John Kiarie Waweru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: On research, I believe there are issues to do with disability that are very geo-specific. There are some that are unique to Africa, others to Kenya and others to regions within our country. This country needs to invest in good research, so that we map out the disability situation in our country. Research will inform what kind of investments we will make to take this disability discussion forward. view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: On production, time and again, I hear us talking about zero-rating equipment and devices used by people living with disabilities. The tragedy is that approximately 90 per cent of the devices used by PWDs are imported. It is high time we decided to produce some of these devices within our borders as a country. This would go a long way in cutting the cost of devices used by PWDs. We could set up production plants and factories required for the manufacture of basic devices like walking canes, spectacles, hearing aids, and wheelchairs. If we move in that direction, we will ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: sector. As we are talking about people with disability in employment, we will have to start considering how we decriminalise hustle in this country. How do we decriminalise work that is taken up by hustlers, some of who are living with disability? In this City today, one of the biggest crimes you can ever do is to try conduct honest business as a hustler. You will be chased down streets, you will be bungled up, and you will be put into city council vehicles. You can imagine this is in itself bad enough for an able-bodied person. When it comes ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: hawking clothes on the streets. We will have to secure business spaces for people living with disability. I agree with Hon. Wangari that counties have a big function in taking care of people living with disability. As a Bill emanating from the National Assembly, we also have to think at the back of our minds that there are quite a number of functions under the counties. Specifically pointing at education, the national Government takes responsibility for primary and secondary schools. However, early childhood education is domiciled in counties. Tertiary institutions like polytechnics are also domiciled under county functions. Even as ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am very swift also. I am honoured to be contributing to this very important Bill. Allow me to start by commending the Leader of the Majority Party for being able to bring this and present it before the end of the life of the 12th Parliament. As Hon. (Dr.) Eseli has said, I pray that we shall pass this before the end of this 12th Parliament. I also want to single out the Chief of Staff of the KDF, General Kibochi, for the work that has gone to build this to this level and to ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will take an example of the discipline that you understand very well called strategy. Whether it is being drawn for political science needs or as a marketing strategy in the field of the arts or sciences, it is borrowed from the military. It has made contribution beyond securing volatile areas in the area of research. In the places where the military is well developed, for example in a jurisdiction like the United States of America (USA), it contributes heavily into the research that goes into anything that you can imagine, for example medicine, technology in ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: I stand here to celebrate that there is a need to secure these veterans. This Bill offers an opportunity for this country to offer some good health benefits to them. As Daktari has said, it gives an opportunity to secure their health not only for their physical bodies but also in mental The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: health. I celebrate that this Bill seeks to ensure that people who leave service will have meaningful engagement after it. I also celebrate that this Bill identifies the dependents of the people in service and realises that they will be depending on them, even beyond their service. view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: It is a good idea that we put in this new body called the Military Council. This is one of the big things why I am celebrating in this Bill. I hope that it shall be tasked with the duty of formulating policies that will secure all the things that I have said in my foregoing contribution. I celebrate the idea of having a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) retirement home as it has been stipulated in this Bill. view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: Without taking much time, I want to make a contribution on an amendment that will be important in this Bill. I will bring it in the Committee of the whole House. I hope that I shall get the assistance of people who understand this field, so that we can celebrate veterans beyond the military boundaries. The military in Kenya has instituted ways of decorating service men who serve with honour and dignity. However, it only lives within the boundaries of the military camps and barracks. We, as civilians out here, do not celebrate our military. There is an amendment that ... view