Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.52 (1), I hereby present to the Senate the business of the House for Tuesday, 14th July, 2020. On Tuesday 14th July, 2020 the Senate Business Committee will meet to schedule the business of the Senate. On that day 14th July 2020, the Senate will consider Bills scheduled for Second Reading and those at the Committee of the Whole stage. The Senate will also continue with consideration of business that will not be concluded in today’s Order Paper; including Motions, Petitions and Statements. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, a total of 18 Bills are due for Second Reading and another 20 Bills are at the Committee of the Whole Stage. The Senate Business Committee will prioritize these Bills accordingly. I urge respective Standing Committees to expeditiously conclude consideration of these Bills and table reports, pursuant to Standing Orders. I also urge respective movers of the Bills and movers of amendments to be in the House whenever the Bills are scheduled, to facilitate speedy consideration and smooth transition to the next stage. Critical business still remains, relating to financial matters, namely; the Third Basis for ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, despite the efforts made by the Government to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, the situation in the country continues to persist with increasing numbers of infections being reported. For this reason, I wish to urge all Hon. Senators to continue adhering to the guidelines issued by the Hon. Speaker in the conduct of business both in the Plenary and in Committees. Also, the protocols issued by the Ministry of Health to curb the spread of the pandemic. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: I thank you and hereby lay the Statement on the table of the House. view
• 26 Jun 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a former Member of the County Assembly of Murang’a, let me celebrate the MCAs from Kirinyaga for initiating this impeachment process. I say that notwithstanding the fact that their case was not successful. I am celebrating them because it takes courage for one to initiate this process. Even if it was not successful, that does not mean the Governor will not take some remedial measures to ensure she is in tandem with the MCAs. view
• 26 Jun 2020 in Senate: I also celebrate MCAs from the Mt. Kenya region, specifically central region. In Murang’a, Embu, Nyeri, Kiambu and now in Kirinyaga, MCAs initiated a process of impeaching their governors. When you compare our region where I some form vis-à-vis other regions, it shows MCAs have a high level of political consciousness. However, they should not just impeach for the sake of it, but they need to ensure there are grounds. To the extent that they have to take up this process even if it is not successful, to me, that is something positive. We need to celebrate our MCAs. view
• 26 Jun 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also urge our MCAs that before they initiate the process of impeachment, they should look at various issues. First, it is usually important, but not a must, that when they are bringing grounds to make sure they are verified by other entities. I give an example of Kiambu impeachment process. There were grounds that had been verified by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP). These are constitutional bodies. As a result of that verification, the Governor had been taken to court. To me, that was a fair and more ... view
• 26 Jun 2020 in Senate: In the same way, you would see in the Embu County impeachment which was also upheld by the first Senate, there were allegations which had been taken to the DCI and those matters had been verified by other entities. I would urge any other county that wants to institute this process to consider maybe, for instance, first taking the matter before the public accounts Committee of the various county assemblies. They should also be consulting the EACC and the DCI. view
• 26 Jun 2020 in Senate: Here in the Senate, I propose as a way of enriching the impeachment procedure, we do the following things: One, we make DCI and EACC ex-officio members. We have done that in the CPAIC. This will be so that when a governor comes, we, as members of the CPAIC, can immediately make a recommendation and a governor can be arrested and taken to court pursuant to those allegations. view
• 26 Jun 2020 in Senate: Maybe it is time we also borrowed from that practice when we are conducting impeachment. Therefore, we cause governors notwithstanding the case has been dismissed, the matter be escalated to that level. view