James Kembi Gitura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Mar 2016 in Senate: Hon. Senators, it is time to interrupt the Business of the Senate. The Senate, therefore, stands adjourned until Tuesday, 15th March, 2016 at 2.30p.m. The Senate rose at 6.30 p.m. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes view
• 9 Mar 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Chairpersons of Committees are very important persons in the new constitutional dispensation, because the Cabinet Secretaries cannot come to the Chamber like they used to do under the old Constitution. However, I am getting a little bit concerned because I have noticed an interesting trend. Every time a Chair gives a statement- almost all Chairpersons - they tell us that they will ask the Cabinet Secretary to come and give a more substantive answer. This calls to test the purpose of the new system. It shows that the Chairpersons cannot be ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale may have a point from what he has said, but had already made a communication and Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo has already given an undertaking to bring the statement in two weeks. Therefore, the matter is spent and what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has suggested can only be in the future. Otherwise, it would be a waste of time to have asked Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo to say what he said. The HANSARD shows that the statement will be given in two weeks’ time. view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Vice Chairperson of the Committee for the elaborate and clear answer. I am grateful that in that answer, it has become clear that the proposed road from Kenol through Murang’a Town will end up in Sagana just like the other one was to end up in Sagana. The danger of playing politics over such a serious issue is that it also misleads people. The leadership of Kirinyaga County had made it appear like Murang’a County was taking a road from them which will then start in Murang’a Town and go all the way to ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for that. The point I was trying to make is that everybody knows about that. Almost the whole of the road from Sagana to Karatina is within Kirinyaga County because the boundary is just before Karatina. The road, as designed to pass through Murang’a Town, will open up the counties which is the intention and the main purpose of devolution. A development in one county should not be made to appear to be loss of development in another county. That is why the road to Malaba is so important because it is clearly stated ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is very easy to try and be populist on an issue like this one. I must say that I am the Senator for Murang’a County and not another. Marua Road is very important road and it will be built. The fact that it will be built does not mean that other roads should not be built. Therefore, it is dishonest for the Senator for Kirinyaga to say that he is thinking about the greater good of a region, when they are misleading people that the road does not pass through Sagana ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: I honestly do not know what you are discussing because if you think about it, it has already gone through the First Reading. The point of order from Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale came after it has been read but I think he is making an extremely important point, which needs to be considered because it has not gone to Second Reading. Therefore, a determination can be made at this point in time. Contrary to what Sen. Kerrow is saying, the issue being raised by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale--- I think he put it a negative way. He wanted to know whether it ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: We have already gone through that. The point Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has made is of paramount importance. It is not right that a Senator or any legislator works so hard to create a Bill and somebody takes it over, runs away with it and makes it his or her own. That is a situation that the Speaker’s Office is going to look at and come up with a position on it. view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo, I think it is important that we do not open up this debate because it is going to be very wide. We all know that it has happened before. Right now, we are discussing this particular Bill. I do not want to open up that debate at the moment because it would be too wide. My view is that we should deal with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s point of order before going to the Second Reading. Let there be a determination by the Rules and Business Committee so that we get proper direction on how we are going ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in Senate: Thank you, Senator. Maybe we need to do an audit on all those types of Bills and then deal with them as appropriate. view