Alfred Mutua Quotations

We are...looking into the balance of trade between our two countries and to encourage more investment by Kenyans to their country and by Chinese to our country.

China's investment in Africa has created a lot of job opportunities and boosted regional development.

If any suspect sneaks out of the country, the government will, in connection with Interpol, put out a red notice alert for their arrest and repatriation to the country.

He is being asked to go on leave until the court case is over. He's not being fired, just suspended.

We have to be hopeful until the last minute, until everyone is out. We realize that the more time it takes decreases the chances of survival, but we cannot lose hope.

It is another proud moment for the people of Kenya.

We have lost one (more) person, which brings the number of fatalities to 14.

We are glad that it is raining, but the rains have also come with havoc.

We have food until June, but if it doesn't rain, then we are in deep trouble, then we have to start importing food, but we have still asked for international assistance because it is very, very expensive to feed our people.

The government will look at all options. The government believes very much in what the governor is doing.

The government is empowering the local community so that they can benefit directly from the resources in their area.

The government appreciates that Kenyans seek employment in these ships for their livelihood and that many ships sail up and down the Somalia coastline without any incident. However, it advises Kenyans to avoid sailing towards the coastline of Somalia due to the kidnappings and hijackings which we are witnessing,

The government appeals to members of the public and the private sector who are trained in rescue operation to rush to the scene and assist.

There is a lot of time for it to be decided when (the two ministers can be charged in court).

The reasons are confidential and are best known to the minister,

What we are saying is we should get the whole tape.

We've pulled out five dead, and that brings the tally to 13.

We just realized that these advertisements do more harm than good to society.

Dependency has over the years led to the mentality that we can only develop if funded by outsiders.

As a government, we could not stand and look at people starving. WFP was only covering a certain part of the population. We were forced to use our network to save the lives of our people. At the end of the day, people were saved.

As long as (trapped) people are getting oxygen, they have said they will work until the very last minute.

You need to step aside to allow for the court case to be over'. He was not fired, but told to step aside.

The number of the dead is confirmed to be 13.

They were not being allowed to spend the normal 21 days to let the concrete set. It was taking much less before they were building another layer.

The cement mixture with sand was not done properly and there is a lot of shoddy work done. It's making it harder for them to actually save lives because every time they pull a block, it disintegrates.

If there is anyone in the rubble, they are either unconscious or dead. It has always been a race against time, but now the chances of finding someone alive are extremely slim.

He's on top of things. He's monitoring the situation, and he will ensure that any person and every person who can be fed, who should receive clean water or medical care does so in a very fast manner.

I can confirm that he was issued a letter...on behalf of the president to tell him 'You need to step aside because the law says once you have been charged'.

Airports and other border points have been notified not to accept these cancelled passports.