G.J. Munuve Mati

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Kitui counties as well as Tharaka-Nithi County. I want to commend my sister, Dr. Rachel Nyamai, for bringing to the attention of this House the deplorable condition of that road. The people of Kitui, in all constituencies, especially Kitui South and Mwingi North which I represent have for a long time been trying to get that road done. Every single Government since Independence has promised to get that road done, but nothing has been done. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We do not blame any government. We blame the leaders in those counties because we have never lacked senior people in any of the regimes since Independence. As a matter of fact, all the successive regimes have had Cabinet Ministers from those districts. At one time, the Vice President of this country emanated from the same district, but that road has never been done. For example, Hon. Nyamai’s constituency does not have even one inch of tarmac road. I am proud to have 800 metres of tarmac road in my constituency, which does not go very far in terms of ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: May I take this opportunity, Hon. Speaker, to wish you a happy 2016. I would also like to give an acceptance speech on behalf of my colleagues who were de-whipped today if the Speaker allows me to do so. This is an interesting day. I feel liberated. I speak for my four or five colleagues. I feel liberated from the tyranny of dictatorship because as a democrat 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
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: who believes in free thoughts and freedom of association, I had been constrained very badly by the fact that people with obviously mediocre brains have had to masquerade as leaders, have forced me to leave them. view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: They decided that they have monopoly of knowledge and that I cannot think independently. I am a well-known consultant on matters of human rights and governance who has worked in among other places like United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA). I mid-wifed the first democratic election in the Republic of Libya and to be constrained and made to follow people, some of whom have never even chaired a small meeting of muratina gourd--- view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Okay. Sorry, Hon. Speaker. I apologise profusely adosa. I would like to support the Petition that tries to bring together this country. This country went through a difficult process in mid-wifing the current Constitution framework of which I was a member at the then National Constitutional Conference (NCC) and co-convener in charge of mass action. I led a lot of people here and some of them were on the other side. Who killed seven students at Uhuru Park on Saba Saba 2007? Those people still carry the blood of those young university students who were murdered across the road over ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I am a good advocate and I would like to see a situation where Okoa Kenya Initiative agrees to come and accept that this country belongs to all of us. None of us applied to be a citizen of the Republic of Kenya. For that reason, whatever other proposals which come from other Kenyans should be the ones that can be put, juxtaposed against the Okoa Kenya or any other initiative. Nobody can claim to have a monopoly of knowledge. Boresha Kenya is an idea that has come from fellow Kenyans. These are not people from Benin or Mozambique who ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: ( Loud consultations ) view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: They beat us in history and a lot of things, including carrying the blood of those seven young students who were killed at Uhuru Park on Saba Saba day. view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, Hon. Speaker, I apologise. I wanted to say something so that my brothers and sisters who have been de-whipped today can have somebody 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