Josphat Kabinga Wachira

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1061 to 1070 of 1087.

• 28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise under Standing Order No. 95. Even as I do so, I support my colleague Hon. Gichimu that small towns like Ngurubani should not be forgotten. I now want to call upon the Mover to reply. view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to support the Report by the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing. This is an important Bill. It clarifies roles and responsibilities of the various entities that are involved in the construction and maintenance of roads in this country. Roads play a great part in the development of any country. I would want to correct the Leader of the Minority Party by telling him that the Jubilee Government is well aware of what it is doing. It does not play populism politics with development. I believe he is trying ... view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: The Report on this Bill touches on classification of roads which has created confusion in this country. I want to confess that classification remains a problem. I tried to apply the First Schedule of this proposed Bill over the weekend. I wanted to see whether I can identify roads in my constituency. I must confess it was not easy. In particular, classification of roads which are supposed to be Class D and placing them under the counties is, to me, something the Committee should consider revising. Another thing I want to point out is that there is need in this ... view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that has put that economic activity on hold. I believe we would not be talking about county roads or national roads if there was a special fund to attend to such emergencies. We would have attended to that bridge. We also have another very important bridge leading to a very important hospital – Karira Hospital. That bridge has been a danger to users for the last about two years. This is a bridge without rails on the sides. It has shown signs of cracks. It can be a menace any time. Again, because of the same ... view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: would have saved this country a lot of revenue if we did those roads without looking at their lengths but, rather, their usage. As we look forward to the rains, I do not know how the users of those roads will be when it rains in this country. I hope the Chairman is hearing me and will do something about those three short roads of 12 kilometres each. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other thing I want to point out is that looking at our country, the NG-CDF has done quite well in spurring the development of educational infrastructure in ... view
• 22 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to contribute in the next Order. view
• 14 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Thank you, our able Chief Whip for preparing and moving this Motion. Before I continue to second this Motion, I would like to welcome our children from Ngaru Girls, from the mighty county of Kirinyaga and also to extend a happy Valentine and Ash Wednesday to the great people of Mwea who feed this country with the best rice in Africa. view
• 14 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: By having a calendar in place, we will be prepared for the House business. When some of us left the jobs that we were doing and decided to join the House, it is because we had an agenda for pushing the development in our respective constituencies. view
• 14 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: We are continuously getting worried by the content of the debate of the House, especially from our brothers. We are getting confused as new Members when we see our brothers rising up just to be seen on the screen, contribute and immediately leave this House. This is confusing to some of us new Members. I wonder whether all of us understand and know why we are in the House. I have travelled in this country, I have had a chance of working in almost all the 47 counties in this country, and I know how needy some of the constituencies ... view
• 14 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: immediately left. We should not even allow some of these people to talk, because they talk, confuse us then they leave us and hope that they have already gained mileage out there. I will be elected on the premise of what I would do for the people of Mwea. Some people will be elected on the basis of how much noise they make in this House and how much they appear on television. I am different. We must strike a balance between people who want to confuse me and people who want to pursue agenda that will help my people ... view