Eng. John Kiragu Chege

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- view
• 11 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: THAT, aware our schools, tertiary and research institutions in the country have accumulated thousands of old unused chemicals for many decades; further aware that such obsolete chemicals or substances will no longer be used for their intended purposes hence need to be discarded; concerned that disposal of those chemicals in a safe and in an environmental sound manner is unachievable due to lack of technology and associated high costs of the same and because those chemicals are stored inappropriately or disposed into the environment; concerned that continued accumulation of such obsolete chemicals impact directly or indirectly on the lives of ... view
• 11 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I rise to support the Motion by my very good friend, hon. Sakaja. As we discuss the youth, we are discussing the future of this country. We will guarantee the youths of this country their future mainly by discussing the local content of the procurement that we have in this country, right from the ward level to the constituency, county and the national level. If we can identify the local content to ensure that our youth know what they could compete in, we will help ourselves by making sure ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, some of the companies that have come to compete for various projects in this country are provincial companies from China. We must take this challenge, and particularly the county governments. They should also establish companies that can specialise in certain lines of works – be it water, electricity or road construction – and grow them to a point where they can also compete with foreign companies. Nothing stops us from developing companies that can compete for works within this region so that we can develop. As a country and as the Jubilee Government, we know that ... view
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I would like to contribute to this Bill. First, I would like to support it mainly because it is about time that we had laws that govern our campaign financing. As much as I would like to support this Bill, we know that we have challenges in this country which arise from our own society. Our society has continued to depend on election. During the campaigns, there are those people who believe that it is time to earn a living. However, if you reflect on it, you will find that the biggest challenge we have as ... view
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, as we continue to organize this society, and make sure that our elections are fair, we also need to make sure that we address the fundamental issues in our society. We must create employment and wealth in this nation, so that every Kenyan 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
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: has value for his or her time. This will ensure that there will be no time when we will buy votes from our people at Kshs50 or Kshs100. view
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: We have to work to make sure that there will be fairness in the way we do our campaigns for high offices. We know that at present, money is a key factor. We have to put systems in place which will encourage young people, who may not have enough resources, to get into these positions. The only way to do it is to create laws which are fair and will facilitate competition not only in terms of finances, but also in terms of talents that people may have. view
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: There have been many challenges which have made this country suffer from clashes and problems that arose particularly in the 2007/2008 elections; people believed that if elections went in a certain way, they were likely to benefit from the results of those elections. view