Kathuri Murungi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wanted to briefly comment on this Petition presented by my good friend, Hon. Brighton. Tea issues have become the order of the day in this House. Just yesterday, I asked two Questions regarding tea issues because of what is happening around. Farmers have received very little money this year - an average of Kshs11 per kilogramme in every factory. It is important that we revert back to when we had KTDA and the Government had interest in tea. That is where we are going wrong. To make sure that this is handled comprehensively, I ... view
• 8 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Today, I received a letter from Sen. Cheruiyot Aaron, the Kericho Senator, requesting all Members of Parliament from tea-growing areas to meet on Tuesday. Tea is a very weighty matter. The Committee should handle this with the seriousness it deserves so that our farmers can benefit from their farms. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. My Question is directed to the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: a) Is the Cabinet Secretary aware that the task forces formed on tea and coffee concluded their mandates and prepared their reports three years ago? view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: b) If aware, what is the implementation status of the said reports? view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the First Report of the Special Funds Accounts Committee on Audited Financial Statements of the Political Parties Fund for the year ended June, 2017, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 29th August 2018 . view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I really thank the House Business Committee (HBC) for giving us an opportunity to speak to this Motion this morning. I also thank the Members who passed the Procedural Motion this morning to give us permission to execute this Motion. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The Special Funds Accounts Committee is one of the three watchdog committees in this Parliament. Our work is to ensure that this House fulfils its oversight role to enhance accountability, efficiency and effectiveness in application of public funds. At this time, you realise that the Executive, which is headed by His Excellency the President, is very keen on how public funds are spent. As a Committee, because we look at audited reports from the Auditor- General, our work is to ensure that we look at the reports and bring our reports to this House so that Kenyans can know how ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: To achieve this, revenues allocated to this Fund must be administered in an effective, efficient and transparent manner. In addition, the Fund must be allocated the requisite amounts of revenue to support well governed and managed political parties as envisaged in Article 91 and 92 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. If parties are not supported through the National Treasury, at some point, democracy is compromised. Those who fund the parties can then decide on so many things. However, when parties are strong and well-funded, they do not need to look for financiers. The financiers can decide who should vie, ... view