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Kenya

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

470 c1108-31 

Session

2007-08

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

David Evennett | 470 c1126 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that comment and for his expertise on these issues. I entirely e...

David Evennett | 470 c1126 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that comment and hope that that is so. We are all united in the belief that it is...

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James Duddridge | 470 c1123-5 (Link to this contribution) I must admit that I am somewhat resistant to modernisation of the House, but topical debates are a b...

Jo Swinson | 470 c1125 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that the Government already have travel bans in place for some of ...

James Duddridge | 470 c1125 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept the hon. Lady's proposition; in fact, it might get in the way of people travelling h...

David Evennett | 470 c1125-6 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to be able to make a brief contribution to today's topical debate on Kenya and to follo...

Jo Swinson | 470 c1119-20 (Link to this contribution) I welcome that intervention. The hon. Gentleman is right: it will, of course, be key that everybody ...

Sally Keeble | 470 c1120-3 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely pleased that we now have topical debates, and particularly pleased that today's is on...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 470 c1119 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is absolutely right: the only lasting solution to the crisis is fresh elections and, a...

Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top | 470 c1112 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. The observer from this country who was in Kenya as part...

Hugh Bayley | 470 c1114-5 (Link to this contribution) The situation in Kenya is extremely serious, for Kenyans and for black Africa as a whole. Kenya's st...

Keith Simpson | 470 c1112-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Lady for that intervention. I have no definitive knowledge of that, but perha...

Hugh Bayley | 470 c1115-7 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend, who makes an important point. We should stand with the African leaders ...

Andy Reed | 470 c1115 (Link to this contribution) As always, my hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Although it is difficult in the short term ...

Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top | 470 c1118 (Link to this contribution) My understanding from the Commonwealth observer is that if a tally in the presidential election was ...

Jo Swinson | 470 c1117-8 (Link to this contribution) Some people have criticised the Leader of the House for her decisions on subjects for topical debate...

Meg Munn | 470 c1111 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman may have misunderstood me. I was talking in a general sense about how Kenya's dem...

Keith Simpson | 470 c1112 (Link to this contribution) This is the first time that I have participated in one of the new topical debates. I suppose it is t...

David Evennett | 470 c1110 (Link to this contribution) I am listening with great interest to the Minister's comments. Of course, the political issues are i...

Meg Munn | 470 c1109-10 (Link to this contribution) We believe that that possibility needs to be discussed properly. The two leaders need to agree on th...

Jo Swinson | 470 c1109 (Link to this contribution) The Minister mentions the possibility of auditing the votes that were already cast, but most of the ...

Meg Munn | 470 c1109 (Link to this contribution) Our Government have not recognised the Government and are calling on both leaders to co-operate in a...

James Duddridge | 470 c1111 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way, as I appreciate that time is short. I am concerned abo...

Meg Munn | 470 c1110-1 (Link to this contribution) Indeed there were. It is interesting to note that the previous elections had gone well and it had be...

Ann Cryer | 470 c1110 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister enlighten me on the subject of whether teams of observers were present during the ...

Meg Munn | 470 c1110 (Link to this contribution) We have considered carefully for some time the long-term issue of corruption. For that reason, we tr...

Andy Reed | 470 c1108 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister agree that while it is vital that we put political pressure on those involved in t...

Meg Munn | 470 c1108-9 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point, and I can give him the assurance that we are working very c...

James Duddridge | 470 c1109 (Link to this contribution) The Minister mentioned President Kibaki. Does the Foreign Office formally recognise him as the Presi...

Meg Munn | 470 c1108 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of Kenya. I welcome the opportunity to ad...

Meg Munn | 470 c1130 (Link to this contribution) I do not have that information to hand. Perhaps I can write to the hon. Lady about it after this deb...

Jo Swinson | 470 c1130 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the Minister's generosity in giving way again. It is welcome that our representative in...

Sally Keeble | 470 c1129 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend also ensure that our payments that go via some of the Kenyan Government Departme...

Meg Munn | 470 c1127 (Link to this contribution) indicated dissent.

Brooks Newmark | 470 c1126-7 (Link to this contribution) I was not expecting to speak in this debate; I would have hoped not to have to speak in such a debat...

Brooks Newmark | 470 c1127-8 (Link to this contribution) A simple yes or no will do, rather than equivocation. That is an important message that we need to s...

Keith Simpson | 470 c1128 (Link to this contribution) To save herself, I think that the Under-Secretary should move on.

Jo Swinson | 470 c1129 (Link to this contribution) Did the Under-Secretary say that, because of the current circumstances, the Government had suspended...

Meg Munn | 470 c1128-9 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the hon. Gentleman was worried that I was pressing him too much about his experience. Howeve...

Jo Swinson | 470 c1118-9 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the right hon. Lady's intervention. There is a huge amount of anecdotal evidence from medi...

Meg Munn | 470 c1129 (Link to this contribution) I am clarifying that there will be no aid payments to the Kenyan Government.

Hugh Bayley | 470 c1126 (Link to this contribution) For clarification, although DFID provides aid through the Governments of many developing countries t...

Meg Munn | 470 c1129-30 (Link to this contribution) I referred to a broader donor co-ordination group, which has agreed a public statement to ensure int...

Meg Munn | 470 c1128 (Link to this contribution) We have had an excellent debate, with much agreement in the House. Several hon. Members' expertise a...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 470 c1126 (Link to this contribution) DFID's recent policy has been, rightly, to direct aid in most cases, and wherever possible, directly...

Subjects

Democracy Elections Human rights Politics and government Civil disorder Kenya Kibaki, Mwai Odinga, Raila

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