Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 984.

• 20 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, even as I raised this Statement, it is very clear that we need two priority projects per county. What was provided was a schedule of hundreds of projects. This is something that is inherent in our country, where we write many projects because of the thirst for borrowing and over borrowing. I have just asked for two projects per county; one that is ongoing and the other which is about to begin. I am very clear on this. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this report on the impeachment of Gov. Samboja. I would like to state that I never believed that what started as a little thing; a budget debacle, could have escalated to the issue of impeaching a governor. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: I would like to commend the Special Committee for doing a very commendable job given that they were doing the job within a very constrained timeline. I know that they burnt the midnight oil to make sure that they dispensed this herculean and gigantic task that was ahead of them. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Like my fellow Senators have said, impeachment is an accountability tool. However, be it as it may, it must be used very sparingly in that, when we have such kind of allegations, we need to provide concrete evidence because each other time, an assembly can use impeachment to settle scores. I, therefore, thank the Senate and the Special Committee at large, because then, this matter has been dispensed with in the shortest time possible. It has shown that the Senate is a House of wisdom and it is a very fair House. I have tried as much as possible because ... view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the trial has offered a precedence for which other impeachment proceedings would be followed. I am happy with the Committee because whatever proposals, findings, observations and recommendations that they have made, especially on the threshold for gross violation of law, have been anchored in other precedents. For example, they have quoted the impeachment process of Kericho, Embu and so on. I have been following this impeachment process from the time that it was brought, to the time when the Speaker gave his ruling on the matter as being sub judice, until when the Committee did its ... view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I now know this is a very good opportunity for people of Taita Taveta County to sit down, not only to mediate and come up with a working relationship but of most importance, to quickly come up with a budget which we can now present to the Controller of Budget so that money can start flowing to the county and so that the county does not suffer under-development or delayed development as a result of this debacle. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: I am very happy that it has gone the way it has gone. Not that I am celebrating but then we needed also to settle down very fast as a county so that we can start enjoying the fruits of devolution. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: As I have always said, Taita Taveta County is a very small county, whereas devolution is the best thing that happened to our county. For us who come from counties with very small populations, we were denied development simply because we could not afford to put a lot of votes on the table. Therefore, we were left behind in terms of development and we were marginalized. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Now we will go back to the county, thrash out all those issues that are remaining so that our county can move forward and people can benefit from development. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you. view