Isaac Maigua Mwaura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: I want to remind them that we have fought very hard to have this representation and that special seats are constitutional and therefore not tokens to appease political patronage. That due to the unfair nature of first-past-the-post elections, political parties are only custodians but not owners of the process to guarantee representation of equal citizens who would otherwise not make it to be represented. As such, it is of utmost importance that such space be robustly safeguarded in order to ensure active and full participation of the representation of special interest groups in all of our legislatures. This is in ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: However, our political parties have had a fair history of not surviving the next general election, degenerating to become a pale shadow of their former selves. This is largely because of lack of internal party democracy that enables them to outgrow the founders’ syndrome. Their founders see them as personal property rather than public institutions of our nascent democracy. It is therefore important to ensure that we continuously question the manner in which they are run. Their endeavors must be protected by law in order to ensure we have strong political parties such as in other jurisdictions that have been ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: you politically, we too have something to contribute towards making Kenya a great country, standing tall in the community and comity of nations. Long live Kenya. Long live democracy through the rule of law. Thanks be to God, the Almighty. God bless Kenya. view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Asante sana. Nashukuru sana kwa sababu nakuona Spika, umechukua hatamu zile nilikuwa nazo kwa hivyo kongole sana kwa sababu lazima tuendeleze Kiswahili kwa sababu ni lugha ya Kitaifa ambayo ni nzuri zaidi. Nashukuru kurudi hapa tarehe moja Decemba kwa sababu naona kwamba ni jambo la muhimu, hata ingawa naona taa ya manjano imeweza kuwekwa lakini niseme kama singekuwa na mawakili gushi, singewahi rudi hapa. Kwa hiyo, taarifa hii ambayo imewasilishwa na Mweshimiwa Senata wa Nandi, Cherargei, ambaye pia ni wakili, ni muhimu sana kuhakikisha ya kwamba hatuna matapeli ambao wanajifanya kama wao ni mawakili alafu kazi yao ni kuchukua hela ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Nilikuwa na Rais, Bwana Havi. Nina waomba wachukulie hili jambo kuwa muhimu sana kwa sababu tunajua kama mtu yeyote angependa kupata haki, lazima awe na wakili mzuri ili akwende katika kitengo cha mahakama na aweze kuskizwa. Lakini kama mtu yeyote ambaye anafanya biashara zingine zozote anaweza pia kujisimamisha kama wakili na kufanya shughuli ambazo sio za rasmi kwa sababu ni kampuni tu, itakuwa ni jambo ambalo ni la kudhoofisha usawa wa sheria. Bw. Spika wa Muda, ningependa pia kuchukua mwito huu kusema kwamba, ni vizuri pia mawakili nao wasiwe wanatumia kampuni zao za uwakili kufanya biashara zingine. Nafkiri hiyo ndiyo ... view
• 11 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, to ensure that the people of Ruiru have enough representation and enough resources to the County of Kiambu, I vote ‘yes’. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise to make my contribution to this Bill. From the outset, I want to say that in the academy, they teach you how to use logic to arrive at a conclusion. In politics, they teach you how to use emotions to arrive at the same decision, but for effective public policy and governance, we need a dual application despite that latent contradiction that is a dilemma of latter-day democratic leadership. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: We are at a historic moment, as a country. We have an opportunity to decide the future, gauging at how we have been able to perform the functions as stipulated in the 2010 Constitution. Indeed, as has been said, the BBI provides us with an opportunity to have a constitutional moment, a consensus towards the future of our country. I want to declare from the onset that I was very much involved in the development of the BBI draft Bill. There are instances when Sen. Wetangula, Sen. Dullo, Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko and I represented the Senate in the hearings of ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: I lobbied very hard to the extent that the BBI Bill now has got four slots representing PWDs in the National Assembly. There will be two men and two women, and that is a big gain considering that it was not there before. However, I stand here as somebody who represents people who are underrepresented. On one hand, I am the Senator for persons with disabilities together with my sister, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve. That is the model that was adopted by the drafters of the Bill, to have a man and a woman to represent each and every county. We ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: injustice to the effect that those who come from the populous communities have to be represented. One may ask why that matters. It matters because it determines how much a child gets for their bursary. Based on last year’s application where we had about 80,000 genuine applicants, a child in Ruiru Constituency will get Kshs275, while someone from the other regions will get about Kshs54,000 from the same kitty, and that is unfair. If it is allowed to go on, it will end up creating serious imbalances and injustices. I believe that it is time for that to be corrected. view