Captain Clement Muchiri Wambugu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in his answer, the Assistant Minister has talked of the issues which have discouraged direct foreign investment in the country. Most of the factories owned by both local and foreign investors in this country have closed down, because of the cheap imports that we are--- view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, most of the factories in this country have closed down because of cheap imports from China. What is the Government doing to stop this trend? As long as we encourage cheap imports from China, most of our factories will close down and we will not be able to generate employment for our people. view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. First and foremost, I would like to declare that I support the enactment of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Bill and also just to add a few points to what the earlier speakers said. We all know what happened in 2007 after the Presidential results were announced. There were a lot of uncertainties in this country over the person who won and who did not. view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that if the former Commission was credible and was appointed in an open manner, the country could not have gone into that direction. We ended up slaughtering one another for nothing. This House is still trying to discuss issues concerning Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), just because of elections which happened in 2007. Even up to now, there are very many sides of the story of what happened. For such a thing not to happen again in future or in this country, I think we need to move forward and get a very independent ... view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, such a Commission, if it is going to be credible, we need to have credible people there. How do we ascertain that? We need to look for people who are above board; people who do not have any political ambitions, people who are not being funded by political parties and people who are not being nominated on tribal lines. If we can go that way, we will have clean people who can lead this country into the future, especially when it comes to elections. view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, like earlier stated, it is very difficult for any commission of any kind to be independent, unless it has funding of its own. I think you remember a few months ago when the (IIEC) was almost coming to a halt because the Executive either deliberately, or through some mistake, did not fund their programmes. I propose that the commission presents its own budget independently. It should not tie itself to any other department in this country. view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the work of the commission should not just be on part-time basis. There is the issue of rigging in elections which starts way in advance even before the elections. We have the registration of persons and the updating of the electors register. There is also the monitoring in advance of what is happening on the ground. There is also monitoring on the way the campaigns are conducted. Like now, you are already aware that we have problems with the registration of the youth in this country. Most of them do not have identity ... view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you know there is the issue of the National Youth Council elections. Most of our youth have been locked out from registration because they do not have cards. If such a thing is even coming up at a time like now, then what will happen in 2012? A scheme such as that is being organized as early as now, and members of certain communities or areas are being blocked even from participating in the forthcoming elections? view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, why do we go for elections? It is to represent people from particular areas. Thereafter, when we have proper representation, we come up with a formula for fair distribution of resources. There has been a cry in this country on the distribution of wealth just because a few areas have not been properly represented especially with regard to Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). We know there is a report which was produced recently – the Ligale Report - which had a lot of discrepancies. I would propose that members of the commission that is going to ... view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few words, I beg to support. view