the law. You find that there is collusion between those who the law is supposed to apprehend and the lawyers. I am also told that the law that we made here sometime regarding the auctioneers, there is a lot of collusion. When they collect money or whatever they realise, it is shared between them and the lawyers. That is the conduct or the practice outside there. So, I hope this Bill will address the issue of ... view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have been told that the Kenya School of Law started in the 1964. That is a long time ago. It has produced many lawyers who have served our country. But I think the number that we are producing every time now is something that must be checked. Out of all this bad conduct, it looks like the profession is still marketable. So, there are a number of people who want their children to take this course at any cost without caring about the quality of the lawyers we are producing. So, there is need ... view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the academic standards now in Kenya are fairly high in all the professions. However, we have been told there are other professions which also lead these lawyers to behave in an unorthodox manner. I think we also need to formulate laws which will control these other professions, so that everybody is at par. Otherwise, if we do not do so, there will be undue influence from these other sectors which need the services of these lawyers. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this problem is not only in Bomet County. It is a multi-trade problem, which affects Mudete Tea Factory, the farmers in Vihiga and so on; they have to wait until even 4.00 a.m., and this causes a lot of inconvenience. The Assistant Minister should tell us what he is doing, as a policy, to be able to improve this situation. view
• 22 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As you give guidance on these issues, you should also look into the fact that we spend more time on Questions than we should. This is because of the delays in providing information; you saw the exchanges we had here about the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. Therefore, there is poor utilization of time in this respect; we spend one hour and a half to answer only two Questions or two and a half Questions. view
• 22 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other problem which we have is that the Government talks about a lot of money that has been disbursed, for example, Kshs3.6 billion and 5.4 billion, but we do not see it. Could the Minister consider increasing this amount? One of the reasons why we have not seen better results out of this is because of the small amount of money that is given, namely, Kshs50,000. The Government came up with this in 2006, which is a long time ago and this was some kind of an experimental scheme out of the elections of 2002. ... view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education:- (a) whether he is aware of officers at the Ministry who sat promotional examinations under the Rapid Results Initiative in June 2011; and, (b) when the Ministry plans to promote these officers. view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for the clarification that there were no promotional examinations. But I want to find out from him the criteria that was used in identifying those that will benefit from these promotions. Could he also give an indication of the spread of these 1,800 officers in the country, maybe on county basis? view