Gideon Mwiti Irea

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Njomo is giving conflicting information by saying that those who are demonstrating in the US did not vote but I want to tell him that they voted and that Ms. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. The voting patterns are different because there are no college votes in Kenya. I want to tell him that Americans came out to vote. view
• 31 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support. It is important for us to know how water is managed and controlled in this country. We have a lot of running water. If only water experts, through this Bill, could come up with ways of utilising, managing, and distributing this water we would move a step ahead. We need to come up with ways of collecting water in dams and various facilities. This country has so many professionals but the bodies that manage them need to follow up on the laws that we pass in this House so that wherever ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I was rising on a point of order. The Member who has just spoken is threatening the other with Jubilee and an independent party, which is wrong. Whether he comes from an independent party, Jubilee has not been tested. We will test it next year. view
• 22 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion because this is a good Bill. Before I go to this, I had pressed the intervention button when the Member for Emurua Dikirr was speaking. He was saying that medical facilities in the county governments are under siege. That was not a good statement because for us to have facilities and the national Government to work with county governments, we have to support county governments in whatever they are doing. We asked for devolution but we are criticizing county governments in whatever they are doing. I am saying that ... view
• 22 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion because this is a good Bill. Before I go to this, I had pressed the intervention button when the Member for Emurua Dikirr was speaking. He was saying that medical facilities in the county governments are under siege. That was not a good statement because for us to have facilities and the national Government to work with county governments, we have to support county governments in whatever they are doing. We asked for devolution but we are criticizing county governments in whatever they are doing. I am saying that ... view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Protect me from my colleagues so that I contribute. In some areas a cattle rustling has been a problem since Independence and in the places where it is practiced, it is in the minds of the people. The people in those areas take cattle rustling to be a very important enterprise. It is time the Government invested some substantial amounts of money in those areas to train people on other areas of earnings. People cannot depend on cattle to earn a living since Independence. The Government should start irrigation schemes in those areas and ... view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I wonder why they kill each other and leave the meat with nobody to eat. This is very sad. They should be taught other modern ways of handling cattle. Even zero grazing would be a better way for these people to practise. They should be trained so that they leave that method or way of living where people are pastoralists and the only thing they know is to chase and kill each other because of cattle. They can be taught how cattle can be of greater use to them when they do not kill each other. The Government should invest ... view
• 25 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. I would like to comment on the Petition by Hon. Jude Njomo, which is a comprehensive one. It is an 11-point Petition. Besides Bidco Company violating labour laws, most of the points in this Petition touch on tax evasion and other economic crimes. I want to seek your indulgence to also allow the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade to look at this Petition. Bidco has failed to pay taxes to the tune of Kshs6 billion. Bidco should be audited because we need a lot of money to develop our country. We ... view
• 19 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Member is saying that we can have discussions with the county assembly. We cannot have discussions with county The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view