Isaac Maigua Mwaura

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1041 to 1050 of 1711.

• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. I would like to give my input since there are many universities in this country that are chartered. The Commission for University Education is the body that oversees universities and I think it will be the best to pick these people. This is because if you say the PS for Higher Education, tomorrow that department may be collapsed to basic education. I think it should be the Commission for University Education. Just to make a general comment, we need to look at this country and see how we can reduce the cost of building roads. I think it ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Yes. view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. It puts to rest the various contestations that have been evidenced between the national and county governments. I visited Tana River County sometime last month and I saw the county government there has done the first 15 kilometres within the Central Business District (CBD) of Hola, clearly demarcating the CBD there. Many county governments have failed to do that job of tarmacking roads for Kenyans. The institutional memory that has been created by the three institutions, KeNHA, KURA and KeRRA, has been properly protected by this new Bill. I ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, the issue of the cost of building roads is critical. Roads are very expensive since one kilometre of road costs Kshs40 million. There is a better way of building roads and I am sure we can build one kilometre of road using about Kshs15 million. So, we need to cut down on the cost so that we can extend this great service to Kenyans. view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to oppose these amendments. Why am I opposing? I am opposing because of the timing. Politics is about timing. The timing is very wrong and we must not be seen to be legitimating a process that has already been structured in a political manner to avert the crisis that this country witnessed only some few weeks ago. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: If you look at the proposals, you will find that they are diametrically opposed to the provisions of Chapter XV of the Constitution in relation to constitutional commissions. In fact, if you look at what is being proposed by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, you will find that it is simply to weaken a constitutional body. By pretending that this Bill will reduce the burden on the taxpayer in terms of paying commissioners less because they will be part time, you are basically saying that you would do the same to other constitutional commissions. In this case, ... view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: In that regard, therefore, it is not a Bill that is meant to enhance our electoral process but it is a Bill that is aimed at settling political scores merely for the sake of it. This House must legislate for posterity. This Bill is not legislating for posterity. It is proposing to legislate for the moment. This country has failed to realise that institutions are made up of individuals. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Institutions are made of persons who are selected through a competent process. As you may agree with me, the product is as good as the process. We have been there before where political parties have nominated individuals to sit in the electoral commissions. If you remember the 2007 elections, that was the point. If you remember again the 2013 elections, that is what happened. So, these proposals are as a result of back pedaling. We are going back to the old order instead of moving forward with the new Constitution. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Part of the reason why we have this proposal on the Floor of the House and which has also been fast tracked is as a result of the fact that a lot of aspersions have been cast against the incumbent commissioners of the IEBC. At the same time it is also on record, much as that has happened, that there is very little that has been proven to that effect. It is only recently that the former CEO of the IEBC, Mr. Oswago and Mr. Trevy Oyombra have been lined up for prosecution by the EACC. This is questionable based ... view