Francis Munyua Waititu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I went round with my Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives making inquiries about maize in this country. We went to Galana- Kulalu and found that the project has maize. That maize should feed people who are suffering from hunger. It is not the work of the President. It is the work of the Member of the National Assembly because this is a purely presidential system of Government. It is not like in the previous Parliaments. view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to support the amendments. If you look at our courts today, many witnesses do not come to court because of various reasons. They are under threat, especially on land issues, which has been a big problem in our country. If you look at cases in Kiambu County, there are land criminals who try to take land from our people. I like going to the courts and sometimes when I visit the courts, I find witnesses around the court yard, but they cannot go into the court because they fear for their lives. ... view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: In other cases, witnesses are compromised because their lives are threatened. We have seen many witnesses being killed in this country. Sometimes they are told: if you do not go to court, we will give you money. They take the money because they do not want to die. So, with the enactment of this Bill, this country will change. I support, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to support the Petition. Land-grabbing has become the trend in this country. Hearing that Petition, I compare it to land-grabbing happening in Central Province. In Juja Constituency, several cases have been forwarded to the new Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) in Juja. Some leases were granted in Nairobi and people are taking advantage of these leases to grab land. The population of our country is increasing and if we do not safeguard our public utilities, we will be in trouble in the near future. I support the Petition and urge the Government ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to join my colleagues in supporting this Bill. I come from Juja Constituency, Kiambu County and the people are thankful because of the Kenyatta Mausoleum Bill. We have a generation that has just been reading about our founding father. Other than reading in books, we should give them an opportunity to look at some of his artefacts, so that they can understand the life of Jomo Kenyatta. We have been debating issues of tea and other crops in this House. I want to say that Jomo Kenyatta was also so much involved in those ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to thank Hon. Odanga for bringing this Motion at the right time. Being a senior parent, I have seen various institutions where despite having teachers and counsellors, they still need chaplains. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Take for example, the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), which is a few meters from my house. We have Father Lawrence Njoroge as the Chaplain there. You find that while other universities strike regularly, JKUAT has had very few strikes. Why is this so? That is because, normally, the Father sits and talks to them; not like a lecturer but as a parent. He teaches them the values of Christianity and Islam. Look at Mang’u High School, which is also next to my home. You have never heard them go on strike, just because we also have ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: As I was going round schools issuing bursary cheques, I noticed that we have problems in our learning institutions. We need to have chaplains in those institutions to help teachers. When I was issuing the cheques, I also had a chance to speak to parents. I asked them who has more time with the children between the teachers and them. The parents agreed with me that in any given year, the children spend more time with the teachers than they do with them. In 12 months, they only have the students at home for three months. It saddens me when ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: This is the right time to bring Islam and Christianity to the students because they are being targeted by drug barons and other criminals. We need to pass this Motion and take it very seriously because we have seen schools being burned. This is because children, at times, are not brought up in a Christian way. I want to thank the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology because what she has said is true. Previously, we used to study Christian Religious Education (CRE). That is what taught us to respect not only our fathers and mothers, ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Today, students do not respect their teachers not because they want to do so, but because they have not been brought up in the way we were brought up during our time. I pity the teachers The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view