Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 May 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, Taita-Taveta votes yes. view
• 11 May 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of the great people of Taita-Taveta, who are not losing constituencies, I vote ‘yes’. view
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to the Bill. I welcome Sen. Abdul Haji to the Senate. I wish him well as he joins the Senate of Kenya and serves the people of Garissa. Secondly, I would like to congratulate the Committee on Finance and Budget for working expeditiously and burning the midnight oil under the stewardship of Sen. Kibiru, who was indisposed. They have done a very good job to deliver the Bill in time. I would also like to congratulate the Senate of Kenya for working very hard to deliver on their mandate to ... view
• 17 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to weigh in and support the Petition by the teachers of Kajiado County. The issues raised by the petitioners are not unique to Kajiado County; they run in most parts of the country. There are teachers who seek promotions, yet their students are not doing well. This is because one of the parameters that is used to promote teachers is that the students that they teach must be doing well. However, the question is: Who determines the performance of students? Is it the teacher per se ? There are many ... view
• 17 Feb 2021 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to know what happens at the liaison level. We have sent the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources to request for more funding a number of times, but nothing has been forthcoming. I am raising this matter in response to what Sen. 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
• 17 Feb 2021 in Senate: Cherargei has said; that there is a lot of pending work before the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. view
• 17 Feb 2021 in Senate: The activities of the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources need more funding. Alternatively, we could consider more membership for the Committee, so as to reorganize the committee into sub-committees. There are so many pending issues before the Committee with very little funding. I urge you to use your wisdom and good leadership to improve the workings of the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. view
• 17 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am the Vice Chair of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare and I would like to support the Statement by Sen. Wambua. I wanted to bring a similar Statement in 2018 but I was told there was a similar Petition by Sen. Kinyua that was coming to the House. We really need to expedite this and see that former councilors are paid. On behalf of the Committee, I indicate that we will follow up the issue and give it the necessary vigour required because some of those people worked for a very long time. There ... view
• 17 Feb 2021 in Senate: There is one former councillor known as Benson Magwanga, who was elected five times. He is now 85 years and has been asking me: “What is happening? Do you mean that I will die without getting my money?” Therefore, we need to move and expedite action, so that these people who worked for Kenya can get their money. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this very important Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve about the return to school by students after Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) lockdown. It is very true that parents are finding it difficult to take their students back to school because of various reasons. One of them was that they were hard hit by the outcome of COVID-19. Some of them have lost their jobs and employment, business and so on, and this was expected. What I would want to know as we prosecute this Statement is the preparedness by both the ... view