Isaac Maigua Mwaura

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• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: If you look at the number of people who are getting to Class One, in 2005 1.3 million pupils joined Class One but those who finished Form Four are actually less than half of that number. A simple computation will tell you that 5.3 million Kenyans, for those eight years up to Class Eight, did not finish Class Eight. This is an army that is dangerous to everybody including those who are going to get an “A.” So, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the idea of village polytechnics being allocated Kshs1.4 billion is welcome. In fact, they need to be called ... view
• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: 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
• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: So to argue that we are the ones increasing the wage bill when the total amount of money that we are paid including the Senate for those who are nominated is less than half a billion, is not true. It is totally out of order. We have just been given statistics today to show that the wage bill of the whole country is actually Kshs3234 billion. If you look at other countries, we are not doing very badly within the East African region. If this Government is interested in lowering the wage bill, you need to look at the issue ... view
• 18 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I think I would like to take this debate tomorrow. However, I also want to be on record as saying that, indeed, this has been the policy of the Jubilee Government. They went to Mt. Kenya for three days and that is the statement they issued officially. They spent--- view
• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir--- 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
• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to grudgingly support this Report. I want to commend the KNCHR for the job that they have done over the years. I agree that the Commission has done a very good job. It is good to be active and to be activist in your approach when dealing with issues of human rights, because that is the only way in which you can change the status quo. Hon. Speaker, Mr. Lempaa Vincent is very well known to me. He has been a student leader and activist. He has initiated very many changes. Even recently, he ... view
• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, finally, I want to end my contribution by giving a personal commendation to Lupita Ny’ongo. In 2006, with Lupita Nyong’o, we made a movie about albinism. We petitioned Parliament to consider issues of albinism. In that movie, I act as an aspiring politician and today I am a Member of this House. So, I am very happy for my very close friend, Lupita Nyong’o, for making it to the Oscars. With those remarks, I grudgingly support. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this proposal with amendments because even as we are discussing the principles of this amendment Bill, it is clear that Government policy speaks to youth, women and persons with disabilities. Therefore, if persons with disabilities in particular are left out of this amendment, then it follows that there will be a conflict between the regulations and the substantive Act. Hon. Deputy Speaker, in South Africa this practice has been done before, preferential procurement through the broad based economic empowerment programme, but the experience there has been that the previously disadvantaged groups ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: and kickbacks. I think this is one of the things that maybe a big hindrance to the young people and persons with disabilities. Hon. Deputy Speaker, as we are currently speaking on the Floor of this House, there is already a programme going on and we have received a lot of complaints from young people. They have even been given certificates from Treasury but they are not yet able to get into the procurement process. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would also want to add by saying that we must move beyond this law because we are only looking at the kind of procurement that we can get from the Government because the Government is the biggest market at least within our economy. I think the most important thing is to ensure that through procurement and putting money in the pockets of youth, we can enhance youth innovation. We can enhance youth innovation so that we can have the ideas that have not been able to be funded which are noble and transformative for our economy. ... view