Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, governments are run through policies and laws. If it take a lot of time before the publishing of the Bills is done, then it means whatever activities, regulations and controls are supposed to be undertaken by governments through legislation will delay. I am looking at a situation where governments are supposed to generate revenue through particular Bills and the Bills are not processed because they are not published at the Government Printer. Obviously, the rate of development will be lessened. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: I have an example where a Bill was supposed to be processed in Kitui which had to do with value addition for textiles. It took a very long time and we were questioning it at the Committee on Public Accounts and Investments why it had taken a very long time to publish or process that Bill. The answer we were given by the executive was that there are delays at the Government Printer. Definitely, if we have devolution or decentralization of the Government Printer then this is a solution to some of these problems. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was following up a Bill in my county called the County Alcoholic Drinks and Beverages Bill. This Bill was supposed to control the way alcohol is taken and the time it is taken in my county. Again, that Bill took about three years to be published. That Bill was supposed to regulate the time for drinking in my county and generate revenue. It took a very long time and that was an important Bill. This is because in my county, drinking of alcohol is quite a problem. It does not only lessen the time for generating ... view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: supposed to provide funds or money for the youth, women and people living with disabilities to get funds for doing business. It delayed for about two years. Obviously, our young men, women and youths could not access funds to do business with the county government. I support the Bill fully. I have gone through the Bill. I was involved in the processing of the Bill by Sen. Were. We went to Naivasha and looked at the Bill at lengthy. I am happy and pray that it goes through this Senate. I know when it goes through the National Assembly, they ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity. I want to report on the issue of former councillors. I was also going to bring a petition on the same issue but then as advised, there was a Motion by Sen. Nderitu, which we discussed here The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: and it was resolved that the former councillors should be given some remuneration in terms of one off payment of some money. I would like to report here that on Wednesday this week, the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, of which I am Vice Chairperson, met national Treasury officials and some other stakeholders. I request that you to give us some time because we gave them time to go and consult. Maybe two weeks, and then we come up with something comprehensive. I also observe that what Sen. Wetangula is saying is very true; we require an implementation committee ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.48 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Education regarding the delay in construction and relocation of Voi Girls’ Secondary School, in Taita Taveta County, which is in the process of being relocated to a new site due to the construction of the SGR by the Kenya Railway Corporation. In the Statement, the Committee should: i) Indicate the status of construction of Voi Girls Secondary School at the new site in Vindo Area of Voi. ii) Explain the reasons for the delay ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Before the substantive Speaker left the Chair, he had given directions that we regulate the number of contributions in a Statement because of the heavy workload that is before us. Would it be in order to request that because we have Statements that have been lying here for months, we regulate the number of contributions so that we can have an opportunity to have our Statements read? Thank you. view
• 7 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to inform the Senator for Elgeyo Marakwet County that we have been pushing for the implementation of Mzima II Spring not to provide water to Mombasa County but to Taita Taveta County. This is because already Mzima I is providing water to Kwale and Mombasa counties and Taita Taveta County is not getting water. That is the information you need to get. view