Charles Reubenson Kibiru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: hawk food must have health certificates, so that they do not contaminate the food or spread diseases like cholera and other related diseases. It is in that light that the Bill says that the hawkers or street vendors must belong to a certain area and should be registered. Mr. Speaker, Sir, nowadays, we are doing a lot of construction and building of infrastructure. During road construction, you will find that some of the areas where these people do that kind of vending become affected. For example, when the Thika Superhighway was being constructed, there are people who were doing that ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are counties that are unable to meet their internally generated revenue targets. We also have the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), which instead of doing horizontal expansion of getting taxes, is always doing vertical expansion and just taxing people up there. If these people are well organized, the tax bracket will increase. Therefore, we should formalize and allow the people who can earn an income to do so. We can target, reorganize, take statistics and, in the process, increase employment. With so many jobless people, if we allowed them to do their craft and make their wares, ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe that the people who make policies in all levels should be able to agree with the Senate, that this is the right time for us to recognize the vendors and allow them to do their business in a sustainable manner. Mr. Speaker, Sir, since I want as many Senators as possible to contribute to this Bill, I now ask my colleague, Sen. Dullo, to second the Bill. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, that issue came up the other day. I just want to read out what the word hustler means. According to one of the renowned dictionaries, a hustler is a prostitute. A hustler is a shrewd, unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties. That is the meaning and because we are a House of Order like Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri has said, we need to clarify--- view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: This is Oxford English Dictionary. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to say two things with regard to this Motion. First, is it is true that the Managed Equipment Services (MES) is a mess? As a member of a Committee that has moved around in this country, I have asked questions about the leased medical equipment. No single governor or medical officer has confirmed the viability of this project. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: In terms of the content of the Motion, I would want to support. However, like many of my colleagues have said, I think the Committee of Health needs to pull up their socks. I have two statements; one touching on the general operations of the medical in the counties and the other one was specifically for Kirinyaga County. I have never gotten an answer for those two statements. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: I was at one time invited by the Committee. I expressed my concerns because I was briefed. However, I did not join them because I had to attend the burial of my step- mother. However, having said that, I have never been invited. This is the fourth or the fifth month since I asked the two statements. Can we, as the Senate, agree that we have something to investigate but at the same time agree that the composition of the people view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: who do the work be relooked at so that we can do something that will be a legacy for this Senate? view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: In Kirinyaga, the MES is not working. When the reagents are finished, you have to wait for them to be imported because it is a closed system where you cannot use universal reagents including the films for the machines. Therefore, we do not need to overemphasize the need for the work to be done by the Committee that will be appointed by the Senate. However, the point is I oppose to the extent of the Committee that has been proposed. view