Charles Reubenson Kibiru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I mentioned earlier, I just wanted to confirm from the outset that it is true that this sugar issue did not start yesterday. I happen to have worked for the KNTC for a while. Indeed, we have had these issues of sugar importation since 1991. One wonders why, all of a sudden, it looks like we have just made a new discovery. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, importation of sugar is killing our industries. Every year when long rains came, there was pretence to import sugar in the country and it has not stopped. ... view
• 13 Jun 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to confirm that if this Petition is brought to our Committee, we will deal with it. However, let me also inform the House that we are on it already. Through a Statement by Sen. Mwaruma, last month, we visited Taita-Taveta County. The issues were about human-wildlifeconflict. We learnt is that there is a lot that needs to be done when it comes to wildlife and human beings. All those The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the ... view
• 12 Jun 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support the Statement by Sen. Nyamunga. I am the Chairperson of the Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industrialization and we are currently inquiring into the fall of the retail markets. Some of the issues that are coming up from the stakeholders are worrying. In our meeting today, we were taken through the process of how we missed it from the early 1960s. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 17 May 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also add my voice to support the Senator for Nairobi City County. In particular, he has talked about dry taps in Nairobi City. I happen to have been one of the pioneer commercial directors of the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC). It is an area that Sen. Sakaja would need to dig deeper. As we know, for the last one year or so, the NCWSC been without a board of directors. At the same time, we also know that there are talks of privatising the company. I am privy to information that ... view
• 9 May 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support the President‘sSpeech. For record purposes, may I also add that I was in the team that defeated governors. view
• 9 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from where I stand, the President’s Speech has a score card. I do not want to dwell much on how the scorecard looks like. I want to look at the issues that need to be expanded or implemented so that we can move forward. The next time our President is giving his Speech, we can all stand and cheer him. The President mentioned the Big Four Agenda which we support wholeheartedly. However, time is running out.Every time I hear about the issues we need to do, I get worried. We need technical support to construct 500 ... view
• 18 Apr 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand to second the adjournment of the debate for the reasons that have been stated by the Hon. Senator for Taita-Taveta, Jones Mwaruma. view
• 27 Mar 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have the answer. view
• 27 Mar 2018 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I did it a long time ago. This has been--- view
• 27 Mar 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Statement is in regard to the state of tourism in Kenya. Here are the responses from the Ministry. First is on figures of tourists who visited Kenya in 2016 and 2017. We had 1,342,899 tourists in 2016 and 1,474,671 in 2017. We have a specific breakdown--- view