Emilio Mureithi Kathuri

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Speaker, first of all, let me start by declaring my interest; I come from that area. The hon. Member wants me to produce evidence where we have such land deals fraudulently transacted. There are many cases of such nature. This is what has been documented here. We even had the pyramid schemes. We had corrupt banks which were in the area. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I started by saying I come from that region. However, I am not saying this is a preserve of the Mount Kenya region. I am only saying we had such cases in the region. Even my colleague who has told me to substantiate was a big shareholder of a bank that went under. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I only gave examples. I did not say that it is everybody. I started by disclosing that I come from the region. I have no reason to say that everybody has been in that practice, but it is good to state as it is that we have a wicked society. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also happen to come from a very strong background called the Public Service Vehicle (PSV) sector. I have no reason to hide about that. It is a faith I professed before I became a Member of Parliament. We witnessed cases where the bus fare from Nairobi to Githurai skyrocketed from Kshs50 to Kshs200 for no apparent reasons. They knew commuters were stranded. Those who did that were just a few individuals, but it reflected badly on the whole sector. In the circumstances, we need a Bill like this to take care of such situations. I ... view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are many examples which I can quote where consumers have been exploited. Even big companies including DT Dobie where when you drive in your Mercedes Benz, you will not know the bill until it is out of the workshop. Once the invoice is tabled, it will send you crazy. That has happened to many of us. Some of our colleagues here have had to abandon their vehicles for a week or two. I have been a victim. This does not happen to us because we do not have money. Sometimes it is because we are ... view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are many times when we have even witnessed shoe shiners taking advantage of Kenyans on Kenyatta Avenue. Thank God that matter is coming to a halt, but it may be repeated if we do not have such a Bill. Your shoes get polished and you end up being charged Kshs300. Imagine if you had Kshs50. It becomes a big nightmare for you to sort yourself out. It is very important for us to pass this Bill, so that we do not even see the Government going out of its way lending or imposing taxes which ... view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we were here this morning and I heard a demonstration outside just because of imposing Value Added Tax (VAT) on consumables when it is not an idea that has been thought out properly. It is taking advantage of the consumer. It is an excuse by the manufactures to pin down these consumers to pay more under the pretence of VAT and other taxes. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very timely Bill and I want to support it wholeheartedly. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I was saying, during the last session of this Bill on Wednesday, the late hon. Michuki Rules were--- view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Michuki Rules which were introduced in 2003 were very important in this sector. But unfortunately, because of the disconnect that was created by the three Government Ministries namely the Ministry of Local Government, the Office of the President and the Ministry of Transport we never realised the fruits of those rules. The rate of accidents went down but shot up immediately thereafter simply because the three Ministries never synchronized what was supposed to be implemented for us to achieve our objectives. However, when I look at the new Bill, I see that ... view