1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
In this country, more than 70 per cent of the young people are not employed. The reason is that, jobs in this country are given to aged people. We know that after the age of 60 years, one should be enjoying his retirement as fresh blood employees are active in office working. Madam Speaker, secondly, this will help graduates who graduated the other day to be employed in offices. Currently, the people being employed are cronies of leaders. So, it is good for this Bill to be enacted into law so that we can have mandatory retirement. An officer should ...
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1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
are exiting the office. You should prepare somebody else to succeed you upon retirement. So, I support this Bill. I beg the House to support it so that we can create more employment opportunities for the young people. Thank you.
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29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs the following Question: (i) Could the Ministry give an update regarding investigations into the whereabouts of one Kinyua M’mumbwika, a young man aged twenty-one (21) years from Ithamwari village, Njia Ward, Igembe Central, Meru County, who is allegedly detained in the United Republic of Tanzania without trial since the year 2015? (ii) Could the Ministry consider diplomatic intervention to ensure that the Kenyan, who is allegedly being illegally held and languishing at Maweni Remand Prison in Tanga, Tanzania, is released without any further delay?
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29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. For the three years I have stayed in this City, I have learnt a lot. I also want to confirm that I was called, but unfortunately, I was not in town, so, I did not visit them. This House must come up with a regulation which will regulate these institutions so that if it is a must that any rating be done, it should be done according to the funding which we are given and the work we do in this House as well as in committees. With that, I rest my case.
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24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I, the undersigned, on behalf of Kimathi Munjuri, National Chairman of the Nyambene Miraa Traders Association (NYAMITA), a registered association fronting the interests of Khat (Miraa) crop and industry stakeholders draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, thousands of families in the larger Meru region growing Khat ( Catha edulis ) popularly known as Miraa have been earning a living through the sale of their crop to local and international markets in the East African region; THAT, following the declaration of Covid-19 as a global health pandemic and subsequent closure of international borders, ...
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24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
THAT, in the Financial Year 2020/2021, the Ministry of Agriculture has reduced the allocation to Miraa to a paltry Kshs200 million despite having a huge backlog of unmet expenditures overflowing from the previous financial year; THAT, despite the Miraa Community in Nathu, Igembe North Constituency Meru County donating 50 hectares of land with the approval in writing by the County Government of Meru to the Principal Secretary for Agriculture, the land remains idle; THAT, Miraa farmers do not have a single market outside of Kenya after access to Somalia, the last such international market for the crop, from March 2020 ...
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24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
funds were utilized and whether or not whole or part of the funds so allocated were diverted to other crops; (d) Engage with the relevant Ministry to establish the extent of the utilization of the allocation for Miraa research in 2019/20 Vote D1165 Sub-Vote 1165103902, Vote lines 3111300, 3111400 and 3130100 with a view to recommending appropriate action; and, (e) Intervene through the relevant ministries to ensure that restrictive levies imposed on Miraa trading in the country comply with the law and are harmonized across the counties. And your Petitioners will ever pray. Thank you.
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24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
The Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock.
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24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Petition.
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24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly:
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