George Gitonga Murugara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Report of the Departmental Committee on Lands concerning the complaint by the associations that are listed in this Report. I have gone through this Report and I do confirm that in my own estimation and opinion the Departmental Committee on Lands has done a good job, first and foremost, in establishing the reasons behind the complaint. view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: While it is very clear that the persons who have complained were and some of them are squatters, there are valid reasons as to why they became squatters. This was not out of their own volition or out of desire to acquire land that belongs to the Government. It is borne out of reasons which were beyond their control and they found themselves occupying part of this forest and settling there including developing their own homes and facilities which they have continued to enjoy. The Committee has come up with recommendations on how best to resolve the matter. I am ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: or in any available public land. That is the only way their rights can be enforced especially today where Kenyans live as squatters in their own country. This should be dissuaded and discouraged. People should be accorded their fair rights. As I support these recommendations, I urge the Committee and the Government to ensure that my constituents - who are affected by similar circumstances - are also resettled and their problem is resolved once and for all. With those remarks, I support this Report and urge that it be adopted by this House. view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support that this House ratifies the Luigi Broglio-Malindi Space Centre Agreement between the Republic of Kenya and the Italian Republic. This is a Protocol that came into force in 1962 and it is important to note that this was during the colonial era. It appears that not much has moved since then. The University of Nairobi was then a college of the University of East Africa and that is why it was called the Royal Technical College. It is during that time that other third world countries, which included Korea, Japan and Singapore, ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Let us go to university education. It is good to give an example of my constituency, Tharaka, where we have a university college that was given a Charter the other day. I have been to it and it is possibly emphasising on arts instead of sciences. We must move away from arts. Chartered university colleges like Tharaka University College should be funded properly to offer science courses like what we are talking about. It should advance scientific education, which we need more. I have one sub-county known as Tharaka North, which has expansive land that is similar to what we ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: I can offer land in the areas I have mentioned. We should ratify more of such treaties so that we can open up remote areas for this kind of development. I, therefore, urge the House to ratify this Protocol with Italy. Tomorrow, let us get into other protocols with South Korea, US, Britain and any other country so that we can have sufficient centres to ensure that our country moves forward. We must stop and ask ourselves where the rain started beating us. Countries that did this in 1962 have moved forward, but we seem to be stagnating and engaged ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: These are areas we should have conquered by today. This is why we are saying that we need to move away from traditional education and emphasise on scientific education. This Centre will solve some problems we have in this country. We seek more of these centres. I seek a centre like this for Tharaka Constituency at Katangachini near a place called Kamaguna. view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support the ratification of this Agreement. Let us have more agreements so that our country can develop in this area. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second this very important amendment Bill which touches on the amendment of the Law of Contract and deals with the issue of borrowing by the principal borrower and the guarantor. It is high time this House looked at the various laws that we inherited from England and India, especially those touching on contracts because in most cases, they are not in consonance with the practice of the people of Kenya and what they desire to see as the law being implemented by our courts. While in law school, we learnt that there ... view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: which contract he chooses to enforce because they are all in his favour. In reality, the contract of guarantee is a secondary contract. The principal borrowing contract is the first contract while the second contract is the contract of guarantee. The amendment sought seeks to enforce the fact that we must deal with the first contract first after which we would deal with the second contract. This is very important because when I used to go to court, I would see guarantors arguing that you cannot come for their property until you have exhausted the realisation of the property of ... view