John Kiarie Waweru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: If we were taking a path towards zero cases of FGM, I believe we can draw a line and say that after drawing this line, we shall have a story told of a time when we were talking of FGM. Behavior change communication can be effectively used to effect change amongst our people. I believe that a path that was taken for the elimination of diseases like polio and reduction of numbers of people infected by HIV is one that can be taken by the Anti-FGM Board and could drastically change the trajectory of how that practice has been undertaken ... view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the opportunity to speak to this Bill is not taken for granted and so I thank you. First, I congratulate a neighbour, Hon. Benjamin Gathiru Mwangi, for successfully processing a Bill and eventually having it land on the Floor of this House. In fact, this is a very meaningful Bill. view
• 1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: From the general look of this Bill, the objective is to tidy up how we go about employment, in relation to the opportunities we give to people who serve different positions in this country. What happens is that there are so many laws out there that speak to this issue. However, this one seeks to find a way of tidying up very critical issues. The first issue which is very important is people earning acting allowance after serving for over six months. In Nairobi County, we had a case of a Member of the County Assembly (MCA) acting as the ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The second mischief which Hon. Gathiru is seeking to remedy is retirement. There are people who will argue that the hon. Member is being ageist. There are some realities of life; that one is born a toddler, you become a child, and eventually an adult and finally you become an octogenarian. I will give a personal example. When I was young in the youth movement, I was one of those people who argued almost violently against people beyond the age of 35 years acting on behalf of the youth. When I was elected into ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: understood the times and for me at age 40 years, I found it sacrilegious to be in KYPA. This is because I knew my time in the youth movement had passed. I know there is a difference between being young and youthful. I am still youthful but not young. If this Bill is implemented as it is, it will help us utilise the new knowledge of young people who will be coming into service when older people are tiring. This is because we know the world is moving very fast. There are new technologies and knowledge that needs to come ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I would like to, first, say that, indeed, I was called by an individual. The individual told me that I should talk to them and see how we can work on the rating that they were about to give me. This gives credence to what Members of Parliament have said here to the effect that the research that was done by Infotrack is questionable. The bigger issue we should be concerned about as Parliament is the fact that there shall be narratives told about this institution and individual Members of Parliament. It is high ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: I am not a worried man because before I got into this House, I was ranked very badly in all the opinion polls that were published out there. However, when an opinion poll in form of election was called on 8th August, it emerged that I was actually five times ahead of the person who was behind me. So, the bigger question here is who is telling Parliament’s story. If we are not telling our story, it shall be told by someone else and they may not tell our side of the story. view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 28 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, very much, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to present a Public Petition No. 19 of 2020. This is a Petition by the Kenya public secondary schools suppliers regarding delayed payments for supplied commodities. view