Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to thank Sen. Sakaja because despite having one hour as the Mover, he decided to take five minutes. I am requesting Sen. Faki to consider limiting time for contribution by other Members who will come after the Mover. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Orders 28 and 29, I beg to move: - THAT, pursuant to Standing Orders 28 and 29, the Senate do adjourn until Tuesday, 9th February, 2021. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in Senate: I move that we adjourn the Senate and come back on Tuesday, 9th February 2021. We need to adjourn for several reasons. One, we need to go home and celebrate with our families because we are in the month of December 2020. We have several holidays in the month of December such as Jamhuri, Christmas and Boxing Days. It is time for the Senators to take a break. The adjournment does not signify that we have concluded all business before the Floor of the House. We have several pending legislations, several pending statements and other matters. However, on the other ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I draw the attention of this House to the very good work that has been done by the Senators for this Session. Allow me to draw the attention of this hon. House to the very good work that has been done by the Senators for this Session. Various statements and Motions that Senators brought to the Floor of the House were discussed robustly which have resulted to positive action on the part of the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in Senate: Executive and other governmental agencies. We need to celebrate this Sessions because it has been one of the most productive sessions. Various Committees have also managed to do a lot. I have seen the good work that has been done by the on County Public Account Investments Committee (CPAIC) which has oversighted the Governors well. On that note, I would like to mention that I attended the annual ICPAK conference, the body that controls accounts and met the vice chairperson of ICPAK. He told me that due to the work that has been done by the CPAIC of the Senate, ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in Senate: Finally, we also made history for passing a new generation revenue sharing formula that was much contested. I congratulate my colleagues in ‘Team Kenya’ for oversighting Government. There is something called constitutionalism. It is the idea that government’s power is limited. To that extent, in Kenya, you did a good job. Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, of course, congratulations go to ‘Team Katiba’ which I was a ranking member, was able to ensure our way was also realized that we now have a new formula that takes due account of population. Therefore, we are also happy. ‘Team Kenya’ and ‘Team Katiba’ ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in Senate: continue telling my people in my region that BBI brings several benefits. The first is more constituencies. Second is the Ward Development Fund, which I fought for strongly. This House passed it and it went to the National Assembly. It was torpedoed there and now BBI has revived it. Thirdly, when I was in the National Assembly, I moved an amendment to the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), to provide what we call a waiver of penalties to graduates who do not have employment. Now BBI has revived that idea and that, to me, it is going to assist poor ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I plead with you that for now, I be allowed to speak without this. I will not be near the microphone, if you allow me. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have looked at the Order Paper of today and seen that we are now at Order No.8. I come from Murang’a County where we produce tea. We are the most important producers of tea. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: My point of order is: Can you rearrange the Order Paper, so that we allow the Tea Report--- view