John Kiarie Waweru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: cannot be put to a vote. So, this is not a matter of putting it to a vote as either yes or no; this is actually a constitutional matter. Hon. Speaker, to my mind, the Bill before us is actually the Private Universities Bill, or even worse, the Death of the Public Universities Bill. For this, I do not see the hurry as to why we should be prosecuting it in the 11th hour of this 12th Parliament, especially with the raft of amendments or the plethora of amendments that need to be put to this Bill. In fact, when ... view
• 8 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: So, my prayer is that you can consider the constitutional issues that have been raised here; the process issues that have been raised here; the issues that have to do with the disenfranchisement of students that would happen if we pass this Bill. Most importantly, you can have a look at all these amendments and see that I would be right to say that this Bill is right for re-publication because it has too many amendments. Actually, if we go into the Committee of the whole House, we shall be re-writing an entire Bill. Hon. Speaker, I shall stand to ... view
• 7 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, while I agree that the Member for Shinyalu has the right to call for end of debate at any point, I have to remind him that this is probably the most important business that this House will be undertaking before we close sine die, and the fact that even tomorrow in the headlines, you can be sure they will be reading that this House has actually lifted the borrowing cap for this country to Kshs10 trillion and un-procedurally so. Hon. Speaker, allow me to just prosecute my points and then we can handle the matter that has been ... view
• 7 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: that country, and that is where we are headed because we were borrowing prudently in the Kibaki Government. We had a semblance of sensible borrowing in the first term of the Jubilee Government. But by the time we were getting into the second term of the Jubilee Government, our borrowing had actually gone haywire. That money that we are borrowing in such a manner is actually a debt that we are putting on the future of this country. Economic cycles have proved that any economic boom driven by debt is normally followed by a very major slump and the slump ... view
• 31 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is not in my nature to come to the House this late. It only happens that this is the day I got the slot to go and get cleared or nominated by IEBC and so, I was racing from Dagoretti South so that I can catch this debate and put in my word to it. The first thing I would like to do is appreciate the work that has gone into preparing this Report. To quote and paraphrase you, this is actually very important business because it sets the pace for the 13th Parliament. I was honoured ... view
• 31 May 2022 in National Assembly: I also recognise the work that the Committee had to do up to and including the support they got from our support staff in Parliament. It would be sacrilegious of me to talk about this Report without commending all the people who have put the hard work and the heavy lifting to painstakingly prepare this Report. This is a very robust Report. Hon. Speaker, I had made a number of proposals and I would not want to dwell into each one of them individually but, with your permission, I will just highlight them as headliners and say that it was ... view
• 31 May 2022 in National Assembly: that the Committee interrogated my proposals and was able to get some few things that they can incorporate into this Report. For that, I am grateful. Hon. Speaker, it is my prayer that, as we go into this election, these Members shall be guided by the Almighty and hopefully, I am praying that the attrition rate that we see in Bunge will be broken with this election. We shall have a bigger number of Members of Parliament coming back because institutional memory is important. In each election throughout the five years, Kenya invests heavily in the Members that we have ... view
• 31 May 2022 in National Assembly: My prayer is that the attrition rate in this Bunge that is put at around 70 per cent in every election cycle will be broken so that a bigger chunk of Members of Parliament can come back to the 13th Parliament, so that the institutional memory and the investment that has been made on them for five years do not go to waste. view
• 31 May 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for your magnanimity in allowing me to contribute, although I walked in late. As I explained earlier, I was presenting my papers to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). After being cleared, I am a duly nominated flag bearer of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party in Dagoretti South. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. view
• 31 May 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this early opportunity to contribute to this debate. First of all, I commend the Chief Whip of the Majority Party for moving this Bill. view