Dennis Kariuki Waweru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I do not know what caught your attention. I do not know whether it was my smile or my hand gesture. I take this opportunity to say thank you very much for noticing me. First of all, I would like to say that I stand to support this Division of Revenue Bill 2018. The aspirations of Kenyans are well captured in the Kenya Constitution of 2010, where, as Kenyans, we decided that we want to have two levels of government. Our aspirations were to have two levels of government not that they ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: trained on how their resources are being used by these two governments, which is the national Government and also the county governments. As such, I would want to raise my little concern by first saying that with great power comes great responsibility. I say this noting that since the onset of devolution, which is now six years old, we are able to go on the ground and track the impact. I want to say this without any fear of contradiction that when you look at funds that are devolved through Members of Parliament, that is, the National Government Constituencies Development ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I would like to note the great effort that has been put in by the relevant Committee under the very able leadership of the Chairman, Mheshimiwa Pkosing. I say this because I note that this Bill seeks - and quite to some level of success - to align the roads sector to the new Constitution. As such, it is able to take us from the many laws that previously existed. It also tries in its own way and wisdom to classify our roads in a way where we start ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: are witnessing accidents every other day because our road users are not able to comply with even the basic road rules. We have ended up with a myriad of accidents. Sadly, we even have young children, especially those from Kabiria Primary School, getting hit almost every week. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: The mentality of our people is software issue. Our road users, that is, the pedestrians, the view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: riders, tuktuk drivers and motorists have to be brought up to speed on how to use the modern roads that we seek to build in this country. There are issues that arise and cannot be dealt with by just building roads. They will have to be dealt with by going out there and working aggressively on behaviour change which in itself is a mentality and attitude issue and as such a software issue. There are places where we have even tried to construct new roads but it becomes very difficult to use them because of encroachment by members of the ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: We have situations where we have traders who lay down their wares, especially in urban areas, on roads. As much as this Bill seeks to deal with matters that are hardware, we will need the relevant Committee to address issues software: mentality, attitude and behaviour change in how we use roads. So, as they allocate budgets, because the timing is perfect, we will need to see this Committee tasking the relevant authorities to put in money on the training about safe usage of roads. The money should be channelled through existing institutions which are not limited to schools, churches and ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Finally, I note that in seeking to align the road subsector and the transport sector in general with the new Constitution, there will be need to revisit how the national Government and county governments share their responsibilities on matters related to roads. Lawyers in this House – I am not one of them - will tell us that the Constitution is very clear on the responsibilities that have been allocated to county governments. In the Constitution reference is broadly made to county transport, which includes county roads, street lighting, traffic and parking, public road transport, the ferries and harbours, but ... view
• 20 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion on the Adoption of Sessional Paper No.3 of 2017 on the National Policy on Climate Finance. I would like to note right from the beginning that the former President of France, Francois Hollande, told us that we have one single mission, namely, to protect and hand on the planet to the next generation. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with this Sessional Paper, this House will not be taken just as a House of lamentations. It will now start taking steps towards mitigating the effects of climate change by creating ... view
• 20 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with great power, comes great responsibility. We need to invest in making sure that the most able are also most responsible in taking care of our environment. Big companies are depositing raw sewerage effluents into our rivers and depositing high level lead waste into our rivers. Some multinational corporations are depositing very offensive garbage into our environments and as such, it becomes a precarious adventure to live in this city. Those are two areas we need to invest in going forward as we tackle the issue of climate change. I would like to put on record ... view