Jacob Waweru Macharia

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I support the amendment by Hon. Nyokabi and the Committee. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. A bag of potato cannot be my height. It will be shorter than me, but it will weigh 50 kilogrammes. I support this amendment because my constituency is one of the largest producers of potatoes in this country. I am happy that this particular amendment is not only about potatoes, but about agricultural produce. We have suffered a lot over the years as potato producers and growers. This will go a long way in ensuring that brokers do not take advantage of farmers not only in Molo, but in this country. I also appeal ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As I rise to support the Community Land Bill, thousands of constituents have their land or title deeds caveated because of a dispute involving the community land of the Ogiek people. This Bill is very fundamental especially in ensuring that the Ogiek people, who largely reside in my constituency, will finally have a right to community land as they have agitated for it for a very long time in their life. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I am particularly pleased that Part II of this Bill in Clauses 4 to 14 has given recognition of community land. Therefore, the Bill has recognised the rights, ownership, tenure and protection - and this is key to the group that I am particularly speaking about. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Part V, Clauses 22 to 27 shows how community land can be converted into public land, how public land can be converted to community land and how private land can be converted to public land. This is key because the community I am talking about has no ownership of the land of their ancestors. Their land has been encroached. The agitation that has led them to court is because most of their community land was allocated to private developers and disputes arose. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I am also very pleased with Part VII which has Clauses 36 to Clause 39. It puts clear management of natural resources within community land. The Ogiek Community in my constituency lives in a huge forest reserve and yet, they have not benefitted from that natural reserve. They have been actually watching in awe as other people from other areas come and benefit and there is a stand-off. While I am on this Bill, it is also very important for me to put forward the request of those people. They should be regarded as the 44th community in Kenya. I ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have been very patient. As I rise to support this Motion as amended by Hon. Chris Wamalwa, there are over 5,000 IDs that are lying in chiefs’ offices and in the office of the Registrar of Persons in my constituency. My constituents have been trying to get them and have given up. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Should I go on? view