Hon Martha Wangari

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Oct 2013 in Senate: That county is also the county where I was born – Murang’a County – which is a producer of both tea and coffee. I know I have tasted what coffee farming is all about because my mother still grows both tea and coffee in Murang’a. It is unfortunate that there are many Motions that we have supported about livestock, and most of the people that we have supported are missing in this House. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also want to thank the Mover for his generosity. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was telling one Senator that I could pick tea even before I went to primary school. I have grown in tea farms; I have grown up seeing coffee and this Motion is such a breath of fresh air because we have supported very many Motions on livestock. It is really a breath of fresh air to have something touching on the coffee and tea. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, not only are we the largest – we are actually the ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to give an undertaking on behalf of the Chairman and the Committee that we will give the response to Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale in the next one month. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish to give a Statement on behalf of the Chairperson of the Committee on Energy, Roads and Transportation that was sought by the Senator for Makueni County, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. on the Floor of this House. The Senator had requested for the Statement regarding the contract for construction of Makutano-Kikima-Tawa Road as follows:- (a) He sought to know whether the Chair is aware that the contract for the construction was awarded to Victory--- view
• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the Statement is regarding the contract for construction of Makutano-Tawa-Kikima Road. The Senator sought to know whether the Chairman is aware:- (a) That the contract for the construction was awarded to Victory Construction Company at a sum of Kshs1,895,094,559; (b) Whether he is further aware that the contract period of 24 months started on 12th September, 2007 and lapsed on 13th September, 2009? (c) Why six years later the work is incomplete, yet it should have been completed within two years? (d) How much money has been paid so far for the work that has been completed ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to respond to the issue of the contractor himself or the company itself. I would like the Senator to substantiate on the same because I do not have any information and the Committee has not received any information on the construction company as to whether it is blacklisted or not. So, I would not go into the evaluation of the contract because that was beyond the scope of the Statement. I am not a contractor by profession and the contractors in the House can help me but--- view
• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the direction. I want to clarify that I take the issue very seriously and that is why I was reading the Statement on behalf of the Committee. These Statements do not come from the Committee per se but from the Ministries. All I can do right now is to revert back to the Ministry to get proper direction on Victory Construction Company and to find out what is happening and get back to this House with proper responses. I undertake to do that. view
• 8 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise on the issue of a Petition that was raised by Sen. Musila, on behalf of Mr. Joseph Kalinga, on the inquiry into the matter of upgrading and tarmacking of the Kibwezi-Kitui-Mwingi Road, Road B7. On behalf of the Chairman of the Committee on Energy, Roads and Transportation, I wish to seek the indulgence of this House to have time extended. We have had deliberations especially with the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Transport and Infrastructure, but we are yet to get some very important information from the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the National ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose the Motion as it is. This is because this Report is very inconclusive. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to refer to the role of the Senate, even from Articles 96 and 97. The Senate has the mandate of oversighting and protecting the counties and county governments. I know that the Constitution does not really itemize from whom we protect the counties, but I think that we need to even protect the counties from themselves. It will be a failure on our part if we just adopt this Report, the way it ... view