Hon Muchiri Geoffrey Gachara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member aware that Kenya is better now than it was before? view
• 19 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to support this Sessional Paper which is timely. The House will recall that it passed a Bill which was to mainstream gender. That Bill resulted in the establishment of the Commissioner for Gender October 19, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3091 and Development. I urge the Ministry to utilise that Commission for the time being to develop gender issues that are being debated so that we do not continue to debate Sessional Papers when we have legislations that can be used. It is important to say that women of this ... view
• 3 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I add my voice in support of this Motion and say that this Government has done a lot. I think the new districts need to be actualised. We need those services because we need to bring Government services closer to the people. I also urge that the Districts and Provinces Act should be amended so that boundaries are realigned properly so that we do not have them cutting across a village like one in Kirinyaga District.I support the Motion. view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to contribute to this very important Motion. First of all, I want the Ministry to look into the cost of road construction. As a valuer, I do not think the costs that we are being treated to in roads construction are real costs. We tender for these contracts, but I think we should do a little bit more in trying to ensure that the cost of road construction is reasonable. I want to challenge the engineers in the Ministry to ensure that before any work is tendered, they ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second the Motion. view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to second the Motion. I think it is proper that I do so, given the circumstances. I would like to echo the sentiments of the Mover and say that in this country, we want to see agricultural experts advising our farmers properly. Since fertilisers have become very expensive, I think it is important that we ask our farmers to start utilising the natural methods of fertilising soil. In the past, we used composite manure from cows, goats, chicken and that is part of organic agriculture. We are talking of genetically-modified foods ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know why there is confusion about that, but if you do not grow genetically-modified crops, obviously, you have to grow them in the natural way, without a lot of genetic modification. The only way you can do that is by growing food by use of natural means. If we can encourage organic farming, other than genetically- modified foods farming, then probably, that would be the way to go in this country. We do not July 5, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1837 want Kenya to be a dumping place for all sorts of technologies. ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, cotton has nothing to do with foods. When I bought the shirt, I was able to see what type of technology was used to produce it. The technology used was home grown and that is what we are trying to encourage. Many ailments--- view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us tell our people that eating habits must now change. If we cannot do that, we are going to have problems with our health. I call upon Kenyans to change their eating habits. They must be encouraged to avoid a lot of salt and fat. They must be encouraged to exercise regularly. It is always said that the medicine is not in the bottle; it is in the way we grow our crops and feed. The notion of a kitchen garden is now disappearing. By not having a kitchen garden, we are forced to ... view
• 29 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance. The theme of this year's Budget, Framework for the Future: Laying the Building Blocks, was fairly appropriate. However, I also do realise that, as a builder, when you are building, you need to have your mixtures right. You also need to have the right fundi . I think the Minister for Finance tried as much as he could to balance the Budget. Targeting a revenue of Kshs375 billion was quite optimistic of him. I believe that, that target is achievable. There is no doubt that the economy of this country ... view