Martin Deric Ngunjiri Wambugu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I want to comment on the issue of the tests. One of the most dangerous things that we are facing as a country at this moment is the stigmatisation of people who are infected. When a newspaper runs a headline like they tried to do and tried to look like they are demonising leaders, and it is unsubstantiated, the message we are sending to the public is a message of fear. Even as we talk about headlines, I think it is also important for us to start figuring out how we are going to ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to seek for a clarification. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security that you are directing that Statement by Hon. Gichimu to. When the Government announced that it is going to distribute food, it was the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation that did so. It was the Principal Secretary for Agriculture that was put in charge of logistics. I know the Ministry of Interior and Cordinaiton of National Government is creating the structure. However, if the request for the Statement is going to be directed to our Committee ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I surely really do not understand, like all Members have said, why this particular amendment has come at this time. It is important for us to remember that there are always two sides to every contract. We cannot legislate one side because both sides are Kenyans. If you start saying that tenants cannot pay rent, the person they pay rent to is a Kenyan. Number two, you will find people who actually occupy both positions. You are a tenant in one position and a landlord in another. The whole idea of getting ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Report. I also join my colleagues in congratulating the Budget and Appropriations Committee for being able to sit especially during this period. I know earlier we were a bit hard on the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on some issues, but I also congratulate them. The last week or two have been difficult and the circumstances in which committees are meeting are difficult. That they have been able to bring a Report and amendments to us is something that we need to congratulate them for. The COVID-19 ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as I congratulate the Committee, the fact that we have put money into hospitals, the fact that we are remembering our healthcare system, is very important. We have always had an option of leaving the country in case we were not happy with our health system. However, we have been taught a lesson we will never forget as a country that there can come a time and disease that we will not be able to go out of the country to get treated. Even as we keep on putting money into our healthcare system, even as we look ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: So, I support the Report and commend the Committee for a job well done. view
• 14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker. I rise on a point of order, and I have tried to do so on other occasions. This is a matter of procedure. I was allocated seat No.18, but the machines here are not working. I suspect that this could be the case with several other Members.We will be sitting like this and once one is seated, one cannot move places or even approach the Speaker to notify him that one’s machine is not working. Essentially if you are put at a place where you cannot be recognized, then you cannot participate in the House’s discussions. view
• 14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: I ask that the Sergeant-at-Arms and the management ensures that the machines are working. Once we sit, we cannot move and thus cannot be heard because the gadgets are not working. I have been unable to raise several points of order until now that I have shouted, which I am sure I am not supposed to do. As we move forward to next week, they should always make sure that once they have determined where Members will sit, they should make sure that the machines assigned are in working condition. If not, a Member will sit and do nothing the ... view
• 14 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much Hon Speaker. view