Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will allow him one minute, but my time should be extended. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is fine, as long as you extend my time by two minutes. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, kindly give me five minutes. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what we call a majoritarian system tends to give certain incentives in some countries. Our first past-the-post system tends to generate a two-party system like the one we have in Kenya. A proportional representation system tends to create a multi-party system. I agree that what is in the BBI Report is a mixture but I am trying to argue that the beauty of the BBI is that both systems have advantages and disadvantages. There are advantages of the proportional representation system as well as disadvantages of the majoritarian system. It takes the combination of the two ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: We should remember that the most important reason why the BBI should be supported is for us to establish what we call a consensus democracy, which has worked in Switzerland, Belgium and Northern Ireland. I have no doubt that if it has worked in those--- view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, let me first take this opportunity to thank the Senator who has brought this very good Statement because it is beneficial to the country, and in particular, the fact that tea is a major export for this country. There are three key earners of foreign exchange in this country. We have diaspora remittances, tea and horticulture. I take pride that I come from the county that produces the largest volume of tea from small-scale farmers. Murang’a County has ten tea factories. Madam Deputy Speaker, we start from Gatanga at a place called Kariara Ward. You go to ... view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: amendments to the relevant laws to enact guaranteed minimum return for coffee, sugar, cotton, and tea farmers. However, I left the National Assembly before my legislative proposals could be put forward. We all know that as the Senate, we cannot initiate money Bills. Therefore, I will be urging my colleagues in the National Assembly to ensure my legislative proposals are enacted into law. Madam Deputy Speaker, I am aware of some people who have been saying that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) should have provided for guaranteed minimum return. However, I draw the country’s attention to the fact that it ... view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to support what my sister, Sen. Omanga, has done today, to bring the attention of this House to the problems bedeviling Spire Bank. Madam Deputy Speaker, Spire Bank is owned by secondary school teachers of this Republic. Spire Bank made a loss of Kshs556 million for the last six months. This is compared to Kshs81 million profit that they made last year, in the same period. That bank experienced a 90 per cent default rate, which is seven times higher than the industry rate of 13.1 per cent. This pushed the gross non-performing loans to ... view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Kenya must strive to achieve a perfect competitive economy or an atomistic competitive economy. Madam Speaker— view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, allow me to apologize. Kenya must strive to achieve what we call atomistic or perfect market competitive economy. Such kind of economy has certain features; number one, no participant ought to be a price fixer, each participant whether a buyer or a seller must be a price taker, which means no single entity should dictate market prices. view