Hon Martha Wangari

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6291 to 6300 of 6328.

• 24 Sep 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when you look at that child who was running, that video keeps on tormenting most of us, she is like our own. You do not see an Asian, Somali or Kikuyu. You see a Kenyan or even if it is not a Kenyan from your county, a human being. That is the basis of having a conscience. There is a saying in Somali that if you have been shot with two arrows, one on your buttock and another one in your eye, you first remove the one on your buttock, so that you can sit down and ... view
• 24 Sep 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Chairman of the Sessional Committee on Devolved Government, I want to give one Statement that was sought by the distinguished Senator for Kitui, Sen. Musila. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I had indicated yesterday, we were waiting for more information from the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), that we have received. The Senator wanted to know the criteria for determining marginalized counties to benefit from the Equalisation Fund. As you are aware, Article 204 of the Constitution of Kenya established an Equalisation Fund into which shall be paid 0.5 per cent of ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know many people have ventilated on this issue, but on the very first question by Sen. Musila on getting an assurance that next year we will have Kitui County included, which is also tied with the question by Sen. Moi, I want to say that it is not really in our power to give that assurance as a Committee. In my earlier communication, I said that the CRA will be able to sit down and review this formula. It does not mean that the counties that were cut off will be included; they could still ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I actually want to give a status report on a Statement that was requested by Sen. Daisy Kanainza regarding the view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Fund. I also want to seek the indulgence of the House to give us more time because we have already made a communication to the Ministry of Devolution and Planning. However, they are asking for more time to supply us with the required information. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Two weeks, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to start by saying that I am a founder Member of a political party and I am also a national Treasurer of a very serious The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in Senate: Okay. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to support. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to start by congratulating the Mover of this Motion. I really wish that we were not having this conversation because we should be in a country where the ratio of the police that we are talking about is close to the globally accepted ratio. As we speak, Kenya’s ratio is about one police to more than 1,000 members of the society. The globally accepted ratio is 1:450. I think we are doing very badly as a Government. I really want to mention this even to the Jubilee Government. I think the next biggest ... view