Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. The reasons are several. One, if you look at Vision 2030 which this country gears to, you will find that it is a must we have this Motion put into effect. It is one of the key social and economic pillars for us to achieve Vision 2030. It appears we are off track in achieving that Vision. That Vision is based on some certain assumptions. One assumption is that we need to grow our economy at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, but so far we are cruising ... view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: other Hon. Members have said, that is a rational cost. It is a cost that I would urge Members to provide in our budget. On the other hand, the issue of maintenance is something we need to discuss. I would propose several ways of maintaining such a facility. First, we can tell the school administration to be selling water to residents in the neighbourhood to obtain some premium. The money obtained can be used for payment of electricity bills and meeting the maintenance costs of the borehole. Secondly, we can vest the management of such facilities in water companies covering ... view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if this Motion is implemented, we will either allow the area water companies to run the water facilities or the schools will be trained on how to manage water systems to ensure that this idea is sustainable. In my opinion, this idea makes a lot of sense. If we are to adopt the idea of giving water companies the mandate of running these water systems we will need to address the issue of governance of those companies. I say so because in my constituency I have three water companies, namely; Gatamathi, Kahuti and Murang’a Water and ... view
• 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I just want to alert the people who prepare the budgets that they allocate a lot of money on security related projects. A poor country like Kenya ought to put more resources in social programmes like health and water. This idea makes a lot of sense and I would urge the people who make budget---- view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, allow me to support the Warehouse Receipts System Bill. Presently, our warehousing system is not proper. It is a system that is devoid of professionalism. It is also a system that is not accountable. It is outdated. This Bill will create systems and ensure that once a produce has been harvested, the warehousing is professionalised. It will also create systems to ensure that farmers do not lose their produce, like it is happening in this country. Agriculture contributes about two-thirds of all employment opportunities in this country. We are still a small-scale agricultural society. We are yet to ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: in urban cities. You can see that agriculture needs to be modernised by ensuring you have larger parcels of land and systems. Therefore, the key import of this Bill is to help our country to move from the traditional forms of warehousing to modern forms that are acceptable to other people who may be included in this sector. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: If you look at the entire value chain of production of agricultural products, you will find that there are several components which I will be proposing we put in place through legislation. One of the issues is the current debate whether we should have maximum and minimum ownership of land in this country. I know that one is a constitutional provision, but I am very fearful that if we cap ownership of land whether national or not, it will affect our country. Zimbabwe is a country which produced many agricultural products for export prior to President Mugabe’s policy of indigenisation ... view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: First, the number of people proposed to sit in the panel is fair for both sides of the House. There has been a proposal that two people should be from the Jubilee Coalition, two from the CORD, and three to be nominated by the Public Service Commission (PSC). I had a problem with this proposal when we were discussing this issue in the Committee. I was arguing that we are too many in our side compared to our colleagues on the opposite side. I was of the opinion that all committees and panels should be appointed proportionate to the strength ... view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I put notice to Members that I will move an amendment on how we will select members of that panel that has been referred to in this Bill, provided that we allow the process to be in the hands of religious leaders. It appears that when we propose to give CORD, Jubilee and the Public Service Commission (PSC), two members each, people do not trust that arrangement. The best case scenario is to leave this process to religious leaders. I imagine everyone here is religious. In any event, I have seen the religious community being at the forefront in supporting ... view