G.J. Munuve Mati

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me join the Members in supporting this Bill. Speaking after some of my colleagues reminds me of a book I read on European history about Marie Antoinette, who saw people demonstrating and asked what their problem was. She was told that they wanted bread. She asked why they could not have bread. She said that if there was no bread, then they could have cake. I say this because I listened to Hon. Ombaka as she was talking about zebra crossings and cabs. We do not have those things in Mwingi North. We ... view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Let me also take this opportunity to thank the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing and Hon. Kamanda for a job well done. Through this Bill, we will be able to differentiate who is working and who is sleeping on the job. Since roads have been well- designated to show which roads are under the county government and which ones are under the national Government, we will make know who is sleeping on the job. Obviously, some places will not have that luxury for a few years because we have no roads to talk about. The fact that ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to support that Petition. My friend, Hon. Mwangangi, stated that the river serves only a few districts. This is a national facility. Being the second biggest river in the Republic of Kenya, it serves a big population of this country. A lot of 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
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: food that we eat in this City is produced downstream on this river. If this river has heavy metals, all of us will be victims of that effluent. I remember very well that the late Hon. Michuki tried as hard as possible to clean Nairobi River and all the tributaries of Athi River but this effort seems to have stalled and nothing much is being done about cleaning the effluent of Nairobi River, other tributaries and rivers from heavy industries in Thika. This should be seen as a ticking time bomb. If the four million people who live in Nairobi ... view
• 9 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, allow me to join my brother, Dr. Makali Mulu, in mourning a great son of Kitui County. Hon. Ngala Mwendwa has been known to me personally all my life as a nationalist who fought for the independence of this country. I remember in 1962 at the height of KANU when everybody was pushing for independence, one school called “Matinyani Primary School” - intermediate school that time - had the privilege of getting all those who were running for elections in the whole of Kitui County. Ngala Mwendwa was there, the late Senator Nzilu Munyasya was there and my ... view
• 21 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is an important point. Given the high number of political parties that Hon. Duale has given us, it means that there is a big battle of audience. I want to congratulate him for bringing up the backlog of political parties audits. We are heading to an election and one of the weaknesses we have as a country is that political parties are not institutionalised. They operate on the whims of many political parties and individuals. The other day, I talked about Personal Political Parties (PPPs). Unfortunately, nothing stops us as a country from using public ... view
• 21 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I am not digressing. We should sanitise these political parties by having a special group. The PAC and the PIC have other responsibilities. We need a committee that is dedicated to sanitise our political parties list because it contains things that do not need to be funded by the public. We should not just look at the returns because a party can be very efficient in making returns simply because it is a family or a personal matter and therefore, dispensing with the accounting does not take a lot of time. The audit should not just be financial but structural ... view
• 21 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I am saying this with a heavy heart because in my earlier life, 18 years ago, I was involved in a political parties strengthening programme funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). If political parties are not institutionalised, you strengthen the bureaucracy that is in a political party today, and tomorrow the owner of the party rejects your changes or closes the office and resources used go down the drain. Hon. Speaker, I want to emphasise the fact that we need a small group that looks at political parties. The Committee should not only audit the finances ... view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I am seconding. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. I seek your indulgence to comment a little on the Kibwezi-Kitui-Mwingi-Kase Road. That road is very important to the people of Makueni and 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