George Gitonga Murugara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Constitution and law. For those reasons, I oppose the Motion as far as Mr. Mbage Njuguna is concerned. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: As regards the other nominee, we were told that she has dual citizenship. As far as we are concerned, that has not been addressed by a particular law. Unless there are other convincing reasons, I oppose the Report. Therefore, this Report does not meet the requirements of the House and should be rejected. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Report by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. First and foremost, I thank them. The Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and the Committee on Delegated Legislation went out of their way to sit at these extraordinary times to deliver extraordinary reports. It is for this reason that as a House, we, must finalise what they have done today. Kenyans are waiting to see the results of our work, and especially there being hue and cry that Parliament was not rising to the occasion because of ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: We have several allocations that we must mention which are towards benefitting our people, especially during this time of the pandemic, including the Kshs10 billion that has been allocated to vulnerable persons in the country. I know there is another hue and cry out there as to how the Provincial Administration identified these people. There are claims of favouritism, 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
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: nepotism, bribery and corruption. However, we take it that the Government will deal with these issues so that those beneficiaries are properly identified and can benefit from the money. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: We have also set aside money for development. The NG-CDF is retained because everyone looks forward to see what it can do, which is visible, in the villages. We have also set aside some money for water in urban areas. I have not heard of water in rural areas. We have constituencies that are dry and suffer a lot from lack of water including Tharaka Constituency. I plead with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, so that we can have an allocation going to the constituencies to develop water services. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: That applies also to roads. Rains are pounding all over the country. As a result, most of roads are dilapidated. We must set aside money for rehabilitation. As soon as the rain subsides, we will have money where roads can be put together, especially in my constituency. I hope Hon. Ichung’wah remembered to include some money for Tharaka Constituency. We passed this Report this morning. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Report and urge the House to pass it, so that as we move to next week, there will be matters that are ahead of us. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to support. view