Methu John Muhia

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Mediation Committee on the Water (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.33 of 2023), laid on the table of the Senate on Tuesday, 22nd October, 2024, and further that pursuant to Article 113 (2) of the Constitution and Standing Order No.167 (3) of the Senate, approved the mediated version of the Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.144 of the National Assembly Standing Orders and Article 110 of the Constitution, the Bill was forwarded for the consideration by the Senate. ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: the body that will be dealing with the bulk water, and then it shall be transferred to the water service provider. The reason we, in the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources, had initially thought that it is important that we transfer this to the county governments was so that we try and be compliant with the Constitution. According to the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of Kenya, water and sanitation are preserved by the county government. We were wondering, if projects that the national Government completes are not handed over to the county government, how then will we ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: nature of the water services. The role of the Water Services Regulatory Board, as the regulator, is crucial. In a subsequent clause, you will see that we have reinforced this particular Clause. I will keep jumping through the clauses, so that we can follow the way we agreed on this mediated version. I want to then go to Clause 7, an amendment to Section 72 on the powers and functions of the Regulatory Board. The Committee considered Clause 7, which outlines the Board's powers and functions to evaluate and recommend water tariffs. The Committee concurred with the Senate proposal to ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: standards for the provision of water services and asset development for water services providers without the approval of the Cabinet Secretary. I am sure from what I have read, you know what we are trying to protect. It is now an overreach by the Executive, especially the Cabinet Secretary, in an independent body tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that they are the ones that set tariffs and publish regulatory standards. So, for it to require another approval by a Cabinet Secretary, we felt that this would be an overreach of the Executive. We need to protect the WASREB from ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this was our argument. Where does the funding of the Water Fund come from? They get their funding from the Exchequer, partners and donors. Where does the budget of the WWDA come from? They get their budget from the Exchequer and donors. Why is it that you are getting your budgets from the same source but you want to partake from a budget of the other agency? Why did they want to open up that budget to the WWDA? More importantly, because it is important that I converse on this particular proposal in law. The budget of ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: must ensure that we remove all the players; either through nomination by the Cabinet Secretary, CoG or any player, so that the Tribunal can be independent. It is the same case for the House Business Tribunal, Rent Business Tribunal, and all the other tribunals that have been formed in law. It is a preserve of the Judiciary to nominate the people who should sit there. To make it easier, it is like parties being allowed to nominate judges who shall be hearing their matters. It will be very difficult. If I was allowed to nominate a judge in the matter ... view
• 17 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the onset, allow me to say that I rise to oppose the Motion of the removal by way of impeachment of the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya. For the last two days, today and yesterday, we have been treated to a charade of allegations and accusations, which, in my opinion, have not been substantiated either by the Mover of the Motion, Hon. Mwengi Mutuse or the advocates who he came with or the advocates that are on record for the National Assembly. I am actually quite surprised that one of the advocates ... view
• 17 Oct 2024 in Senate: want to believe that beyond the owner of the Motion, Hon. Mwengi Mutuse, the President is the bigger owner because he has not denied that there has been no insubordination. My comment is this; this divorce that the President is looking for, he shall get it, but it will be painful, hurtful and catastrophic. It will have casualties. At the final vote that will be cast today, we might be the first casualties. However, the casualties of today are not necessarily the casualties of tomorrow. I want to speak to our partners in the coalition and the other people from ... view
• 17 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am being disrupted. The point that I wanted to make is this. It is not in vain that we have been instructed not to sanction this divorce, but if it comes, we shall take it in our strides. I want to tell the people who are here that we shall put the votes that you will cast here in our hearts and not in our minds. The people of the region that I have mentioned are at their lowest. We are calling on the Senators who are here that it is time to stand with us. ... view
• 16 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir. I would like to get a clarification from Hon. Mutuse on the accusation that you say- “His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua acquired a dairy farm in Nyandarua County.” Is there any evidence in record that he has a dairy farm in Nyandarua County, either the title number of the land or even a photograph? I have you putting photographs of hotels. Do you have either a photograph of cows on record? Secondly, I would also like to know from the Hon. Mwengi Mutuse, on this matter that you say that people of Kenya feel that they ... view