Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu

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• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Kisumu is a city, but it is still small in terms of size. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support. The Committee on Implementation should move fast and have this Motion in place. view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the aspect which the Assistant Minister needs to handle is that of intelligence. The janitors and the police in uniform being there will only apprehend culprits when an incident is taking place. What measures is he putting in place to ensure that there is intelligence which will also help us to know when these things are being planned in the universities by students? view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion and congratulate the Mover, hon. Namwamba, for this very important Motion. If you look at what is happening in this country now in a number of sectors, and compare it with what was happening before we even attained Independence, you will find that there is a lot of difference and you will wonder. As we have said many times, given this drought, Kenya is never prepared for any emergency that arises. Every time we are doing things in a fire fighting way. So, I think it is ... view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: The country is endowed with a lot of water. There is something very surprising that in Kisumu, there is Lake Victoria, but at times you cannot get water there. The same thing happens in Mombasa. We have got big rivers like the Tana, the Athi and so on. I think we are facing drought because of lack of preparedness by the Government. I think this Motion is telling us that as the Government provides the Kshs2 billion, we must prepare ourselves for the drought spell which occurs from time to time. view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with this water, we must be planning to irrigate. Countries like Israel are able to feed the entire country and even export foodstuffs, yet they are in a very dry area. Even a country like Egypt, despite the fact that it got into this awkward political situation, it is benefitting from water which comes from here. As much we talk about the money that must be made available, we must also look ahead. We are talking of Vision 2030, but we will not achieve this Vision if we are going to deal with matters in ... view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister for Agriculture should have been here and note the issues that hon. Nkaisserry was talking about very seriously, although the Assistant Minister has come in. I think somebody must have alerted him that his Ministry was under attack. He should have been here when the Motion was being moved, so that he could note what was being said point by point. I know he is an active young man and a Member of Parliament. I saw him the other day telling the people in his constituency to produce more children, so that when ... view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this country is diverse in very many ways. You know this country can produce all the crops that are produced in the world. We can also produce all kinds of livestock that are produced in the world. If you look at a place like western Kenya with small holdings, if there were adequate incentives and encouragement, we could do a lot of dairy farming and be able to produce milk and everything that is required in this country. We can do long range farming in the dry areas, but we need to have those areas ... view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: There is one example which I have mentioned in this House before on a number of occasions; this is about the water from the Nol Turesh Water Project, which originates from Loitokitok. Foreign consultants who designed the water project did not know the local conditions there. They did not provide water for the locals along the line that runs through hon. Nkaisserry’s place. When I visited the place one time, I found that cows wanted to access the water but they could not. They lay on the pipe to feel the water but they could not access it. So, we ... view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the diversity in the country--- If you go to Coast Province, you will see that we are able to produce a lot of crops. They plant sisal and a lot of things. The country should be self-reliant. In fact, Kshs2 billion is nothing. If you compare this amount of money to a country with a Budget of Kshs1 trillion, then this Kshs2 billion is a drop in the ocean. We are now talking of a budget of Ksh1 trillion. I commend the Government because of the rate of growth. In 2002/2003, we had a ... view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view