Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, all over the world as Sen. Cheruiyot has said, the biggest enterprise to do business with is Government. Wananchi in every country strive to do business with Government because it collects their taxes and can do business with and pay them. It is only in Kenya where in the National Youth Service (NYS), for example, that a hairdresser can go and collect millions of Kenya Shillings in gunny bags from a bank and accounts of NYS--- view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, she was the hairdresser of the Cabinet Secretary at the time. But the young person on the streets who is supplying envelopes, 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
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: flowers, paper, milk and groceries is never paid. I urge the Committee that you are going to refer this matter to--- view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Absolutely, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This particular fraudster happened to be a hairdresser. I never said hairdressers are fraudsters. It was a fraudster who was a hairdresser. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee that you are a going to give this--- view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, I remind my distinguished colleague the ‘tycoon of Nyeri’ that Chinua Achebe said that when bones are mentioned in a proverb, old people feel fidgety and uncomfortable. I urge that suppliers to Government be paid. The Committee to which you are referring this matter must expedite and report in less than 60 days. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Did I hear the Senator for Laikipia say that production of sugar in this country is mechanized? I support this report. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: That is why I said ‘did I hear’ because I was not sure. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a good and important Report. It takes us back to what we were debating yesterday. The reckless amalgamation of all crop and industrial statutes into one called Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) repealed the Sugar Act, Tea Act, Coffee Act and all Acts that dealt with special crops. The Committee did not go far enough to recommend the re-enactment of the Sugar Act. The Sugar Act that was repealed provided clearly that for any sugar imported in the country to cover ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I fully support that before any importation of sugar, public participation is necessary. We must know how much we have produced in a particular year, what is our deficit and who is allowed to import to cover the deficit. This is because sugar is now used by cartels to create some slush funds for politics and other notorious activities in this country which must be resisted. This recommendation should be passed on to the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries to extract the relevant recommendations and develop them into legislation that will help the sector. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we closed last evening, I was reminding the House of the provisions of the Forests Act, which we passed in the Ninth Parliament that obligated land owners, whether state corporations, institutions and individuals, to designate part of their land for planting trees, either as woodlands or perimeter fencing that would amount to 10 per cent, which would also be subjected to advice by agroforests. What Sen. Kasanga is asking is to operationalise and give effect to provisions of the existing law and the Constitution. The protection of our forests has been totally lacking in goodwill. ... view