Kathuri Murungi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, it is not on this issue. I just wanted to seek some clarification on the same. I am wondering whether I should ask now or when the Bill comes back. His intention was wonderful because he wanted Muratina to be included in this Bill. However, when he was doing this amendment, he forgot and only talked of sorghum, millet or cassava and yet Muratina is purely made from sugarcane and honey. Where I come from, these are what we use to make local brew. I am requesting hon. Ichung’wah to consult again on whether to include ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have not contributed. view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for this opportunity to also contribute to this important Bill. I want to start by stating that the implementation of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination 1999 Act has had a lot of grey areas. This is the right opportunity to give this country a new Act, 2014. This Act is a constitutional requirement because most of the devolved functions, especially to the county governments touching on environmental management such as air, water and noise pollution need to be considered. I want to mention that there are various institutions, as our Chair mentioned, which seem to be ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: five times. Therefore, this is an opportunity to remove such statutory bodies so that taxpayers can be relieved of these issues. As the Chair mentioned, there is this Public Complaints Committee which is the voice of Wanjiku . This is a very important committee which needs to be retained in this new Act so that the common man who cannot get enough money to go to the courts can seek redress through this Bill. The National Environment Management Authority which many people blame for many reasons needs a lot of empowerment because at the moment it looks like a toothless ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, NEMA also needs some prosecutorial powers so that those people who are contravening the Act can also be prosecuted through NEMA. The professional body for the experts who do strategic environmental impact assessments and environmental audits, needs to be anchored in this Bill. This way, we can avoid rogue consultants who usually go to universities for two or three weeks and they are given certificates to practise as environmental experts. These are the people who are making NEMA to lose its credibility. There are other professionals who are trained in this area from the first degree, ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: This Act will also give Kenyans public participation programmes so that whoever is doing an assessment must provide a list showing how they did public participation. As I mentioned earlier, quacks are getting to this business. They do these reports even from their offices in Nairobi and the environmental impact assessment is conducted in Wajir or Mandera. Therefore, this new Act will give Kenyans a chance so that experts can show how they did public participation. The last one is that this law provides a framework, whereby those Kenyans in the industries who can do sound management in environmental matters ... view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to also make my contribution in support of the appointment of Dr. Lydia Nzomo. A lot has been said by my colleagues and I do not want to overemphasize this. However, for once, the Education, Science and Research Committee, led by the interim Chairman, hon. Melly, has done us proud this time round. When they were vetting the other TSC Commissioners, Mr. James Nkoroi was nominated as a commissioner and some commissioners who had no issues were thrown out. This time round, they have done a commendable job. There ... view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: At the moment, there is a big fight between the TSC and KUPPET. With the experience and sober mind of Dr. Nzomo, I know she will give the ongoing negotiations a fresh start, so that teachers will not go on strike. Many teachers are performing in this country, but when promotions come, because of corruption and other ill vices in this society, most of them, who perform, are never considered. However, with this God fearing lady, Dr. Nzomo, all these issues will be handled carefully. view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the appointment of Dr. Lydia Nzomo as the TSC Chairperson. view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to support this Report. From the outset, this East African Monetary Union is modelled on the European Monetary Union. Therefore, a lot of research has already been done and most of the countries in the East Africa Community are satisfied that this model will improve our EAC economy. I would like to note that 28 states in the European Union are in the Monetary Union. A lot of gains have been achieved by the European Monetary Union. Therefore, this is high time for our five East African Community partners to move with speed to ... view