David Mwiraria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to join my colleagues who have congratulated the Ministry of Local Government, and particularly the Minister, for the good job they are doing around the country. If you look at Nairobi City, a lot has been said about improved street lighting and cleanliness. Nowadays we see people cleaning the city. Before, it appeared as though the city council had no employees. We see them cutting grass and bushes along the roads. Equally important is the fact that the city council is now planting a lot of trees and ... view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I stand to support this Motion. Before doing so, let me congratulate the Minister for being able to articulate the problems of not only Kenya, but also those of other developing countries in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). I was provoked by some of the remarks made by my friend, hon. ole Ntimama, who made some other good points. However, I disagree with him in his view that the East African Community and other regional organisations will collapse the way the old East African Community collapsed. I do not ... view
• 29 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want to start off by saying that I support the Motion. I want to support my successor for several reasons, but, most importantly, because he is building on the foundations already established. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in my view, one of the most important things that this Budget did was not to include Budget support from both the bilateral and multilateral partners. Why do I say this? This is because when I was in the Opposition, we used to hear the ... view
• 29 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Today, as we sit here, the Government of Kenya cannot borrow cheap money in the world market. It can only borrow under very restrictive conditions. If you want to borrow, 35 per cent of what you borrow must be grant element and the rest must come down to what you can borrow from the World Bank. At a time when the world is full of cheap money; when in some countries, in fact, interest rates do not exist, you take your money to the bank for security but you do not get any interest. At a time when some of ... view
• 29 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the one thing that we do not do as Kenyans is to appreciate good work. The NARC Government may have its failings, but it also has its successes. I think, as Kenyans, whether in the Opposition or in Government, we should appreciate good work when it is done. I do not have to preach to the converted, but is free primary education not a reality? Are our hospitals not much better and getting more drugs today than they were four years ago? Have we not introduced the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), which has removed the ... view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my attention was drawn to today's issue of The view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: newspaper which carried the headline; "Kibaki meets Kiraitu and Mwiraria at State House." I wish to state categorically, that I did not go to State House yesterday as alleged by the 776 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 27, 2006 newspaper. Furthermore, I did not request State House or his Excellency the President for any meeting, nor did His Excellency at State House, invite me to any such meeting as alleged by the newspaper. The whole story is a complete fabrication by the Standard Group, with the intention of defaming me and driving me away from His Excellency the President. The newspaper has ... view
• 18 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Let me start off by stating clearly that I support the Motion. I would also like to state that I resigned as the Minister for Finance because of the constant harassment through the Press, and not because I felt I was guilty. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to repeat something I said in this House earlier on, namely, that the Anglo Leasing affair exposure was a blessing in disguise. This is because it, at least, brought to my attention, as the then Minister for ... view
• 18 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Githongo is not in this House and yet we are being accused of things that he said. A Committee of this House left Kenya to go to London to hear from him because he dares not come back home. That is not the point that I wanted to make. I wanted to say that Mr. Githongo, for some reason which I do not understand, chose to tell untruths about me. view