Zaddock Madiri Syong'oh

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 111 to 120 of 229.

• 19 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not understand why we cannot employ all graduates from teacher training colleges, even if it means putting them as apprentices for a year at half pay. That way, they will not be loitering in the streets and our children will not be attending classrooms without a teacher in front of them, especially at primary education level. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate that the Minister made some token suggestions to improve investment through private sector initiatives for university education. But he did not go far enough. Local authorities, municipalities and county councils should have ... view
• 19 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to make my contribution to this Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to take the first opportunity to thank and commend the Minister for bringing this Bill. I am personally convinced, like other colleagues, that this Bill will help to transform the situation of our roads infrastructure in our country. The previous situation was clearly totally unfeasible. It was a situation where the District Works Officer was the Authority-to-Incur Expenditure (AIE) holder and also the focal point for procurement of services to construct roads and awarding tenders for ... view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me a chance to make a contribution to this Motion. It is a well known and accepted principle that in a just society, the test of the justice of the legal system of it, is whether the minority interests will be served and protected. In any society, the majority need not worry because their numbers will always take care of them. If you look at the composition of this very House, it reflects the numbers of our various communities. However, the majority societies or communities have more Members in this ... view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: So long as that point is well known, let the majority make a decision. However, let it be on record that a person who has done a wonderful job and has an opportunity to be made Member of the EALA, is being denied that chance. He is denied that chance because he comes from a minority community called the Suba. With those few remarks, I beg to oppose. view
• 24 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, only four days ago, we had a very fierce exchange of fire between bandits and the police along the beaches in Gwasi Constituency, as a result of which five people were killed. What is even more serious is that the police had to rely on civilians to give them a speed boat to chase these bandits, who were armed and had their own speed boat. In the entire lake shore, bordering Tanzania and Uganda, there is not a single police motor boat, which can chase criminals in the lake. What measures is the Assistant Minister taking ... view
• 24 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. HIV/AIDS, and the consequences of this pandemic, are still here with us. One of the outcomes of the very high prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS amongst our population is, obviously, the number of orphaned children and children living under extremely desperate conditions. The impact of HIV/AIDS, however, goesb eyond just orphans and children living under vulnerable conditions. It includes lowering of the productivity of our people and of the various key sectors of our economy. It is creating immense social problems. Having attended this particular conference, and a number of others before and after ... view
• 17 May 2007 in National Assembly: , asked the Minister of State for Administration and National Security when he will establish a marine police unit to patrol and control crime on Lake Victoria and its islands. view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: , asked the Minister of State for Administration and National Security when he will establish a Marine Police Unit to patrol and control crime on Lake Victoria and its islands. view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to start by saying that Lipton is Unilever. As an ex-employee of Unilever, I would like to ask the Minister whether he is aware that by bestowing on Lipton tea this special status, he is virtually handing over monopoly status to Unilever in the tea industry? Without Kenyan tea, nobody else can sell tea in the world market, because it is only our tea which is used to blend and enhance the quality of tea from elsewhere. Given the special situation in which we are, could the Minister, seriously, consider revoking this agreement ... view