Zaddock Madiri Syong'oh

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, if you look at Item 3111000 under Head 014, there is a repeat of the same item, that is, "Purchase of Office Furniture and General Equipment" in the Printed Estimates showing the Recurrent Expenditure. I just wanted to draw the July 12, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2509 Minister's attention to the fact that it could actually be a duplication. The same actually appears in the estimates for Recurrent Expenditure. view
• 12 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to reassure the Minister that I have no objection whatsoever. All I am saying is that for purposes of proper budgeting and internal consistency, the items under the same Head, which also appeared under the Recurrent Expenditure Estimates should actually be migrated into the Development Expenditure Estimates. That is all I am saying and I have no objection whatsoever. I understand the rationale, but an equipment which is going to last more than one financial year should actually be migrated into the Development Expenditure Estimates. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, in this ... view
• 12 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry has just obtained approval for very substantial amounts of money, both for Recurrent and Development Expenditure. I hope that with this allocation, the Minister will consider districts such as Suba District, where the construction of the DC's residence has stalled. The construction of the district headquarters is yet to start, even after the Government kindly procured 100 acres for the development of the headquarters and other related Government buildings. view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I do not have any intention of blowing my own trumpet. But I am very concerned. Would it be in order for me to ask the Minister, through you, to table the debt instrument which he is putting this into effect? The Minister, in his answer, 2162 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 3, 2007 talked about the Strategy Paper, but we are talking about the Budget. It is the duty of this Parliament to approve the Budget. We are committing US$150 million to be paid by this generation and the next without scrutiny of ... view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving a chance to contribute to this Motion. From the outset, I would like to congratulate Kenyans because Kenya is one of the very few countries where we have a media which is self-sustaining. Many countries have a single journal and radio station. Right from the time when the media was opened up, there has been considerable investment in that sector and they are largely self-sustaining. How do they sustain themselves financially? They sustain themselves through two fundamental sources. One, of course, is 2186 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 3, 2007 advertising revenue from ... view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I noticed that as soon as my--- view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was just about to say that, in fact, as soon as that point was raised, a number of them trooped back to the Press Gallery. So, it is good that the point was raised, because, obviously, it has brought them back. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was making this point that we, as a nation, should be proud that we have a media which is thriving, extremely active and self-supporting. That is an achievement. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was trying to make the point that, in fact, with the July 3, ... view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: and salt added, so that they can sell copies. I think that is where we have a problem with the media in this country. This is a situation where we run the risk of deliberate scandalising of certain people in order to sell. This is a situation where we have people who cannot defend themselves being put into a situation such as that the hon. Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs was talking about. It is just because we want to create excitement around our media in order to increase sales. We want to increase the advertising revenue which is ... view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my colleague, hon. Muite, has talked with considerable enthusiasm about the need for self-regulation. However, I beg to disagree with him. It is not possible for the media to self-regulate. It is also wrong for the Minister or the Government to regulate the media. What must regulate the media is an Act of Parliament developed with soul searching, objectivity and passed by this House. This is the best method of regulating the media and ensuring that the needs of society as well as the ones of those who invest in the media are taken care ... view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was talking about the exposure of our children to obscenities by the media, particularly televisions and now Frequency Modulation (FM) 2188 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 3, 2007 stations. We all know that in this country we have societies which have very sound cultures. We have a cultural heritage that has kept us going for many years. Therefore, the freedom of press cannot be a licence to destroy our cultural heritage and to expose our children to behaviour that will definitely destroy them as well as society. I am convinced that even the high rate of ... view