Rigathi Gachagua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to send my condolences to the family of the late Mzee Mwai Kibaki—a great man, a visionary leader, a brilliant economist, a democrat par excellence and the best President ever in our five-decade history. Mwai Kibaki hailed from Nyeri, the land of milk and honey; the land of the courageous and brave; the land of Dedan Kimathi and Prof Wangari Maathai. He has done us proud. Mwai Kibaki presided over unprecedented economic development that changed peoples’ lives. By the time he handed over power in 2013, he left Kenyans a happy lot. Everybody had ... view
• 27 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to send my condolences to the family of the late Mzee Mwai Kibaki—a great man, a visionary leader, a brilliant economist, a democrat par excellence and the best President ever in our five-decade history. Mwai Kibaki hailed from Nyeri, the land of milk and honey; the land of the courageous and brave; the land of Dedan Kimathi and Prof Wangari Maathai. He has done us proud. Mwai Kibaki presided over unprecedented economic development that changed peoples’ lives. By the time he handed over power in 2013, he left Kenyans a happy lot. Everybody had ... view
• 29 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. We are in support of the amendment. Thank you. view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I, Rigathi Gachagwa, under firm and clear instructions from the great people of Mathira Constituency, I vote no. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to speak on behalf of the great people of Mathira Constituency who are my employers and who inform my thinking on a day-to-day basis in whatever I say in this House. We are in unprecedented times. As we speak here about constitutional amendments, there are many Kenyans who have gone without food; there are many Kenyans without masks; there are many Kenyans who do not know where they will get the next meal; there are many Kenyans staring at death not because of COVID-19, but because of hunger; and, there are many Kenyans who ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: The Kenyans from my constituency are telling me that they would have wanted us to have a Special Sitting to discuss how they will be fed, how they will pay rent, about their lives and how they can stay away from death. Those Kenyans are of the view that, in terms of priority, any money available to this country should be applied to them so that they can get vaccinated. That way, they will be protected from possible death. They will have an opportunity to live on and look after their children and even educate them. It is for that ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Secondly, I heard the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs talk very passionately about Wanjiku. He talked about her rights, needs and powers. He has been too busy with this Report that he has not had time to travel to the countryside. Had he gone to Murang’a where he comes from, he would have been told that the name of the lady had been changed from Wanjiku to Wagio. Wagio, Hon. Speaker, is a lady who is overburdened and cannot take an extra burden anymore. She cannot be Wanjiku anymore! She is Wagio. That Wagio does ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: I have looked at these amendments. I have read the Report very keenly - more than 10 times. We have been told that these amendments will address the issue of inclusivity. From what has been proposed, I see that the offices that are being created are for one coalition. There before, governments were formed by coalitions when it was said we did not have inclusivity. I do not know how the new positions coming from one side of the coalition will address inclusivity. In my thinking, probably, naively, I thought that the formation of 47 county governments addressed the issue ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Looking at the schedule that details how constituencies will be delineated, I want to say that, at the outset, the people of Nyeri, where I come from, have no business supporting these constitutional amendments because of discrimination. They were discriminated against because when the BBI proponents went to seek their views, they did not tell them to give views about creating extra constituencies, the formulae for their creation and the criterion. Kieni Constituency is 52 per cent of Nyeri County. I have seen other counties being proposed to have some extra constituencies. Mathira, which I represent, is a very big ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: proponents that they will have a very difficult time in Nyeri. It is not easy coming to tell people to support something when they feel discriminated. I talk for the people of Kieni. I have two farms there in Kabaru and in Kakuret. Although my brother and friend, Hon. Kanini Kega, is supporting that we go ahead and leave out the people of Nyeri, I must talk for the people of Kieni where I am a resident and where I have a farm. We shall have a problem with this document. We do not want discrimination in this country. We ... view