John Kiarie Waweru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: The Sinking Fund is a very important instrument in public finance management. Today our country is choking under the weight of debt. We are being told that this country is borrowing close to Kshs2.5 billion every day – monies that if we started to pay today, we will be paying all the way to 2099. That is just the headliner. If we dig deeper, we will find out that even how this debt is being reported could also be in the same manner that we are being told collections are being done by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). It is ... view
• 10 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: matters of Regulation-making, obligations and on major issues like public debt management – which is the very basic job that they should be doing. I support the annulment of the Guidelines in entirety as has been recommended in the Report that was tabled by the Committee through the very able Prof. Oundo. view
• 10 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to have the first shot on this one. This is a no-brainer. As I had said earlier, this House does not take pride in annulling regulations. We do not have a hobby of annulling regulations. However, this one is worse than what we were dealing with previously. As you can see, there are three counts that stand out. One, these Regulations came to the Floor of the House via this Report that states that there was no consultation with the relevant lead agencies. Two, we have been ... view
• 10 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Three, and most important, I have stood here severally and argued the case for proper and effective public participation. It has been said that public participation cannot be seen to be a cosmetic exercise. It needs to happen as provided for by the Constitution. This looks like a no- brainer. I support that the Regulations be annulled in their entirety. Without anticipating debate, I can see that Hon. Millie Mabona is itching to comment on an issue that was raised previously. I would like to set the record straight: I said that I am an artist and I understand colours. ... view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I think the Petition is making a good case. When you think about it, the alumni of any university hold the institutional memory of the institution. Whatever ideas they have for the universities are actually great ideas that can be put to use, especially at a time like this when public universities are under a big attack from cartels that want to run education and make it a private enterprise. I am an alumnus of Kenyatta University. While I was at Kenyatta University, the best thing I was known for was comedy. Comedy is ... view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: stations. Hon. Sankok and I will report to this hustler who is locked in a cage outside Parliament that Parliament is ready to support 75 per cent of our population which comprises the youth involved in visual and performing arts in this country. Let us do what is right for the artists. Let us do what is right for the country. Let us do what is right for the youth. I support the petitioner on the issue of involving alumni. I can see Hon. Sankok is in possession of the key to the cage that Eric Omondi is locked in. ... view
• 8 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I rise to request for a Statement regarding the ban on scrap metal trade in Kenya. Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives regarding the recent ban on scrap metal trade. Hon. Speaker, as you would recall, in January, 2022, the Government issued a moratorium on the export, buying and selling of any scrap metals. The ban has disenfranchised traders in this sector, including genuine businesses such as the local recyclers who ... view
• 8 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. There is an old adage which goes that “justice delayed is justice denied”. There is a lot of justice that has been denied to very many Kenyans. One of the best things that this country has ever bequeathed itself with is the devolved Funds. One of the best performing devolved Funds is the NG-CDF. As it has been said, we have no business reading from the Book of Lamentations. Actually, in what we call “Literature”, we are Hammurabi the Law Giver. This House has the power of budget-making, and hiring and firing Cabinet Secretaries. ... view
• 8 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Report of the Committee as presented by Hon. Waihenya Ndirangu in the appointment of this gracious lady Ms. Elizabeth Wangui Muchiri. We are not supporting the appointment of Ms. Wangui Muchiri because she is a young Kenya or because she is a lady. We are supporting her nomination because she is capable and she will be up to the task. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this nominee is personally known to me. I met her, way back, after the proliferation of the airwaves when the FM stations were ... view
• 8 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: preceded NTV. The allegations that are being made by people like Hon. (Dr.) Oundo are because Ms. Wangui suffers the tragedy like that of some of us who have had public jobs. Back then, she was a presenter and an anchor. To the mind of Kenyans, some still think that all she has done for this country is presenting news and anchoring. However, as I said, this lady is well known to me. She is an asset to this country. She is well educated. Even after she left our screens to her own private practice, she was able to further ... view