Oginga Oburu

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to inform my sister that this spirit of harambee started just when our Independence was at the corner. There was an old man in Kisumu called Mulu Harambee and he used to call harambee for people to come and pull a rope together. There...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Bill not for anything else. The spirit of harambee was noble. The idea of harambee came up as a result of a long struggle of our people to gain Independence. During those days, the colonial authorities tried as much as possible...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I first take this opportunity to congratulate you for being very insightful and foresighted in bringing this Bill. I am a veteran in this Parliament; I have been in this Parliament for over 30 years. I can tell you that there...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you profusely for recognizing me as the youngest Member of this House. I have turned 81 years old and I feel as if I am 40 years old. (Applause) I also want to take this opportunity to contribute to the Report of our Committee, the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also want to take this opportunity to welcome the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning to this Parliament. I know when I was there as an Assistant Minister, he used to ask me very tough questions and I would struggle to...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also want to congratulate Madam Cabinet Secretary for the good job that she is doing and ask her two questions. Or you want me to just ask one question? Just ask one question. Okay. Madam Temporary Speaker, Mombasa is already over- saturated with tourism...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to comment on the Statement sought by Sen. Chute regarding the northern region of our country. The marginalisation of these areas started right from Independence. At Independence, there was a Sessional Paper of 1965 which clearly stated that investments in the development...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion at this time of reflection when our country is going through a lot of stress. This thing has not started today with this regime or the previous one. It is something that has been going on for years and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to take this opportunity, just as my colleagues have done, to congratulate the committee, which was negotiating the Division of Revenue between the Equitable Shareable Revenue. They did a good job. However, the job they did as far as I am concerned,...

Madam Temporary Speaker, the returning officer was usually the District Commissioner (DC) and he or she would declare that the seat was won unopposed. Once that was declared, there would be a new MP before the one month expired. That would be the end of you because there was no...

Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Thank you, Senator. Sen. Munyi Mundigi, proceed. (Applause)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to thank my Deputy Minority Leader, Sen. Wambua, for bringing to the attention of this House the issue of the dam being constructed downstream of Tana River. This is affecting Tharaka Nithi and Kitui counties. The issues he has mentioned, including public...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not wish to contribute to that.