Kiraitu Murungi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 861 to 870 of 1237.

• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Motion. view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the purpose of the JSC is to promote independence, transparency and accountability within the Judiciary. The question that we should be asking ourselves as a House is whether Dr. Samuel Kobia is qualified to be appointed a member of the JSC. In so doing, whether he is competent in promoting the competence, independence and transparency of the Judiciary in this country. view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, personally, I know Mr. Samuel Kobia. He is a man of high integrity. Indeed, his academic qualifications are also not in doubt despite what we have read in the media. I have seen a copy of the PhD thesis that he wrote. I have also seen a copy of the book that was published as a result of the research that formed the PhD. view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as to what happened to that university there, it was not of the making of Dr. Kobia. In any case, he has another doctorate. He has a Doctor of Divinity. So, the title “Doctor” is still properly used as one of his titles because with or without that PhD which has been challenged, he is still a Doctor of Divinity. Dr. Kobia will do a perfect job. As I said, he is a man of high integrity. I would like to support this Motion, so that he can join the JSC. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this important Motion. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: As the Mover has already explained, the purpose of this Motion is to increase the ceiling of contingent liability to enable the Government to guarantee the borrowing for various development projects in this country. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as is quite obvious from the estimates that have been tabled before this House, about 95 per cent of our revenue is being used for recurrent expenditure. Only five per cent is being used to support our development expenditure. Under Vision 2030, we have very ambitious development targets. Within my own sector, you know there is chronic shortage of power in this country. We are not generating enough electricity. We cannot hope to industrialize this country in darkness. We cannot hope to industrialize this country while generating just 1,300 megawatts. Even small towns in Europe ... view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have analysed our problems and discovered that the greatest challenge we are facing in our sector is gross and chronic under investment within the energy sector. We want to generate 5,000 megawatts from geothermal alone. The Ministry of Energy has secured concessional funding from various international donors, including the World Bank, JICA, European Investment Bank and others. However, we cannot access this funding because we are not able to get Government guarantees. Right now, we are working on a 280 megawatts geothermal view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this amendment. As you all know, I am an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. I know those three people personally. Dr. Willy Mutunga was my lecturer at the University of Nairobi and when he was charged with sedition in 1984, it is I and view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Gitobu Imanyara who were his lawyers in the High Court. We defended him. I also know Nancy Baraza. She was then in FIDA and I am the one who appointed her to the Law Reform Commission when I was the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. I also do know Keriako Tobiko, a brilliant lawyer. We worked with him at Bomas, when he was a member of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (CKRC). We are all members of the Law Society of Kenya. They are all very learned people, people of high integrity and my recommendation is ... view