Kariuki Mirugi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 111 to 120 of 212.

• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Nakuru town has experienced a rising spate of robberies in the last few months. What is the Ministry doing to stop this tendency? Could the Assistant consider carrying out a shake-up in the police force in Nakuru so that we can inject some change in the management of the police force and crime in the town? view
• 16 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I will try to be brief. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to register my disappointment in hindsight for what happened in this House last week. We had a grand opportunity to rein in on these tobacco manufacturing companies. The Ministry of Finance brought the Finance Bill that was to increase taxes on tobacco products. However, this House rejected it. It was very sad. We could have killed two birds with one stone. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the target groups that have been misused by multinationals are the ... view
• 15 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, we have to acknowledge that the squatter problem in this country has been going on for the last 43 years. The successive governments since Independence have not addressed this issue adequately. The successive Parliaments have not addressed this issue adequately and I want to say that this country is courting a serious disaster and we have seen the precursors in the last few weeks. In Mombasa, for example, we saw when 3678 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 15, ... view
• 15 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am finishing. The Ministry of Lands should also speed up the acquisition of land. For instance, there are 1,000 acres of land being sold in Rongai. The Ministry should purchase such land and settle squatters on it. There are many other big chunks of land being sold in this country. Therefore, the Ministry should put its priorities together and come up with Budgetary estimates for acquisition of land from the private sector for the purpose of settling squatters. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also wanted to mention that, in Nakuru Town, we are ... view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to support this Motion and also add that it is very important for this country to support small business owners. Further, in this respect, I am talking about the mama mbogas of this country. In my constituency, for example, there are a lot of women who are engaged in small businesses. It is my belief that someone who is able to eke a living out of less than one dollar a day is able to work for, say, five years ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. The Government has not provided Ms. Mary Wambui with any State security beyond what is provided to the general Kenyan public. I am further not aware of any Government vehicle that has been allocated to her. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have enough copies of the written reply and I beg to be excused. I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Mr. Chirunga Juma of Gandini Location, Kinango Division, Kwale District, was killed after an attack by unknown people. The incident occurred while the deceased was guarding his cassava shamba in the company of his wife, Mrs. Beyo Chitipo, on the night of 2nd March, 2005. The post-mortem report confirmed that he died of severe bleeding. (b) An inquest file No. 1 of 2005 was opened to assist in the investigations. Two ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the two suspects who were initially arrested were Mr. Ngua Kajimbi and Ali Simba. The police could not find further evidence, to link them to the crime of murder. We only effect arrest and charge, if there is sufficient evidence to sustain a charge of murder. I appreciate that there could have been a land dispute. I would appeal to the hon. Member that all those people who seem to have some evidence to link anybody to the murder, even if it is circumstantial evidence, will be most welcome to record statements. So far, we have ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have not heard any question being raised. But let me acknowledge that we have a lot in common with Mr. Ndolo in the world of boxing. But I am a better boxer than him. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me say that the KWS choppers are there for anyone to hire. You can hire them on a private basis. If anybody saw another one using a chopper, please confirm with KWS whether it was on a private mission. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in response to part "b" of the Question, I said that an inquest file No.1 of 2005 has been opened. An inquest is normally carried out where the cause of death and the suspects are not known. Even if we were to commence the inquest tomorrow and the suspects are known, we will not have advanced our case very far. The only eyewitness to this murders is the wife of the deceased. They were just the two of them in the view