Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Nov 2020 in Senate: the National Assembly. We would have wanted more, but strictly speaking, BBI did not really touch on Article 96 of the Constitution, which is the one that establishes the jurisdiction of the Senate. Therefore, the power of the Senate to legislate, oversight and make laws concerning counties and represent counties, which is provided for under Article 96 has not been touched. Be that as it may, what we should be fighting for and I belong to that school of thought, is to seek an enhanced role of the Senate going forward. Those of us who support BBI, we may need ... view
• 3 Nov 2020 in Senate: I want to bring to the attention of Kenyans why we proposed the so called expanded Executive in the BBI. We did this for several reasons. Kenya is an ethnically- divided society. A Constitution designed for ethnically-divided societies differs with societies that are not ethnically-divided. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I seek your leave that you add me five minutes to finish this point. view
• 3 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, ethnically-divided societies’ constitutional design tends to differ with societies that are not ethnically-divided. I will give an example of Belgium, Switzerland and Northern Ireland where you have a major division between the Protestants and the Catholics. They have a democracy called Consociational democracy. It has been explained very well by a writer called Arend Lijphart in his Article called ‘Constitutional Design for Divided Societies’ that was published way back in 1994 by the Journal of Democracy. He has also written another book called Patterns of Democracy. When you read his ideas, he argues that in an ... view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me take this opportunity to condemn the violence that occurred in Kenol in Murang’a County last Sunday. Let me also take this opportunity to state that Kenya is a free and democratic country. Every person is entitled to go to any place and give his opinion and canvass for votes. Therefore, any attempts to curtail any Kenyan from going to any place is illegal and wrong. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I strongly believe that we have a divergence of opinion. Therefore, if we were to stop people from coming to Murang’a, on what basis will I have the moral duty or the enablement to go to Nandi, Kisumu or Mombasa and seek votes? Even if I disagree with you, I will allow each and every person to come to Murang’a. Murang’a is an open place. view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: No, I do not want to be informed. view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am very happy that it is now on record that no one blames Sen. Kang’ata for that violence, because everyone knows that Sen. Kang’ata is a peaceful man. view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: There is no evidence that the Government planned the chaos that happened at Kenol. It was planned by people who do not care about the poor person or respect the right to life. I want to vouch for the Government of His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta. It was not at all involved in the planning of the chaos. view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: We welcome each and every person to Murang’a. Come and pursue your case in Murang’a County; we are peaceful people. None of those people who were fighting came from Murang’a. Even the injured did not come from Murang’a County. They were ferried from Nairobi and Thika Town in Kiambu County. I, therefore, vouch for the people of Murang’a County. We are peace loving citizens of this Republic. view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am going to finalize this point by saying that I urge the police to conduct impartial investigations. Finally, if you use violence to curtail your opponent, that does not assist you. In fact, the opposite happens. The other political star will start rising up. Let me give you an example. In the year 2007, there was one politician in Murang’a County who was almost wining, until the day he planned chaos against his opponent. When the opponent was injured, he was wise. He decided to make it a major case, and political sympathy assisted him to ... view