Yusuf Haji

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1661 to 1670 of 1707.

• 22 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would like to thank you for having realised, as our leader, that Members of Parliament are really hardworking people. As you rightly said, Members of Parliament are pall bearers during funerals and they are expected to help their constituents to pay school fees and so forth. Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, we do not merely stand here to criticise the Government. It is unfortunate that the Government only sees one side of the hand and not the ... view
• 22 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, His Excellency the President may have very good intentions. However, I am sad to say that the Ministers of this Government are not for the good of the people of Kenya. This is not a Government for the people, of the people and by the people. It is a Government of meetings and seminars. I will prove this. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Chair encourages us, as hon. Members of Parliament, to stop raising Questions, but take issues with Ministers. When job vacancies in the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs were advertised, people of North Eastern Province ... view
• 22 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: I would, however, like to commend him for dealing with me at the time I went to his office. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wrote to the Minister for Energy, Mr. Murungi, on 30th November, 2006, about electricity in Ijara Constituency, but it is a pity that up to today, I have not heard from him. I have visited his office twice, but could not find him. Is this not a sleeping Government? What is the use of us being hon. Members of Parliament, if we cannot access Government offices? How can ordinary people in the streets access them? Mr. Speaker, ... view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this a very shocking statement to come from a Government Minister. The people who witnessed this incident will hear this statement and it will damage the reputation of this Government. That is my first point. The second point is, when the Assistant Minister admits that two makeshift houses were burnt by the General Service Unit (GSU), do officers of the GSU have the right to burn houses? view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if the statement by the Assistant Minister is correct, and a crime was committed, why were the people who committed the crime not arrested? We have facts to prove that two spent cartridges were given to the OCPD, Voi. This is a real cover-up, which cannot be accepted in this country. view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my last remark is that you can never make a stone say the truth and I leave it at that. view
• 29 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Assistant Minister in order to say that they have disability officers in all districts when we do not have one in Ijara Constituency, not even a school? view
• 29 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Bw. Naibu Spika, ningependa kumuomba Waziri ambaye anahusika na mambo ya usalama katika Ofisi ya Rais kutoa habari kamili kuhusu jambo fulani ambalo lilitendeka mnamo tarehe 24 na 25 mwezi huu, ambapo mtu mmoja alienda kuwakodi maofisa wa GSU kutoka Wilaya ya Kwale kuja hadi tarafa ya Voi kule Taita-Taveta ili kutisha na kuua mifugo na kuwanyang'anya wananchi ambao walikuwa wamelikodi shamba linaloitwa Mutunga Ranch. Hawa maofisa wa GSU waliuwa ng'ombe wawili na madume zaidi ya 30 walitoroka kwa sababu ya milio ya risasi ambazo askari walipiga kwenye hiyo boma ambapo, waliwanyang'anya wachungaji dawa za tsetse fly ya thamani ya ... view
• 28 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I congratulate hon. Munyes, the Minister of State for Special Programmes and his Assistant Minister, hon. Wario, for finding time to fly to various places including, Ijara District, to assess the situation, it would appear like every other time we are faced with either droughts or floods the Government does not learn lessons from past experiences by being ready to face the calamities. The hon. Assistant Minister will agree with me that in Hulugho, which is in Ijara District near the Somali border, for the last three months the people there have not seen food ... view
• 23 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I have no doubt about the answer given by the Minister, will I be in order to say that it is the Tana and Athi River Development Authority (TARDA) which is entering into this agreement? With all honesty, it looks like it is single-sourcing because when the tender for the construction of a sugar factory in Tana delta was advertised, companies like Kinana from Sudan and West-Kenya Sugar Factories applied, but some traders from Mombasa were given the contract. However, they could not undertake the project. Now, we are being told that the Mumias Sugar ... view