Geoffrey Kingagi Muturi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government for taking time to provide the statement. I also want to admit that I did interact with him and the Principal Secretary during the Committee hearings. There has been a bit of canvassing around the issue. I want to thank the Chair of the Committee because he has been very graceful to facilitate the kind of discussion around this issue. Allow me to put a few facts straight. One, the TARDA land in Mbeere South totals 66,000 acres. It is colossal. It ... view
• 6 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: deeds were obtained only in 2012 and yet people have been living there since 1978 when the dam was constructed. I do not understand why out of 60,000 acres, it is difficult to settle around 300 families to the extent that the Government resorts to violence. I would like to condemn the brutal violence that the Government has resorted to. There was no need for violence. People were scattered all over the place without shelter. As a matter of fact, there is a young couple that lost a child in the night after they had been evicted by the Government. ... view
• 6 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: I was present. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: I asked those questions, Hon. Speaker. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: He did not respond to them, Hon. Speaker. That is why I am forced to… view
• 6 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: This is lamentation, Hon. Speaker. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will make it short. I will finish by saying that, as far as we are concerned, the seven schools and seven villages that are in Makima in the so-called TARDA land will remain there. That is because nobody has talked to the people of Makima. As a matter of fact, there is even a settlement scheme whose establishment the Government stopped four years ago from being occupied by land owners and they have not come back. What is so difficult about talking to people to find out what the problem is and solve it? Thank ... view
• 6 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am most obliged. I appreciate the Chairman’s undertaking to visit. I think that is settled for now. If he comes, I am sure he will hear from the residents. I trust that the Chairman and the Committee will come up with some recommendations. I am most obliged. view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I seek to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security regarding the recent evictions of residents of Ndunguni Centre in Makima Ward of Mbeere South Constituency. view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: On 24th April 2021, a contingent of police officers brutally evicted and displaced over 800 households in Ndunguni and demolished their residences forcing them to camp as internally displaces persons (IDPs) at Ndunguni Primary School. Further, nine journalists covering the eviction as well as 13 residents and the area Member of Parliament were brutally beaten, arrested and detained in a police cell under trumped-up charges. That also led to the confiscation of journalists’ phones and media equipment. view