Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 21 to 30 of 1873.

• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we went to the election of the Tenth Parliament where now he formed the Grand Coalition Government with the Rt. hon. Raila Amollo Odinga. At that time, they again appointed me to be the Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT), where I served with the current Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Poghisio as my Minister. I am therefore grateful to H.E. the late President Kibaki for he gave me the opportunity to serve this country in a ministerial position. view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: The President has left a big footmark on the political landscape of our country. He will go down in the annals of history for so many things we may not be able to name this afternoon. That probably explains why for the last three days there have been long queues out here at Parliament of Kenyans thronging here to just pay their last respects to this great leader that has fallen. view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: Key to the things that he introduced – of course we all know – is the ambitious plan of giving education to all children in this country, when he came up with a free primary education policy. This was unprecedented and a huge land mark. We saw people even in their old age go back to school now that it had been made free. We all remember the late Mzee Maruge who went back to primary school at Standard One in his seventies. This enabled all our children who were willing to acquire primary education, which was never there before. view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: The second thing that we will always remember him for during his first term also, is that he assented to our Bill to establish the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). This was the first form of devolution in this country. It had a big impact in development of our country’s rural areas. Those who have utilized it well, have seen the good fruits of it; building classrooms, laboratories, bridges and so forth. We give thanks to H.E. the late President Kibaki for assenting to that Bill. It is the CDF that gave birth to the devolution that we now enjoy. That ... view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: We also remember him for stabilizing our economy and making it for once to start growing at a positive percentage after very many years. This went up to over 6 per cent economic growth per annum during his era. That had never been experienced in many years. He made lives of Kenyans much easier. Life was affordable unlike before and after. view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: We will also remember him for inaugurating the Constitution that we are enjoying now; the Kenya Constitution, 2010. The new Constitution came with so many benefits, liberties and freedoms to Kenyans. We have the Bill of Rights and devolution and so forth as some of the Chapters. view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: We will not forget the infrastructure development and the projects that he initiated. The bypasses in Nairobi, which have eased congestion in the City. I do not know what we would be doing now without those bypasses that were established by H.E the late President Kibaki. view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: We have the Thika Superhighway, the Isiolo-Moyale highway and so many others including the road from Nairobi to Western where I come from. It was just impossible to travel to Western by road. The road was rough all through from Nairobi to Western. However, now we enjoy a good road that was built by this fallen hero. view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: He championed for gender equality and we all remember that. For the first time, in Kibaki’s Cabinet, we had more than four female Cabinet Secretaries. It had never happened before. The first president, if I may recollect, never appointed any female minister, may be an assistant minister. H.E. the late President Moi only appointed one in the name of hon. Nyiva Mwendwa. However, H.E. the late President Kibaki appointed about five, including people like hon, Charity Ngilu, hon. Beth Mugo, hon. Linah Jebii Kilimo, hon. Sen. (Prof.) Kamar who has just left and so forth. Therefore, he played a big ... view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: I worked under him and one of his hallmark is that whenever he appointed you to a position, he allowed you to work. There was no micro management. He allowed his Ministers to work, put in their best and do whatever they knew. That was so refreshing, particularly, to those who served under the previous regime. We really want to thank this hero, the gentleman of the Kenyan politics who played a big part to bring this country to where we are. view