Ababu Namwamba

Hon. Ababu I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am very supportive of the President‟s Award Programme. I had the privilege to serve at one time as the Minister responsible for youth affairs in this country. I had a very live experience of managing this programme on behalf of...

Hon. Ababu I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am very supportive of the President‟s Award Programme. I had the privilege to serve at one time as the Minister responsible for youth affairs in this country. I had a very live experience of managing this programme on behalf of...

Hon. Ababu Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a very straightforward Bill which we call an omnibus as far as the traditions and customs of this House are concerned. I would wish to add my voice in support of it. It continues, to a very large extent, to do cleaning...

Hon. Ababu Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, anyone asking me --- The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Omulele) : Hon. Member for Isiolo, the Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker takes notice that you actually just walked into the Chamber about 30 minutes ago, you will have the opportunity. Let the Member for Budalang’i...

Hon. Ababu Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a good law because it is a transformative law. It is for laws such as this that we sit in this august House. We sit to pass laws that answer to mischief that makes society a perilous place for civilised human beings...

Hon. Ababu Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is really annoying and infuriating that since I came to this House nine years ago, it has become almost cyclic to discuss the matter of cattle rustling every other day. It is really annoying. We have to put this to an...

Hon. AbabuHon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I believe I have contributed to this Bill. So, I will pass it. Thank you.(Bill deferred)The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Shebesh) : Yes you have. We have no requests and it is only fair that we go with what the Leader of the Majority...

Hon. AbabuHon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I believe I have contributed to this Bill. So, I will pass it. Thank you.(Bill deferred)The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Shebesh) : Yes you have. We have no requests and it is only fair that we go with what the Leader of the Majority...

Hon. Ababu Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much. I support the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Bill. The arena of betting, lotteries and gaming is big business. It is big business. Many economies have thrived on this sub-sector of the economy. Whole cities like Las Vegas in the...

Hon. Ababu No, he is insisting on a point of order.

Hon. Ababu I thought he was on a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. Ababu Hon. Deputy Speaker, I thought you had granted a point of order to Hon. Olago Aluoch.

Hon. Ababu I thought you had granted a point of order to Hon. Olago Aluoch. That is why I was a bit hesitant to stand up.

Hon. Ababu Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to buttress the position taken by my honourable senior, Olago Aluoch. In doing so, I want to start my submission with the rules of this House because we are a House of rules, a House of record and a House of...

Hon. Ababu Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Mswada huu ni muhimu kwa sababu unapendekeza utaratibu ambao utatuwezesha kurejelea mfumo wa kuorodhesha wanafunzi na shule mbalimbali katika mitihani ya kitaifa. Ni lazima tukubali ya kwamba Hon. Ababukuorodheshwa ni suala ambalo linapatikana katika kila nyanja. Hata sisi kama Wabunge, tunajua kwamba...

Hon. Ababu Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support the Motion by the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. I applaud this spirit of our two Chambers of Parliament, making contribution to legislation. Strengthening the two Chambers, as I have said a million times, where the National Assembly and the Senate...

Hon. Ababu On a point of order. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is the Hon. Member for Mukurweini in order to escape from this House when we were making a very important vote? He basically disappeared and then reappeared behaving like an elder exorcising spirits on top of Mount Kenya. Is...

Hon. Ababu Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Hon. Sonia should know that Members of this House are incapable of getting confused. They may divert their thought process, suspend or pend their thinking but, they are not capable of confusion of any kind or shade. Hon. AbabuSo, Hon. Sonia only suspended her...