Erastus Mureithi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 261 to 270 of 402.

• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Last week, we talked about the cost of living which has gone very high. We have allowed a few people to manage and manipulate the way commodities are handled in this country. With that kind of management, prices of essential foodstuff s have gone way beyond the reach of the common person. When it comes to the departed ones, the opportunity cost is the food and not the money to pay mortuary fees. We have had a complication due the issues of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Those people are not close to hospitals. So, ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, therefore, when the Mover is requesting the Government to waive all the mortuary fees, there is merit in it. We have not been able to give free medical facilities to our people and we have found that bodies are kept because there was no money to pay for medical expenses and there is no money to pay for mortuary services. What is happening and which is very dangerous is that families are actually selling their land--- view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will give me two minutes because they have been taken away. I request that kindly. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: As I was saying before that little interruption, we have had people who are squatters who have also increased in number since Independence; they are in the category of poor people who cannot afford both medical and mortuary fees. As a result, I would like to say and support the Mover that as far as we are concerned, the Government should also address itself to the issue of the mortuary. We should have a holistic approach to the growth of this country. Instead of looking at this fees and waiving it, we should look at the general development of this ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Motion by Mr. Chanzu comes in handy to solve the issue of ignorance and we are now dealing with the issue of disease and poverty. That is why I am supporting the Mover by saying that people have no choice and we do not want to go back to the time when communities used to throw away the dead into the bush with anticipation that maybe, a passing hyena would eat the body. So, as Kenyans, we should put our energies together and put our political differences aside and seek what we want. We want ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to second the Motion. view
• 20 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, whereas the matter pertains to Turkana, I would like to inform the Assistant Minister that thugs are not only confined to Turkana. Is he aware that in my constituency, one young man was stabbed and killed by another young man? Any attempt to arrest that man has been thwarted by the chief of the area. What action will he take, when thugs are protected by the same people who are supposed to arrest them? I am talking about my area in Ol Kalou. view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: That is what I want to get your guidance on. view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is he in order to debate--- view