Martin Deric Ngunjiri Wambugu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: condemning old age in this country. We have a situation where people are struggling to be considered young because old age is looked at as a weakness. What I like about Hon. Njagagua’s Bill is that he is seeking to give dignity to people who have worked in the county administration or what were local governments at some point. It is imperative for all of us, especially for those of us who make laws, to remember that we will all grow old at some point. If we create structures that ensure that somebody can retire in dignity at old age ... view
• 8 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. I support this Report. I would like to speak about the context in which a decision was made to constitutionalise the amount of money that is supposed to be given to political parties. Kenya is a growing democracy and we are pushing ourselves to be a party democracy. We are coming from a background of trying to make political parties bigger than the individuals who control them, run or fund them. view
• 8 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: When we start having challenges of funding political parties, or when we leave it to the National Treasury to decide how much money they can allocate to political parties, we will be doing a disservice to this country. It is important to understand that when public funds are used to fund a political establishment then you are allowing for public scrutiny of the operations of that institution. It is important for the Government to understand that for purposes of transparency, we need to get this money going into political parties as it has been constitutionally mandated. We need the percentage ... view
• 8 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I listened to some of my colleagues’ experiences in the party primaries. We expect political parties to generate political candidates who then go to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). If we do no fund the structure of how political parties generate candidates, we will end up blaming the IEBC for doing the wrong things while the mistakes were made at the political parties’ stage. I want to appeal to the Registrar of Political Parties to learn how to lobby and keep talking to Parliament for us to ensure that every year the amount of money that is supposed ... view
• 8 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Therefore, I strongly recommend the adoption of this Report but I also ask the people who make decisions of how to allocate funds to the political parties, or those who prioritise how these funds get to the political parties, to realise that the Members of this House represent political parties. We are the ones making decisions on how funds are to be shared out. It is important for them to understand that we need parties funded so that they can also create secretariats that support the work that we do in this House. If we have secretariats in our parties ... view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise on a point of order. I am wondering whether Hon. Wamunyinyi realises that the line of argument he is taking confirms the allegations. He is playing to the media. He is taking a line that seeks to confirm… view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise on a point of order. I am wondering whether Hon. Wamunyinyi realises that the line of argument he is taking confirms the allegations. He is playing to the media. He is taking a line that seeks to confirm… view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Can I finish? It is important. view