Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1301 to 1310 of 1643.

• 10 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: There was no red light! view
• 10 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Can I submit back? view
• 10 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I understand the dilemma that is with the Leader of Majority Party. Personally, from hon. Members who come from this side of the Coalition, that is the Jubilee Coalition, I have no problem and I know the Leader of Majority Party does not have any influence as to the names that are being brought from the other side. Be that as it may, the names which have been brought from the other side, in my opinion, include some names of hon. Members who I feel ought to have been punished because of what happened last year. ... view
• 10 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to propose the way forward; One, all those hon. Members who were involved in that altercation last year should be punished. Two, the membership from this side of the Coalition and from the other side should sit down and ensure that some of the hon. Members appearing on this list and whom we have issues with are withdrawn from this list. Finally, on that other issue of hon. Muchai, I wish to pass the condolences of the people of Kiharu Constituency for what happened. We are telling the people of Kabete to be strong and to ... view
• 2 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I am a member of this Public Investments Committee. Let me join my colleague in congratulating that Committee and particularly its indefatigable Chairman. One thing that I noted while serving this Committee is that we have so many State corporations in Kenya. Let me quote Prof. Francis Fukuyama on the issue relating to state functions. He said that any rational state has three major functions which can be divided into three categories as follows:- The minimal state functions; those ones which include provision of security for instance. We also have intermediate state functions and activist state ... view
• 2 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: intervene in various areas of industry and commerce. The biggest companies and banks in China are Government-owned. Therefore, I would concede that, indeed, there are instances where the state may offer better goods notwithstanding owning those enterprises. Generally, the accepted notion is to reduce or condense several of these State corporations. That way, we will be able to run these State corporations in a more rational manner. Hon. Speaker, the other issue we need to consider as we debate this Report is the scope of the office of the Auditor General (AG). Of course, there has been a major debate ... view
• 2 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: I will give examples of two major companies which are now doing badly. They have been hiding behind this issue. The first one is Kenya Airways (KQ). Kenya Airways recently posted a loss of about Kshs10 billion in half-year results. The explanation they gave for such a huge loss was that they had been hit by the Ebola outbreak, and that terrorism has affected their business. However, the revenue in their books has been on an upward trajectory. So, it is a contradiction. Another example I would cite is Uchumi Supermarkets Limited. Uchumi is now on a downward trajectory, having ... view
• 2 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: of parastatals which are doing well. We can also apply sanctions to the heads of parastatals which are continuously on a loss-making trend. One of the reasons why we do not have very good quality of output in Public Service as compared to the private sector is lack of incentives. In the private sector, if you do well you get bonuses and promotions. However, in Government, if you do well, no one is going to recognise you and there is nothing that you are going to benefit as a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a parastatal. During the Kibaki era, ... view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. In Isiolo Girls Secondary School, there is a child who was suspended because of wearing a Buibui. The other day, there was a child with dreadlocks at Rusinga High School. That child was sent home for wearing dreadlocks. Kenya High School has been blocking students who wear view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: How come, you hon. Members, are not raising that issue? How come you are only fixated with women who are half naked. That is very unfair. If at all you believe in the doctrine that anyone should dress the way he or she wants, then we should wear T-shirts or come without clothes to Parliament. If you believe in that doctrine, do not just restrict yourself to women who do not wear appropriately. Why are you not looking at people with dreadlocks? Why are you not looking at children who have been sent away from schools? We are talking about ... view