Jeremiah Ng'ayu Kioni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 May 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to speak to this debate among other issues. At the outset, I wish to say, like my colleagues, that I am happy that I sat in here as the President gave his Speech. I applaud him for setting the pace for national healing and national reconciliation because that was the theme of the speech, in my opinion. Of course, that is alongside the fact that this country has continued to grow in spite of what we went through last year. Let me just say one thing. The comment that ... view
• 3 May 2018 in National Assembly: workings of the Commission for Revenue Allocation. As the Chairman of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee, we will call them to appear before our Committee. The way they are implementing the provisions of Article 204 is completely out of the spirit that was there in Naivasha. Mheshimiw a Millie Odhiambo spoke to it a bit. I was in Naivasha with her. What they are doing is completely outside what we thought or intended for that provision. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I know you come from Laikipia. Your own county is not in that equalisation formula. How do you leave out ... view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to speak to this Motion. From the outset, I was here when Hon. Wamalwa spoke. I want to inform him that Jubilee is spot on in terms of the big four agenda. The Budget Policy Statement (BPS) addresses it very well. But if you are out of Parliament most of the time and even when you are here you are unable to concentrate, it becomes difficult for you to know that we know where we are going. I want to associate myself with the comments or contribution made by ... view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: some of the teachers from my area who are in those areas. What are they doing now? They want me to intervene and get them removed from that area. This narrative is dangerous for this country. It is not just the teachers. Army officers who have been posted to security zones in those areas are also putting pressure on us that they want to go back home. We have police officers who are all asking to be allowed to go back home. If we are not careful with this narrative, it is not that these people want to move because ... view
• 1 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to speak to this Motion. From the outset, I was here when Hon. Wamalwa spoke. I want to inform him that Jubilee is spot on in terms of the big four agenda. The Budget Policy Statement (BPS) addresses it very well. But if you are out of Parliament most of the time and even when you are here you are unable to concentrate, it becomes difficult for you to know that we know where we are going. I want to associate myself with the comments or contribution made by ... view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to support this Bill. Before I start my contribution, let me take this opportunity to also thank the Speaker, Hon. Justin Muturi, for the ruling that he made a little bit earlier in the day, where he made it clear that this institution should not be used to undermine other institutions. Different arms of Government should allow other arms to function. That does not mean that they have a free day but it is important that we do not use Parliament to undermine other institutions. Let me also take this opportunity ... view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: way or another. That is not true. It is far from the truth. I encourage Members who still harbour and hold that view to come and visit our area, especially Ndaragwa Constituency. view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: I want to join Hon. (Dr.) Kibunguchy. If we are not careful, Members will literally become irrelevant on issues of roads in this classification. If it was possible to get back class B roads to the national Government, then we can influence the development, improvement and maintenance of roads within our constituencies. I have read this Bill. As it is now, Ndaragwa Constituency is completely outside the ambit of the national Government. We have nothing that can be called a national trunk road within the secondary or the primary category. If that is the case, then we will be left ... view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Having said that, the Bill helps us in many ways, including the clarity that I have talked about. It has established the Public Roads Standards Board. I hope one of things that the Board will do quickly is to pay attention to the kind of bumps that we have in this country. Some of the bumps that have been erected across the country are very high. Some cars take some time to climb over a bump. I do not need to belabour that point. We have many vehicles that have been damaged in this country because of the kind of ... view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Let me also say that it is important to pay attention to the penalties. I hope the issue of the view