George Gitonga Murugara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me make my contribution to this particular policy paper bearing in mind that this is not the first one and I am 100 per cent sure it is not going to be the last one. Going back into history a little bit, we had all papers right from the time of the colonial government including the Devonshire White Paper of 1923 and its policy was that Kenya was a black man’s country and the interests of the black man were supreme. I can confirm that in fact nothing came out of that. From ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The only thing we get is human-wildlife conflict where wild animals are out there terrorizing us, destroying our crops and we receive no compensation from the Government in that regard. That said and done, it is important to implement this policy to the latter. If we do so, what we have in mind is that we will have a robust tourism sector grounded on wildlife because this policy paper is on wildlife. We will be able to turn around tourism in our country which today as we speak, is nowhere in competition with South Africa, they are miles ahead of ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The only thing we get is human-wildlife conflict where wild animals are out there terrorizing us, destroying our crops and we receive no compensation from the Government in that regard. That said and done, it is important to implement this policy to the latter. If we do so, what we have in mind is that we will have a robust tourism sector grounded on wildlife because this policy paper is on wildlife. We will be able to turn around tourism in our country which today as we speak, is nowhere in competition with South Africa, they are miles ahead of ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: I leave it to the House to decide. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: I leave it to the House to decide. view
• 10 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the request for statement by the Member for Chepalungu. For the first time, I will be the devil’s advocate. The KWS has done something along the Meru National Park where it borders Tharaka and the rest of the constituencies neighbouring that park. Fencing is on-going despite the fact that it is slow. The animals are still marauding in the area and we are suffering big losses and damages. Most importantly is the question of snakes in the dry areas. Whether we like it or not, snakes are wild animals. They are wild animals ... view
• 10 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the request for statement by the Member for Chepalungu. For the first time, I will be the devil’s advocate. The KWS has done something along the Meru National Park where it borders Tharaka and the rest of the constituencies neighbouring that park. Fencing is on-going despite the fact that it is slow. The animals are still marauding in the area and we are suffering big losses and damages. Most importantly is the question of snakes in the dry areas. Whether we like it or not, snakes are wild animals. They are wild animals ... view
• 9 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to convey my sincere condolences to the family of the late Hon. Simeon Nyachae, the son of Senior Paramount Chief Musa Nyandusi. On my own behalf and that of the people of Tharaka, it saddens the country to lose such an astute leader, a leader acknowledged from all spheres of life that he was a great man. I may not have met the late Nyachae, but I met him by proxy through his son, Charles Ayako Nyachae, another great man sired by a great man who has also rendered great services to this country. ... view
• 26 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to comment on the first Petition. Let us, as a country, not lose it to our colonial masters who used to treat prisoners possibly better than we do. The reason I say so is that history has it that Robert Mugabe left prison with about seven degrees. That means he was being provided with facilities to further his education. We should now be moving away from such terms as prisons and prisoners to correctional centres and those who are being corrected. The purpose of prisons and prison services is correctional so that, whoever goes ... view
• 26 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I support the Petition. Let us now move away from imprisoning to correcting so that those people can come out as better citizens. view