Anthony Mutahi Kimaru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Yes. It is just information that decisions that have been made before by the hon. Speaker, Members are at liberty--- view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Amendment Bill that is before this House. Basically, it is because it brings clarity into the Bill that was earlier proposed or passed by this House. We now have a clear definition of who the various groups are. When we talk of affirmative action, at times in a country like ours, unless we spell out certain things in crystal clear manner, there is always that opportunity to misinterpret and misapply certain provisions. We are seeing very clearly the youth being defined, the disabled and even the women or groups which ... view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I support the position of the Committee. As the Deputy Chair of the Committee stated, my own county has a problem with the relocation of the seat of the county government. As it is right now, the county government headquarters are in Nanyuki, but the county assembly changed the headquarters to Rumuruti. There is nothing wrong with Rumuruti. Indeed, there could be all the right reasons to take it to Rumuruti. But the relocation of the headquarters was done without any consultation. The MCAs sat one afternoon and decided to change it. ... view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: from Rumuruti, was instrumental in identifying Rumuruti. I wonder where he got the authority from. As an elected leader from that county, I was never called to any meeting to discuss this matter. While proposing these headquarters, the senators should lead by example. Public participation is essential. They should have sought the opinion of the hon. Members from the various counties. I do not think that was done. If it was done, I must have been excluded. The reason as to why I was excluded is obvious. It was not a transparent process. Therefore, as much as I would want ... view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: There is some beauty in some of the proposals contained in this Bill although that beauty has been spoiled by the Third Schedule, which was arrived at without consultation. If consultation would have been done in arriving at the Third Schedule, the other clauses, for example Claus 6; would be amended by inserting Sub-section 6A, which states that for any county seats of government to be transferred, it would require the approval of two-thirds of the membership of the County Assembly. That is a good provision, if only we could tide up the Third Schedule. view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Secondly, the Bill says that even after a County Assembly has approved, the particular resolution must be taken to the Senate, where there could be some degree of sobriety. If two-thirds of the membership of a County Assembly vote in favour of relocating the county headquarters, the threshold would be sufficient to cater for all other interests. For example, Laikipia County has already established its headquarters. They have all the offices they need. They have even built an Assembly in Nanyuki at a cost of Kshs50 million. I do not see why they would invest in a headquarters today and ... view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: about investing a lot of money in establishing headquarters while we have other priorities. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Mutara will also be a nice place to establish a headquarters but even if we were to establish our headquarters at Mutara, it would require a lot of money. Mutara is bare ground where there is absolutely nothing apart from a few kiosks. That being the case, the cost of doing our headquarters in Mutara would be very expensive. Whereas Nanyuki is on one end of the county, probably putting a county headquarters at the middle will be a good thing. But if ... view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Although I do not come from the sugar-cane growing region, as a Member of the National Assembly, I should be able to contribute to this particular Motion and the Report that is before the House. First and foremost, governments, the world over, have not been good managers of business. We have examples from within this country: The Kenya Posts and Telecommunication Corporation; the Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC); the Kenya Farmers Association (KFA); and the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC). Remember when the business of spreading electricity was left to KPLC we never had ... view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: lot of electricity reaching the people. The reason is that Government is not very business- minded. It is not motivated by that particular aspect of trying to maximize profit and reduce costs. Government, any time, is a spendthrift and is good at spending money. When it comes to business, the Government will not spend money in the best manner possible. With regard to electrification, when private entrepreneurs were allowed to do this, they did it efficiently. If you were to rely on KPLC to have electricity brought to your house, it will take dog years. When you have a private ... view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: When we privatise, those people who will come into possession of these companies will ensure that they are profitable. There is also a way to make the local community benefit. Local communities can organise themselves into cooperatives and buy shares. By so doing, we will have wealth distribution. If there are profits to be made by these factories, that extra wealth that is created through value addition and maximisation of profits will still come back to the local people. There is a good thing in continuing to have the sugar industry. Today, as we have been told, close to seven ... view