George Gitonga Murugara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: It is a point of information, especially on relevance. One, I think the Member--- view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: It is a point of information. view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Yes. 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
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you. I wish to inform Hon. Sankok that while he is relevant on the issue of parastatals and SAGAs, the three Funds, namely Uwezo Fund, the Women Enterprise Fund and the Youth Fund are actually not run independently. They are actually run by one officer known as the Youth Officer. They have one secretariat, one office and everything is done together. Therefore, the issue of collapsing them to save on cost may not be entirely correct. Therefore, I would like to inform him that we are not doing anything new. We are not making any savings because this is ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also support the Committee’s Report on annulment of the Regulations because there was no sufficient public participation. A vital component is constitutional and is also provided for by the parent Act, the Statutory Instruments Act. Most importantly, even though I am a Member of the Committee, I still remain the Member for Tharaka, where these fibre crops used to do very 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
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: well in the 1960s and 1970s, but afterwards, suddenly, everything went down and the crops became almost extinct. They were not being produced anymore. Since the advent of colonialism, sisal was grown widely and was a source of revenue for the country. We had the East African Bag and Cordage Company Ltd in Juja, which used to process sisal for the country for export purposes. However, because of polythene and other substandard materials that crept into the market, the sisal sector was “killed” and farming of the crop went down. We also had cotton and sisal, which used to do ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support the Motion. view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill and I have my reason. There were some unfortunate remarks that were made when the Bill was being moved and seconded and I will also make unfortunate remarks to the contrary. view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: I belong to the hustler movement. We have made a resolve that we will support all pro- hustler legislations and this is one of them. Artists are the downtrodden; they are down there with their nice music which everybody enjoys but nobody wants to pay anything for it. So, unless there is a piece of legislation that makes it compulsory that we pay for it... This Bill is timely. We are trying to establish that our musicians and other artists get some royalties from their own works. Those royalties include payments for their music and payments for their performances whether ... view