George Gitonga Murugara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Allow me to add my voice to support the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. At the outset, Lady Justice Martha Koome has experience that is unmatched. It all begins with her own career as a young advocate during the clamour for multi-party reforms in the country in the late 1980s and 1990s when we were under the Kenya African National Union (KANU) dictatorship. She stood out and spoke for Kenyans. She has also worked well on Human Rights and the rights of the underprivileged especially in family law. That makes ... view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: I vote no. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As you have observed, we have been here since 9.30 a.m. I have been patiently sitting and I am happy that I have been reached to weigh in on this debate. This is momentous on a historical occasion of constitution-making. I want to request you to allow me to speak as a Member of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. We sat and came up with a Report that is supposed to guide Members in discussing this Bill. I wish to set the record straight that as a Member of that Committee, ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we want to say that this Bill raises several issues that require consideration in law, including the errors that are apparent in the Bill. We concluded that they were typographical errors, including the errors contained in 34 Bills that were sent to county assemblies and as usual, they were not able to detect those errors. We also dealt with the issue of Judiciary ombudsman which raises several questions in the legal perspective, including whether it interferes with the independence of the Judiciary. In my estimation, it does so. We talked about the functions of the Judicial ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me also to join the rest of my colleagues in sending very sincere and most heartfelt condolences to the extended family of the late Senior Chief Koinange wa Mbiyu upon the demise of his grandson, Hon. Paul Koinange. 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
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Paul Koinange was an astute parliamentarian. He stood out amongst the rest, especially when it came to delivering services to the House and being the link between the House and the Executive. I admired Hon. Paul Koinange and the way he went about doing his duties, especially as he read to us Statements from the Executive regarding our requests on various issues of security and national administration. He was a friend to all of us. He was a very amiable person who was a friend to every Member. He was quite affable when it came to assisting where there ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You have listened to the great speeches that have been made and I believe you have read the mood of the House. I rise under Standing Order No. 95 to request you to call upon the Mover to reply, so that we can dispense with the matter. view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise on a point of order on the Report that was tabled this morning. We have received an extract of it - 170 pages. I have been approached by several Members and I want to speak as an insider because I sat through the sittings of the Joint Committee in its report writing. The Report is intensive in content and most Members have not had the opportunity to read the 170 pages. When the time comes for us to debate the Bill, we will require to do justice because of the monumental value of the ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Therefore, under Standing Order No. 1, I want to beseech you to exercise your discretion and give us not less than seven days to read this Report and debate the Bill. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to ask the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Lands and Physical Planning the following Question: (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain the circumstances that led to the stalling of land adjudication process in Turima and Karocho Locations, in Turima Division, and in Gikingo, Thiiti and Ntoroni Locations, in Mukothima Division, of Tharaka Constituency? (ii) What steps is the Ministry taking to revive the land adjudication process in the said areas which has stalled for more than 5 years? I thank you. view