George Gitonga Murugara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: It is important to note that constitutional amendments may not be brought through an Omnibus. They are brought as and when it becomes necessary to amend the Constitution. It happens like that everywhere in the world and that is why Americans are very keen on trying to number them right from the First Amendment, the Fifth Amendment and all the way to whatever number they have. Laws are not made in one day, but progressively as life goes on. We were given quite a number of reasons as to why the citizens of the Republic felt that the date should ... view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Unless this House resolves that we shelve every petition, Bill and Motion that comes before this House, until we raise the requisite number, we cannot do this in an omnibus manner. Therefore, my opinion is that each amendment will have to be dealt with at the appropriate time when it comes in the manner that is designated by the Constitution. Where the Constitution says this can be done by the Houses of Parliament, then we will have to go by that procedure. If the Constitution requires the public initiative, which is a referendum, again, we will have to go that ... view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the adoption of this Report that recommends that these regulations be annulled in their entirety. There is a lot that the Committee has observed as being irregular in these regulations. It is also important to point out that, to some extent, these regulations were sneaked into force. They were actually in operation until the Committee met and is now presenting a Report to have them annulled. There are interesting provisions which have been pointed out, and which are clearly offensive to the wellbeing of the people of Kenya. Driving schools are ... view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the adoption of this Report that recommends that these regulations be annulled in their entirety. There is a lot that the Committee has observed as being irregular in these regulations. It is also important to point out that, to some extent, these regulations were sneaked into force. They were actually in operation until the Committee met and is now presenting a Report to have them annulled. There are interesting provisions which have been pointed out, and which are clearly offensive to the wellbeing of the people of Kenya. Driving schools are ... view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: There is also a regulation which requires the NTSA to administer driving tests, which is contrary to the Traffic Act. The Act provides that it is police officers from the Traffic Department who are supposed to administer driving tests. Unless the main Act is amended, there is no way the NTSA can administer driving tests. So, from today, if this House approves this Report, we are back to where we started. Driving tests will be conducted by traffic police officers and boda boda riders will be carrying pillion passengers as soon as they get their riding licences. I, therefore, support ... view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: There is also a regulation which requires the NTSA to administer driving tests, which is contrary to the Traffic Act. The Act provides that it is police officers from the Traffic Department who are supposed to administer driving tests. Unless the main Act is amended, there is no way the NTSA can administer driving tests. So, from today, if this House approves this Report, we are back to where we started. Driving tests will be conducted by traffic police officers and boda boda riders will be carrying pillion passengers as soon as they get their riding licences. I, therefore, support ... view
• 8 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support this Motion. I begin by thanking Hon. Jessica Mbalu for bringing the same; it is quite timely and very important, especially in respect of health matters touching all citizens of Kenya, whether women or men. It is important that the Government sets aside funds which will be used to construct the centres. This can begin from all the sub-counties to divisions, locations The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 8 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: and finally sub-locations to ensure that anyone who suffers post-traumatic stress after violence, or whatever other form of injury, is treated medically and in a manner that is befitting. It is important to stress that we are going through very trying moments and this is discernible from the social media and mainstream media where we read and hear about a lot of gender-based violence. It is not just the case of Nzomo that we should be talking about, because soon after that, we had the other incident where some lady assaulted some man for non-payment of a bill of Kshs200. ... view
• 8 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Therefore, when anyone suffers any form of violence or post traumatic effect, they go to a normal hospital where they will get drugs and then they are sent away. view
• 8 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The net effect is that, possibly, that person is totally destroyed emotionally and may never recover or do anything useful in life because of what one has gone through and especially the sexual offences which relate to ladies most of the time. It is important that those persons are not only treated medically, but are also counselled and given further treatment that is psychological for the benefit of that person fully recovering. view