Hon Martha Wangari

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6261 to 6270 of 6328.

• 19 Nov 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I appreciate the self-mobilisation of Sen. Murkomen. This devolution has not been easy. We have had many meetings and this is an issue that kept on coming up. It does not at all mean or imply that the Government is bankrupt. That is a wrong impression. We have had these conversations and we have even had meetings with the National Treasury and money is already flowing to the counties. Already, the Kshs10 billion that was contentious is already flowing to the counties. So, we are not having a bankruptcy issue. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the query from the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Economic Affairs. My response was on the specifics that were asked in this Statement. I know that the emerging issues will be dealt with after the Senator who had sought the Statement goes through the annexes. I am also informed that the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Economic Affairs had a meeting with the National Treasury. So, I had hoped he would help on the issue of flow of money from there to the counties. The issue regarding roads, I had said that ... view
• 19 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am also responding to a request for a Ministerial Statement sought by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and Sen. Muthama. The Senator for Machakos, Sen. Muthama, rose on the Floor of the House and requested for the Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Energy, Roads and Transportation as follows:- (a) How many roads are ear-marked for upgrading to bitumen standards throughout the country, county by county breakdown required? (b) Why has the Machakos-Kangundo Road not been tarmacked, besides the process of tendering and tarmacking being completed in 2006/2007 and awarded to H-Young Company. (c)When will ... view
• 19 Nov 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I know a lot has already been said about this Motion and how timely it is. I want to add my voice by congratulating the Mover of the Motion; knowing that she comes from Kuresoi, I know that she is very passionate about farming and she has said so herself. I want to say that this Motion is very timely. A country that cannot feed itself does not have moral ground to talk of being industrialized and a first world country until everyone can have food on their table. It is very heartbreaking and ... view
• 19 Nov 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. From the outset, I rise to support this Motion. I know that we have put a target of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. That is lowering of mortality rates and the eradication of many diseases, including malaria. But when I look at our country, I think we are still very far from achieving these goals. Of course, there are various attempts which have been made, especially on the development of vaccines. I have seen scientists come up with trial vaccines for HIV/AIDS, resistant tuberculosis, and now as you know, there is already ... view
• 7 Nov 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Senator to seek a fresh statement when we are still interrogating the one that was issued knowing very well that there is procedure for doing that? view
• 7 Nov 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Bill and really congratulate the Mover, because this is one of the Bills that I would refer to as a bold Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when Kenyans voted overwhelmingly for the Constitution that is governing this country, they had very high hopes. In fact, 10 years ago – and I know that came with the NARC revolutions – Kenyans were voted to be one of the happiest people in the globe. That is because they had high expectations which were put in this Constitution. We had already suffered in the ... view
• 30 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Chairperson and the Committee on Energy, Roads and Transportation, I want to undertake that we will give the answer in the next one week. view
• 30 Oct 2013 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First of all, I want to thank the Mover for bringing this Motion to this House. I grew up in the county that you represent in this House, which is a producer of both coffee and tea. I was telling one Senator that I could pick tea before I could even go to school--- view