Charles Muriuki Njagagua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with a lot of tremendous respect to the other House, we know that there is a Senate which was created by this Constitution, but we must ask ourselves: Is this House really working? The Speaker of that Senate is out of this country today as we speak. He is in Geneva. His deputy is also in New York. The Clerk of that Senate is also away and even the Senior Deputy Clerk (SDC) of the Senate is away. That House has again changed their Standing Orders to say that they must meet only thrice in a week; they ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, while still at it, we must appreciate that we only have about 67 Senators. They have gone ahead to create more committees for that House to match the number of the committees that are in this House. You find that each Senator is now sitting in about seven to ten committees. Surely, are they able to transact the business of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: However, it is quite unfortunate that the governors to whom we are giving this money are using a lot of it for Recurrent Expenditure and not Development Expenditure. A lot of this money is again used on unnecessary projects like going for trips, seminars and entertainment. We all know that last year a particular governor allocated himself a whooping Kshs50 million as entertainment allowance for one year. That would actually translate to about Kshs1 million per week on entertainment. One is left wondering whether this governor or the governors are keen on entertaining themselves or giving service to the common ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: the day seriously when a man or a woman has to sit in about seven or ten committees? Are they able to discharge their duties? Are they able to give their best to those committees? So, we are saying in as much as it is in the Constitution, we must agree that some organs must be done away with. I am not saying that the Senate should go, but we must open up that national debate, debate and agree on whether we need the Senate. Do we need 47 counties? We know that some of them could be merged to ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, while at it again, we have been told by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and the Treasury that much of the money that we allocated to them last year, another whopping Kshs50 million, has been lying at the CBK. They have been unable to utilise this money. In the short-term, what I am saying is that they do not have the capacity to absorb this money. I am saying this money should go to the counties, and I believe there is no Member of Parliament (MP), who is opposed to devolution; but this money must, as of ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, again it is on record from none other than the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury that a third of our Budget goes to waste. There are so many loopholes in expenditure by national agencies. So, the Government must, of necessity, try and seal the loopholes through which money is lost. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, also on the issue of electrification, we all know that we need to light this country. The Government has always been very keen and it has promised us that within the next five years we will have about 5,000 megawatts of electricity being produced. That is why we are proposing that Kshs7.4 billion go to the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) for purposes of rural electrification. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am again very happy to support what His Excellencies the President and the Deputy President said. They took the bold step to open up a national debate to check the ballooning and almost bursting national wage bill. It is on that basis that I would wish to say that in as much as we are saying we need to reduce the wage bill, we must also take cognisance of some institutions in the Constitution that “eat” into that wage bill. They increase the wage bill. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, lastly and before I sit down, we must again look at the issue of procurement. Many projects are stalling because of the red tape, or bureaucratic procedures in procurement. I am happy to have heard the Leader of Majority Party today read the first Bill on the issue of business legislation. We must again look at the issue of procurement, so that many projects can commence within the coming year and that the same is not bogged down by unnecessary procurement red tape. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I support the Motion. Thank you. view