George Gitonga Murugara

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• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Unfortunately, the Registrar of Political Parties possibly inadvertently gave herself the mandate to make more rules, regulations and orders without having to come back to Parliament. I say ‘inadvertently’ because we had a pre-publication scrutiny in which we advised her on what she could do regarding all the regulations, but this was not part of what we considered. So, she may have inadvertently thought that she would give herself the mandate to make more rules, regulations and orders without having to come back to Parliament, which now turns out to be view
• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: . It is in view of this that we have, in good faith, recommended that this provision be annulled. It goes without saying that all regulation making authorities must at all times observe the provisions of Section 13(m) of the Statutory Instruments Act, which prohibits delegating of powers to make more general guidelines, conditions, requirements or whatever they would call it, contrary to that section. With those remarks, I support the Motion. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Chairperson of the Committee on Delegated Legislation, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation on its Consideration of the Land Registration (Electronic Land Transactions) Regulations, 2019 (Legal Notice No.101 of 2019). view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation on its consideration of the Land Registration (Electronic Land Transactions) Regulations, 2019 (Legal Notice No.101 of 2019), laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 13th November 2019, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 18 of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013 and Standing Order No.210 (4)(b), annuls in entirety the said Regulations. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have not. I have a contribution to make. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the Motion that we should establish agribusiness centres and register them with the proposed organization. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy and it has been for a long time. It is, therefore, very important for us to take care of our farmers such that when we go into farming, we know for sure we are venturing into business and this will be of benefit to the farmers as business people. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Agriculture is basically regulated by cooperatives in the country. Most of them have not been successful. In fact, the history and story of cooperative societies in the country has been that most of them have been mismanaged. As a result of this, farmers lose their money, produce and income. This is as a result of mismanagement and corruption. If we get an agri-business centre under one society, cooperative or entity that take care of farmers, this would be advantageous. We do not want to lose focus on the Big Four Agenda in which food security is one of the key ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: It is also important to note that we have crops which are scheduled under the Crops Act and there are others that constantly receive subsidies from the Government. There are crops that are not scheduled, but they are very important to this country both as cash crops and food crops. I have in mind the farming business in my constituency which I must speak about through this Motion. We have a crop known as green grams, which is widely grown in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kitui County and Makueni County, a food crop which is consumed countrywide. Unfortunately, this is not a ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: productive industry that we must all engage in and invest like many other countries which rely on agriculture and have moved miles ahead in development. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support the Motion and submit that it is timely and we should pass it. Thank you. view
• 12 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries the following Question: (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary confirm the existence of a national policy for the protection of donkeys, noting that the animals have been predicted to be extinct in Kenya by the year 2022 in light of the establishment of donkey abattoirs in the country? (ii) Could the Cabinet Secretary further confirm whether the establishment of several donkey abattoirs in the country, including M/s. Goldox, Starbrilliant Limited, Silzha and Fuhai, Machakos Trading Company Limited have attributed to declining numbers of donkeys nationally, as they ... view