Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I support this Bill given the fact that it also discourages the export of scrap metals. That is because we end up destroying our infrastructure. People get scrap metals, export them, destroy what we have and then we re-import those materials. We are destroying our infrastructure. We export the scrap metal and then we get the same materials in another form. It is important that, as we debate this Bill, we encourage more of value addition to the materials that we have by recycling the same locally. The Government should put in place mechanism to support the local manufacturers so ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when it comes to enforcement, it is good that the Bill proposes heavy penalties for the offenders. That is because they are the ones who support those unscrupulous people who destroy what is rightfully ours. view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: As we look at this Bill, we should know that there are challenges within our system. It is important that, as we have the inspectors who play the role of the police, we look at corruption. This is likely to be another problem. That is because the inspectors will end up being compromised. As a Government, we have very good policies, procedures and systems for doing things. However, those rules are broken at the end of the day. Even when we have strict regulations like what we have proposed here, instead of them being used to support the cause for ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Bill. We may need to move amendments to the Bill to strengthen the clauses that touch on the export of those materials, so that they can become more expensive. It is likely that the people who will be buying those materials may be buying at a higher price than our local manufactures who desires those materials. The people who export the materials out of this country can easily corrupt the system and continue doing what we are meant to discourage. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: All in all, I support the Bill because it is high time that we came up with laws that can be enforced and bring sanity to the sector like the one which is being proposed here. view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support this particular Report by the Mediation Committee. I thank the Members of the Committee for their good contribution and listening to the suggestions given to them by hon. Members. In my opinion, this is a very good Bill because it will create harmony, in terms of development. We are aware that the leadership in many counties has no space for elected Members of the National Assembly. So, by having the space stipulated in this Bill, we will at least have a forum for elected Members of the National Assembly to contribute towards ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support this particular Report by the Mediation Committee. I thank the Members of the Committee for their good contribution and listening to the suggestions given to them by hon. Members. In my opinion, this is a very good Bill because it will create harmony, in terms of development. We are aware that the leadership in many counties has no space for elected Members of the National Assembly. So, by having the space stipulated in this Bill, we will at least have a forum for elected Members of the National Assembly to contribute towards ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: problem for them. I support this particular Bill so that it can create harmony within our counties and share understanding and information as far as development is concerned. view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: problem for them. I support this particular Bill so that it can create harmony within our counties and share understanding and information as far as development is concerned. view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. view