Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: If you read the Constitution, the different security institutions are given different mandates. It may be the right time to review some of these and see whether the people who gather information are given the mandate to do so, and prevent these incidents of terrorism. Maybe there were people who had information from certain agencies, but because their mandate did not involve prevention, they did not act, and as a result attacks took place. view
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: On co-ordination, I support the Committee’s recommendation that we have an inter-agency body, so that all the different agencies can work together to secure our borders from internal and external aggression. 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
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, in the report, we are informed that the Recce Company were able to zero-in on those terrorists, but the other security agencies, or the armed forces destabilized the operation when they came on board and in the process, we ended up incurring losses. This requires this country to seriously review the arrangement and co-ordination of the various security agencies. This incident is a clear case, where instead of people working to save the situation there is competition as to who got the credit. view
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: According to me, if there was information and some people did not act, then there were lapses. Why did the security agencies not act if they were told that there would be an attack at a particular time? Why do we keep some people in the armed forces, yet we are very insecure? view
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I think this is the right time we went through this report and, as legislators, came up with a system that can guarantee security. Development and Vision 2030 will not be realized unless we have security in this country. At the moment, Coast is one of the most attractive regions to tourists. Of late, many businesses have been destabilized because of the insecurity incidents that have happened in that region. Our tourism sector has been seriously affected. A lot of money has been allocated to the security sector, and the people who are entrusted with this responsibility should take serious ... view
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I come from Igembe North Constituency and I am always invited to attend burials when somebody has been shot dead.We experience cattle rustling in the constituency. We are like an ATM to our neighbours, who think that we do not deserve to keep cows or cattle. Therefore, they come and steal them. I know there were some cows and other livestock which were stolen from my place. This is the case yet the district to which they were taken is known. Is there different treatment for different areas? We have to rethink the issue of security, both ... view
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Kenya is currently hosting many headquarters for international companies. They have come to this country because we have good infrastructure and because of our location. However, we are likely to lose them if we do not guarantee their security. Investors who are flocking our country are likely to go away and we will end up exporting nothing and losing jobs. view
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, as we look at these things, we need to come up with a system that will guarantee security. We need to think about security agencies which can be used to secure important installations and ensure that areas, which are visited by many Kenyans and foreigners like shopping malls, are secure. view
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: We should avoid condemning one religion or community and instead address the root cause. Why does this happen? What is it that is pushing the youth into this crime? What can we do about the youth, so that they are better engaged? We do not have to come up with a programme that is like a token--- view
• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to support this Motion because I think it is very important for us as a country when our neighbours are in trouble to help. To a large extent we also experience the same difficulties in one way or the other like this conflict in South Sudan which has had a lot of impact on the Kenyan economy. Many traders have suffered and so sending our defence forces to South Sudan is a good idea because this is going to assist in restoring peace there. At the same time, we will encourage our Government to take a ... view