Kiraitu Murungi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second this very important Motion. As the hon. Members and all Kenyans know, one of the greatest innovations that we have done in this Parliament is to introduce the CDF. Whenever we travel in this country, we are recognised and celebrated for having taken development to the grassroots. Very many villages now have dispensaries where there was none before. Very many villages now have secondary schools where there were none before. Many students are even going to school using the CDF bursary funds. This Fund has really assisted in the grassroots development ... view
• 24 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no constituency which looks like the other. Every constituency is unique in its character and needs. I might need my Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) to buy donkeys to transport various items within the constituency. So, the Minister should not come and tell me that I cannot buy donkeys with my CDF money. I might come from Mandera and want to buy camels. Why not? You might be in Nairobi and you want to buy a bus. You go ahead and buy a bus! So, we should be left to decide, as people who ... view
• 16 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, yesterday, 15th April, 2008, the hon. Member for Rangwe Constituency, Mr. Ogindo, requested me to issue a Ministerial Statement on the disconnection of electricity supply to various water service companies, especially those in the western region. I wish to make the following Ministerial Statement in connection thereof. As hon. Members may be aware, the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) purchases electricity in bulk from the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) and the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) on a 40-day credit term and sells it to customers. Electricity consumers, and this includes water service companies, Ministries ... view
• 16 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: In the meantime, I expect that all the water service companies will enter into discussions with the KPLC on how the outstanding electricity bills are going to be cleared during this period. Those 494 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 16, 2008 companies which will not have paid, or made arrangements to pay all the outstanding electricity bills after the 30 days, will have their electricity disconnected. Thank you. view
• 16 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, first I would like to assure my colleague that, indeed, under the doctrine of collective responsibility, there have been Ministerial consultations on this matter, in fact, for over the last one year. One of the agreements reached was that each of the service companies should pay its own debts. So, those consultations have been going on and, as I said before, the consultations will continue. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I said in my Statement, I cannot guarantee that the water service companies will not be disconnected after the 30 days. After consultations with the management ... view
• 16 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: 496 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 16, 2008 view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We will be in a position to issue a Ministerial Statement on that matter tomorrow in the afternoon. view
• 25 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think it is Mr. Kosgey who said that it is not a crime to ask for more time. This Question was received in my Ministry this morning. Therefore, we did not have adequate time to prepare an answer for the hon. Member. Therefore, I plead for more time to prepare an answer. We will be ready with an answer on 362 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 25, 2008 Tuesday next week. view
• 12 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. My names are Kiraitu Murungi. I am the Member of Parliament for South Imenti Constituency. I would like to thank the people of South Imenti for electing me for the fourth time to represent them in this Parliament. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I must say that I am very excited to be a Member of the Tenth Parliament. I am very happy to see my old friends here. Indeed, when we first came to Parliament in 1992, we were very excited as young ... view
• 12 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. Historically, when I listened to them they said: "We were excluded from power during the reign of the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. We were excluded from power during the reign of Daniel Toroitich arap Moi. We are now, again, excluded from power during the reign of Mwai Kibaki. When are we ever going to be in power ourselves?" Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, a democracy which has possibilities of permanently locking out certain groups of people from power in this country for ever cannot last! view