Dennis Kariuki Waweru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute on this Bill. Indeed, I must support my colleagues in the Budget and Appropriation Committee for the amount of effort and time they have put on this work. This is particularly my Chairman. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Having listened to my colleague, hon. John Mbadi, I recommend that one of these days I can give him tutorial on finance because I think he is an expert and authority in accounts. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: All said and done, I would like to say that this Bill has addressed some of our most concerns in the country. We have been having challenges and you all know what has happened in the last three months. We have experienced insecurity in Mpeketoni and the northern part of Kenya. It gives me a lot of encouragement to see that in this Bill, we have increased the allocation to security to be able to address some of the concerns like The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: the police housing, insurance and equipment. So, we look forward to see some improvement in the way our security system operates. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: It is also good to notice from the Bill that we have significantly increased the allocation of money in food security. As you know, an ordinary Kenyan spends over 43 per cent of his or her income currently to put food on the table. In order, to bring down the cost of living in this country, we need to invest more on food security so that can lead affordable lives and probably manage to save. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we have also seen an increment in the allocation of infrastructure. These are roads, the standard gauge railway, the bridges, the airport and not to mention the pipeline as we need to prepare to be able to harness the recently discovered oil in the northern and the coastal regions of Kenya. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: It is also encouraging to see that we have realized the importance of having a very good education system having allocated more resources on primary and secondary education. We have also had free maternity for our women in line with the Jubilee Manifesto. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is also very encouraging to see some allocation of funds. We have been talking about special economic zones for some time. I think it is about time as a country we walk the talk and put some resources to special economic zones. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: I have been listening to Members contributing on the benefits of Euro Bond and it is important for us as a country to look inwardly and start appreciating the kind of country we have. We have seen investors out there expressing a lot of confidence in our country and putting in money in our country in excess of US$8.9 billion. I am not sure that some of these reputable investment banks obviously have internal mechanism of being able to do their due diligence. So, it is very unfortunate for us, as politicians sometimes to doubt when we hire world class ... view
• 19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I am very excited. I support the Memorandum because at least for the first time we are going to have the governors out there being proud of the flags of their counties. In fact, I am particularly happy about some governors who have been talking all over as if they do not have the counties. I fully support, and hope they will start preparing---. When a governor leaves his county, he should fold up his flag, put it in his pocket and wait for the next time he goes back to his county. view