Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: I asked one Member of the National Assembly why they voted for this, and he told me that they were instructed to vote. I hope that we will give the two Committees time bound direction that this matter must be done within the next one week. I also urge your office, because there are many Committees including ad hoc ones, that you give them two days and freeze the activities of other Committees, so that these Committees can sit on this matter, do public hearings where necessary, analyse this matter and talk to financial analysts and Commission on Revenue Allocation ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a House that represents county governments and their interests, we know that the first charge to public resources and revenue is public debt. So, with a ballooning public debt going to Kshs9 trillion, it means that the sharable revenue will shrink more, our counties will get less and development will freeze. I am not a prayerful person, but prayers are necessary to save this country from the direction we are undertaking. After this term, the next two or three terms will be extremely difficult. We have now reached a situation like where the former President ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no way a country can spend close to 70 per cent of its annual revenues on debt service, yet we must pay because we are obligated. The World Bank that is the lender of last resort has already raised several red flags on our country and said we have burst the debt ceiling. However, the Chamber that prides itself in dealing with financial matters and says that money bills are its preserve and should not come to the Senate, is the same one that is not debating, but acclaiming this recklessness. The electronic version ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is a terrible distortion of thinking process to see these things happen. I want you to freeze other Committee activities and let the two Committees sit for two days and bring the report, so that we debate with the sobriety, intellectual capacity and facts as they attend to this matter. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is also important to put on record that immediately these regulations were passed in the National Assembly, there were widely circulated press reports that the National Treasury is borrowing Kshs350 billion in furtherance of this. Therefore, it is extremely important that this House must pronounce itself to this as quickly as it is practically possible. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has brought out an important point. I suggest two things for purposes of our operation. First, in giving direction on time, we know that it should be 15 sitting days. However, they can operate on calendar days, so that we are safe with time. If you say that they report back within two weeks, we have 14 days of ordinary calendar days, but will have some reserve time in accordance with the law. Secondly, there is a real temptation of the mandarins of the National Treasury thinking ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me – we rarely take the opportunity when such a matter is disposed of – to appreciate the Chair. I want to record our appreciation to you personally, and to the Chair in general, for the patriotic attitude, tenacity and the manner in which you have guided this very delicate matter. This is because out there, we are all carrying the original sin; that we have put an additional burden of Kshs3 trillion of public debt on the shoulders of Kenyans, when it is not true. You have allowed the House to ventilate on this ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I commend Sen. Khaniri for bringing this Statement. What happened in Chepturo Village, in Nandi County last week is a matter of national shame. The Governor of Nandi County, who is our former colleague in this House in the last Senate, has issued a disclaimer that they had nothing to do with the brutality that was meted out on the people in that village. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: This matter was dealt with by the current Cabinet Secretary (CS) in the Ministry of Lands, Madam Farida Karoney. She visited the farm and gave two very clear legal options. First, she said that the national Government was going to resolve this issue by giving the claimants of the original land an alternative land. The second option was to compensate the families living on that land by allocating them double the land they hold, because they are holders of small pieces of land. That is if that land was to be left to the family that had sold the land ... view