Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1311 to 1320 of 1643.

• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I do not believe that anyone should dress the way he or she wants. If you take that notion, fine, that will be very good. People will be coming here with dreadlocks, boxers and we do not know what other forms of dressing they could wear. view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: 47 Tuesday 18th November, 2014 view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Allow me to submit. view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. Is the Member in order to talk about the Kenya Airways and the issue relating to our senior Senator whereas when I look at the Motion, I can see clearly that the issue is not per se contained? Secondly, there is no substantive Motion relating to that incident that is before us. Thirdly, it will be unfair for us to discuss a party which has not been given a chance to defend itself. Therefore, I am of the view that you can rule as to whether he is in order to discuss ... view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the Water Bill, 2014. Be that as it may, I have two issues that I want to raise. view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: The first issue is about the abstraction fees. These are currently payable to the national Government. Abstraction fee is the money that is paid by an entity that is abstracting water from its source. I am of the view that, that fee should be payable to the respective county where that water is being abstracted from. This is for various reasons. view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Key environmental factors have been devolved when we talk about management of the environment. Therefore, if you devolve those functions, for instance, to Nandi County, it is this county which will check on afforestation and water sources. If you do not give an incentive to that county, it will not make sense. view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am saying this in respect of the submission that has been made by my senior, hon. Metito. He has mentioned Murang’a County vis-à-vis the water that comes from that county to Nairobi. This county gives Nairobi County about 70 or 80 per cent of its water. It is us the people of Murang’a who look after theAberdares Forest. So, if we are not going to derive any money, profit or incentive, we can as well decide to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: mess up with the water source of Nairobians. Therefore, the country owes Murang’a people something or some incentives so that we maintain that resource. Otherwise, if we see our water being taken to Nairobi and our rivers drying up--- view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Kindly no. The Murang’a people would like to get some incentives to ensure that they take care of our forests. That incentive can only come in if the abstraction fees is not payable to the national Government but to the people of Murang’a who look after that forest. view