John Kiarie Waweru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Nov 2024 in National Assembly: (Dagoretti South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to thank you and all the Members who have spoken on this Motion, starting with the Members who spoke on the 3rd of October and the Members who have contributed this morning. All the contributions have spoken to the fact that Kenya needs a repository for our scientific technology and our knowledge. They have spoken to the fact that Kenya needs a centre for scientific education and development, including research. All the speakers have spoken to the fact that we need to develop a Mecca for educational field visits, especially at this ... view
• 6 Nov 2024 in National Assembly: Kenya Science Teachers College in 1995 belonged to yours truly, the one and only John KJ Kiarie. He was a champion in science. That did not stop me from going into the areas of drama, journalism, media and other emerging performing and visual arts. The idea of drawing a dichotomy between the sciences and the arts is leading us to where we are today, having a gross shortage of science teachers. If Kenya is seeking that pole position in the new world, the new world of emerging technologies known as the fourth industrial revolution, the world of cryptocurrency, block chain ... view
• 6 Nov 2024 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Speaker, I thank you profusely. I also thank all the Members who have contributed to this debate. I want to tell the Members that the Establishment of a Science Museum Bill is already in the works. I will be asking you to support it when it finally comes to the House. view
• 6 Nov 2024 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. view
• 19 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: (Dagoretti South, UDA)]: Hon. Temporary Speaker, you are very kind and I appreciate that. The point I was making is that information is power. We are in what is being referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Fourth Industrial Revolution shall be fuelled by data. When you generate data today, it becomes a currency. The data that we generate with the content that we are putting on those new online platforms should be content that we are able to manage from the beginning to the end. That is why I request that Parliament consider building its own platforms beyond ... view
• 23 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: (Dagoretti South, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. My two questions to the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Ababu Namwamba, are very succinct. The first one is regarding the federations that he has referred to several times. Noting that the gazette notice banning the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) by the Cabinet Secretary Emeritus, Hon. Amina Mohamed, has never been voided, vacated, reversed or challenged, and that there are two court orders confirming that due process was followed in the banning of FKF, are FKF officials legally in office? That is one of the federations that is pulling back sports in ... view
• 23 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: I ask the second question as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Communications, Information and Innovation. Is the Cabinet Secretary aware of any deals that are being cut with Azam Television in Tanzania? If there is any such deal, is it being done at the expense of the national broadcaster, the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC)? Have we checked KBC’s ability to air live matches? Have they proven not to be fit for the purpose even when there is a memo before the Cabinet where he sits on revamping and reorganising the KBC? view
• 8 Dec 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will be very brief. From the onset, I want to put it on record that I support the Public Investment Management Regulations of 2022. There needs to be a framework for how this country is going to go into investments that are funded either through public-private partnerships, joint ventures or any other investment that will be requiring us to go beyond what is provided for by the Exchequer. This becomes so critical especially when we realise that in the last few years, some investments have ended up becoming liabilities. The space of ... view
• 8 Dec 2022 in National Assembly: robust legal framework. I want to commend the proponents of these Regulations. I also want to commend the Committee that has presided over the framing of these Regulations especially with the speed in which they have brought them here. Hon. Temporary Speaker, while moving this Motion, the Leader of the Majority Party alluded to a project in the name of the Nairobi Expressway which was intended to clear congestion in the city. A lot of investment went into it and some of the records are telling us that on the Nairobi Expressway, we were building one kilometre of road for ... view
• 9 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: (Dagoretti South, JP view