Eng. Ephraim Mwangi Maina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1161 to 1170 of 1598.

• 11 Oct 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not a point of order. I wanted you to know that I want to contribute to this Motion. view
• 11 Oct 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill. The amendments that we are discussing have become necessary because of the situation that we progressively noticed and which we find ourselves in, under the new Constitution. This Constitution is a challenge. Today we are discussing the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 39 of 2017) and, probably, tomorrow there will be another issue. We need to interrogate this Constitution further after we are through with this Bill. The amendments are specific and are actually clarifying various ambiguous situations that were left to the interpretation of the ... view
• 10 Oct 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Petition and the Bill because I happen to have some experience about human-wildlife conflict. I hope this Bill will bring some framework for the people who live close to our wildlife. Sometime back, I built a water project for the Maasai Community in Amboseli and the whole idea was to take water from the national park to the ranches on the boundary of the park. During the opening ceremony, the late hon. Oloitiptip, who came to open the water project, was put to task by the Maasai people. They said ... view
• 28 Sep 2017 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The hon. Senator has continuously insinuated and put intentions on Members who have supported the adjournment. He has said we should not stand here to say we will talk to our constituents on issues of violence. Finally, he has stated that we have been forced to pass amendments to the election laws, which we will be debating. We were elected by our constituents. Therefore, is the hon. Member in order to insinuate without substantiating, that we do not have our own freedom and that there is some authority somewhere ordering us? ... view
• 28 Sep 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg you give me five minutes. I support this Motion because there are many events in the country and we need to participate in some of them and particularly campaigning for the presidential candidates. I would like to say that we are not doing this blindly. We are the same people who fought for democratisation of this country in those years when Hon. Raila Odinga, the former President Mwai Kibaki and ourselves were on the streets every day. We are principled people. We are not people who can do something blindly. We have ... view
• 27 Sep 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion and I would also wish to thank Sen. Mwaura for having moved this Motion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you know as much as I do that on 8th August, 2017, there were elections held in this country. His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta won the elections with a very big margin of 1.4 million votes over and above what his competitor got. We were robbed of victory by the courts of this country. I say this because elections are about numbers. There is no evidence ... view
• 27 Sep 2017 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 27 Sep 2017 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am saying that there is a code of regulations in the Civil Service and it is controlled--- view
• 27 Sep 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I was saying that the Civil Service has a code of regulations. If Hon. Raila Odinga wants to be controlled by the code of regulations within the Civil Service, he should apply for Chiloba’s job. But he cannot have his cake and eat at the same time; he cannot be a civil servant and at the same time be the President of Kenya. He wants to be the President of Kenya by force; he wants to go to the streets to impress the international community and show them that he is popular, yet Kenyans ... view
• 26 Sep 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you. I wish to comment on the President’s Speech which was read to us. From the outset, I support the President’s sentiments in his Speech. Kenya is a Republic and a unitary State. This was determined long ago.Even the elections that we hold, we do so with the same objectives that were set by our forefathers. Kenya held elections, issues came up and now we are where we are; we are going to hold other elections. I wish to appeal to all the leaders in this country that we must ensure that this country remains one. ... view