Kathuri Murungi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 831 to 840 of 866.

• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion as moved by hon. Njenga noting that our youth who are leaving primary and secondary schools are just roaming in the rural areas taking illicit brews and other hard drugs because they are frustrated. Most of them who leave Class Eight or primary school level are unable to join secondary schools due to various problems like financial constraints. This Motion will go a notch higher to make sure that we open up our village polytechnics. It is unfortunate that in the constituency where I come from, certain polytechnics are ... view
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Since polytechnics have been devolved to county governments, I hope that county governments will be able to allocate enough resources so that those polytechnics can be improved with new infrastructure and new equipment to cope with the current trend. So, my wish is to have a polytechnic in every ward in the constituency so that graduates from Class Eight and Form Four are able to join them. We have several courses offered there, for example, plumbing and others. Nowadays, plumbers are rare and yet we have people who can be trained in polytechnics. We need people who can also do ... view
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to note that we have done much with the Constituencies Development Fund CDF). For example, in my constituency we have now started allocating funds to the students in post-secondary institutions, like colleges and universities, but still this money is not enough. The hon. Member indicated that money to be given to these polytechnic students should be channeled through the CDF process. This is also commendable because hon. Members are able to know exactly the students who are not in these schools because we move around the constituency all the time and we ... view
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: With these brief comments, I support the Motion. view
• 24 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I also wish to recognize that you have contributed something in my life because you taught me communication kills at Egerton University way back in 1994. Thank you very much. I rise to support this Motion because solid waste is a menace in this country. The best option would be to campaign for the three “Rs” that we have in environmental management. The first one is reducing waste. The second one is re-using waste. Instead of throwing the waste away, we re-use it; the third one is recycling. We also ... view
• 24 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. I seek your indulgence on this issue. The chairpersons of these committees present their reports to the House and we debate them. There is a time the substantive Speaker gave a ruling that the reports should be available in time, so that we are able to interrogate them and give our contributions. What I have before me is only the Order Paper for today. Somebody is circulating the Report only now on the other side of the House. I do not understand why the reports are circulated only on one side. No ... view
• 16 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of information, hon. Speaker, Sir. I want to give some information to the Members pertaining to this Motion. view
• 16 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I thought I might not get a chance and it is very critical information for the Members as they contribute. view
• 16 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I wanted to correct hon. Shidiye that this House formed an ad hoc committee to look deeply into the issue of miraa. This committee started its sittings today and I am a Member of the committee. So, it is not good for the Member to make insinuations about miraa while we have a committee, which was approved by the House, to look into that issue. We should wait for the committee to complete its work and bring a report to this House. Then we can all debate the report. Today, the same Member, in ... view
• 16 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to inform the Members that the Industrial Training Levy is contributed by the employers, so that the employees can be trained. So, this money which is contributed by the employers cannot be used as provided by the Industrial Training Act of 2007 to train other people who are not employed in that industry. So, as we contribute, let us not take three hours contributing on the Motion without amending it, as hon. Muchai had requested. If those in the SMEs want to be trained, they should contribute to the ITL. That is the only way ... view