George Gitonga Murugara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the amendment Bill, which essentially seeks to amend the Copyrights Act, 2001, which Act had repealed the previous Copyrights Act which was possibly a dead-letter law. The reason I say so, it is during the existence of that Copyrights Act when there was lots and lots of piracy in the country and when Kenya possibly lost most of its intellectual property. This amendment is meant to ensure that the new innovations, which are part of intellectual property, are actually catered for and those rights are protected from pirates, both in ... view
• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: that; one, the Copy Right Act is one of the indigenous laws. We made it ourselves to protect our own rights. Two, we have reviewed an old Act which was not very useful to replace it with a newer Act of 2001. Finally, we have come to realisation that even the 2001 Act is not sufficient for our purposes. We must always be alive to the fact that intellectual property like all the other technology information and otherwise is changing. So, constantly, as the august House of Kenya, we would be called upon to look at the laws that govern ... view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have one minute to support the Sessional Paper on the mining policy. In my support, I must state that Kenya has never had a mining policy in spite of having a few statutes that govern our mining laws. I believe that some of these are statutes that we inherited, possibly from the colonial government. They are quite anachronistic and, therefore, this is the right time to formulate a policy that will govern the mining industry in our country. I support this again because I come from Tharaka Constituency which is one of the ... view
• 7 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the adoption of the paper. But first and foremost, let me convey my deepest condolences to the family of the late Governor for Nyeri, Dr. Wahome Gakuru, and the people of Nyeri on my own behalf and on behalf of the people of Tharaka. It has been a very tight week, having lost Bishop Korir. We have also lost Prof. Okoth Okombo. For those who remember, that is the orderly gentleman who participated in our induction at the Intercontinental. He has passed on. May he rest in peace. In Meru, ... view
• 7 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: change. We have heavy rains pounding the area. Areas around Mt. Kenya, Meru, Tharaka Nithi and Embu are experiencing heavy rainfall and those rivers are now overflowing. In fact, I am told that this morning most parts of the Lower Tharaka were flooded because of these rivers that are overflowing. The net effect is that we need a national policy on climate change; a policy that will actually drive this country from where we are today towards a better tomorrow and towards a vision that we all envisage of Kenyans having better lives. Therefore, having gone through this Paper that ... view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the National Land Use Policy, Sessional Paper No.1 of 2017, a policy that should have been brought into force much earlier than now, but since it is before the House, it is our duty to pass the same for speedy implementation. Land as one of the production commodities in the country is very precious. Every Kenyan desires to own a piece of land, and once that is realised, every Kenyan wants to make use of that land. It is, therefore, important that this policy, after being passed by this House, is implemented ... view
• 10 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second the Report and the proposed amendments as eloquently and ably presented by the Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Select Committee, Hon. William Cheptumo. I fully associate myself with the representations he has made in the Report. Briefly, it is a Report of the Select Committee of this House. However, most of what is contained in the Report is what Kenyans presented to the Committee. The Committee collated the views received from members of the public and condensed them into a Report to be presented to this House when dealing with the proposed ... view
• 10 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: breaches that were observed are rectified, any election that is going to be conducted under similar circumstances would be nullified. There is a burden on this august House to streamline our election laws so that once we have an election, it is conducted in accordance with the law, and that it passes the test given by the Supreme Court. Let me also thank the Members of the Committee. We had to endure long working hours. It was tiring, but I hope this House will find the Report and the proposed amendments to be in consonance with the spirit that made ... view
• 10 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Clause 3 is in respect of the same amendment that is being introduced that, among other things, we have to clarify what happens when the Chairman is absent or when there is a vacancy in the office of the Chairman. This is why there is a definition at the provision of what happens in case of absenteeism and in the case of a vacancy. view
• 10 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Clause 4 seeks to ensure that there is quorum for the Commission while discharging its duties. Here, it was the considered view of the Members that we did not give a specific number. We decided to give a percentage of 50 per cent so that even if membership goes up or down, it remains a percentage. We also considered decision-making where we looked at Article 250 of the Constitution and said that in every constitutional commission, membership ought not to be less than three and not more than nine. That is why we decided that at any instance of decision- ... view