Kariuki Mirugi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 181 to 190 of 212.

• 4 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Constitution of this Republic and the Kenya Police Act are clear, that the overall boss of the Kenya Police Force is the Commissioner of Police. view
• 4 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with tremendous respect to the hon. Member, we know that he has scores to settle with the gentleman he has mentioned. If he has any evidence that, that particular individual, whom he seems to have a fixation for, infiltrated our forces and killed people, we shall be too happy to receive that information. view
• 4 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On 29th, March, 2006, Prof. Ruth Oniang'o rose on a point of order to seek a Ministerial Statement on the attack and rape of students at Kangubiri Secondary School. I wish to respond as follows:- Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I stated in my brief statement on the subject last week on the April 4, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 299 Floor of this House, that incident took place outside the school compound, and not within the school compound as was erroneously implied. But that fact, notwithstanding, it is important to reiterate that a serious crime was ... view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for your direction on this matter. I think this direction has been long overdue. I wish to tender my apology to you and the House for the fact that I was asked to clarify on what I had said in the House. I seek the forgiveness of the House. Similar interviews took place last week, when we debated the composition of the House Business Committee. Those interviews were aired on television. So, I had taken cue from those interviews but I was wrong. So, I do tender my apology. view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: March 29, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 183 view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply--- view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to apologise for that. I just managed to get the answer to this Question a short while ago. It is a very brief answer and I am sure Mr. Ojode will be able to follow the reply. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Two people have been arrested on drug related offences in the last three months. (b) The matter of the drugs verification and testing is being dealt with by the office of the Attorney-General who has applied to court for the authority to destroy the drugs. I can assure ... view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as far as the law is concerned, we will soon bring a legislation to create an authority that will co-ordinate all the agencies dealing with drugs in this country. The legislation will be published pretty soon. As to the causes of why people go for drugs, I think that is common knowledge. This appears to be a lucrative business, but we are saying it is illegal. But I did agree that Kenya is a transit point. view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya has signed the International Convention Against Money Laundering. In his address to this Parliament, his Excellency the President said that an anti-money-laundering legislation will be brought before the House to take care of that. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as far as investors are concerned, there is nobody who comes to invest in the drug business. This is an illegal business in this country. However, we welcome investors who want to put their money here, to invest in other areas of development. March 29, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 141 view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do not allow money laundering in this country. That is why I went to the extent of saying that we have signed the UN Convention against money laundering. I am not aware if there are any investors who have brought their dirty money here. If there are, I will only be too happy to receive information on anybody who has brought dirty money here for investment. I am really not aware of such a thing. view