David Mwaniki Ngugi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: (a) What is the criteria and procedure that the Government has used to procure the services of M/s Intertek International Ltd to conduct fitness tests on the maize imported from the Republic of South Africa? view
• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: (b) What is the amount of money paid by the Government for the services rendered? view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was about to say that anybody who calls me Mwathi is liable for a fine because, Mwathi is my younger brother and represents Limuru. I am David Ngugi and represent Kinangop. view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. Coming from the insurance industry, I know the number of cases that are pending before the courts. If we were to encourage people to go through the arbitration way, then a lot of cases would be finalized; many people would get their awards and courts would be left to deal with other matters. The other point is when we did the arbitration exams in the 1980s; the people who conducted them came from the United Kingdom. But with the amendments that are being proposed here and with the intention ... view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one concern is the cost of arbitration. Arbitration is supposed to be cheaper than the courts. However, this is not necessarily so, because there are no schedule of fees an arbitrator can charge. This is one thing I want to appeal to the Attorney General. There must be some guidelines as to how much arbitrators can charge. Although in effect, it is supposed to be a cheaper process than the court process, sometimes, it is not always so. Given that we want to pass this Bill as soon as possible, with those few remarks, I ... view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Speaker, Sir. Is it okay for the accuser to become the accused? Prof. Olweny moved from three seats away to come to where Mr. Kutuny is. He started talking to Mr. Kutuny and then rose to complain about him. Is it in order? view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this Motion because, first of all, I come from a pyrethrum growing area. When I was being educated, that is the only cash crop that we had in the whole of Nyandarua and Central Rift. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the marketing of that crop was not done quite well and it collapsed. Farmers in that area cannot educate their children due to the collapse of pyrethrum growing. That is why it is important to adopt this Report about the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya by the Departmental Committee. However, I want to make one or two corrections about some of the things that have been spoken by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee. Midland Company, which is situated in Kinangop does not, in any way, want to steal either the rights, research or anything that ... view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Be that as it may, I want to say that the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya has been a bad monopoly because it has been a Government monopoly. It has been the only one that negotiates the prices outside the country and fixes the prices for farmers. As a result, it has fleeced farmers over very many years. We feel it is time that the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya Act Cap.340 was amended so that we can have a regulatory authority. The Pyrethrum Board of Kenya can remain as a regulatory authority and it can have a marketing arm, just to ... view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: At the same time, the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya can be charged with the responsibility of doing research. It is critical that this industry is liberalized so that other companies like Midland can come into play. This will ensure that countries like Rwanda which is now our major competitor, does Fe bruary 17, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view