Eng. Ephraim Mwangi Maina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ogiek community, from where the Senator comes from, is a small community. The community has produced a Senator to this House. The small tribes have been discriminated over the years. It is time for us to consider them as tribes in this country. Governments in this country are formed by big The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: tribes that conglomerate to pick a president. We should promote the small tribes for their identity--- view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the small tribes should be recognised in order for them to be remembered when the Government is developing different regions in this country. That will also help them to be remembered when talents are being developed. We already have one of them here, Sen. Prengei. We need these tribes to have a place in this country. Therefore, they can also decide to get together and overthrow the big tribes. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also welcome the students who are in the public gallery. They are doing a good job, it is a good school and the students in the school have been doing very well. We are expecting leaders to this House from the school in the future. They are competent enough to come here and become Senators. We wish them very well. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. This is one of the most important Bills in this country because it is dealing with compulsory acquisition of land. We have had a lot of cartels in Kenya who have been buying land for speculation purposes and they have fleeced the Government. This law will ensure that we do not have cartels in the Government who are buying land for the purpose of fleecing the economy of this country. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: The land value index will be developed by county governments within six months of the signing of this Bill by the President. At no time, will we have a situation where land speculators will be allowed to fleece this country, in terms of buying land in places where Government projects will be. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: This is a mediated version of the land value index. This Senate had proposed a lot of amendments, but some of them were rejected by the National Assembly. That The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: occasioned the need to form a mediation Committee with five Members of the National Assembly and five Members from the Senate. We agreed on a version that is agreeable by the entire nation. Most of the amendments that had been done by this Senate were accepted by the Mediation Committee. We believe that Kenyans will now get value for money. We cannot have cartels who will fleece this country in the name of land which they have bought by having knowledge that Government projects will pass through a certain area. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank all those who have contributed towards this Bill. They have added value to this Bill by giving better ideas than those which were in the original Bill. It will be my pleasure if this Bill is assented to and becomes a law because it will save this country a lot of money and takes care of all Kenyans. This Bill goes to the extent of saying that whoever will sell land to the Government in terms of compulsory acquisition, will be adequately compensated by the Government, within a short period of time. view