G.J. Munuve Mati

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have not mentioned hon. wa Kabando adversely. In fact, I gave him some big credit. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, my title in the struggle for the second liberation was “general”. I had very many soldiers. In one instance in Kanyanya-ini a foot soldier called wa Kabando actually made it impossible for us to leave the place without being clobbered by the police, because he did not take orders as they were given by General Munuve. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would like to proceed. A lot has been said, and, in fact, emotions went so high as to hit even people who were not involved in this matter; for example my brother, hon. Maanzo, was accused of having run with a party and so many other things. I would like us to be focused. This is one incident of one Cabinet Secretary. In our four years here we are going to get similar cases. It will not be, probably, because of any gazette notices, but other acts and omissions; to err is human. Are we going to ... view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: This particular Cabinet Secretary realized her mistakes and she withdrew the gazette notice. She effected a gazette notice to correct her mistakes. This means that she realized that this Parliament has a role to play in terms of overseeing her responsibility as a Cabinet Secretary. Our role is very simple. We have received the report from the Departmental Committee on Lands. We have noted what the Minister has done. Let us push the report to the Executive. We cannot be making decisions for the Executive. The Executive will decide whether this particular wrong warrants a reprimand, warning, or suspension. I ... view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: find out whether they have committed other offences before, and whether there are mitigating factors. We have decided to come here with swords drawn. People have been accused of getting money, but I have received no money myself. I will never receive money. We are wasting a lot of important time by basically trying to force the Executive’s arm. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there was a slip of the tongue, but “interrogating” is not the same as “taking over responsibility” according to the English that I learned. It is very much in order and within the purview of this House to interrogate anything in this Republic, whether by the Executive or the Judiciary. However, trying to make decisions for the Executive or the Judiciary will negate the three constitutional pillars which dictate that the Executive, Judiciary and Legislature shall remain independent. Interrogation is one thing. I do not know what I should apologize for. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand guided. I apologize. The House is not wasting time debating this matter. I think I got carried away. It is not in my nature to be disrespectful to the House. So, I withdraw. I totally do so. In conclusion, I thought I should persuade this honourable House to walk with us in terms of making sure that our oversight role is observed, so that we perform it and identify wrongs. We are supposed to make our observations to the Executive and allow them to make decisions. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker, Sir. You know one big problem about the English language is that not everybody is endowed with the capacity to understand it. On walking together, we are all Members of Parliament. As a Member of Parliament, I want us to walk together. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: In this House and within the Republic of Kenya. We should walk together to the promised land, a more prosperous country. This is a country where people will not lose their jobs because Cabinet Secretaries are powerful; basically we will make sure that we keep to the fact that it is our duty to oversee them. We are Members of Parliament who stick to their positions, which we have always actually done. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of information, hon. Speaker, Sir. I thought I should inform my Party Leader, hon. Wakhungu, that the Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Matiang’i has written a very long letter, three pages to be exact, dislaiming anything attributed to him by the media. The Chairman of the Committee is in possession of that letter. He has specifically demanded the Daily Nation Newspaper to withdraw the statement attributed to him, that he was not involved in the development of this Bill. Basically, you can see the malice that is going on. Somebody out somewhere wants to create a conflict between us ... view