Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you allow me, recently a young man sent me a text message asking me to come up with a Bill to prevent people from being cremated. I sent him a message asking where the problem was. When he called me and I asked what his problem was, he asked me whether Jesus would have resurrected if he was cremated. I told him that the same Bible says; “Lisilowezekana kwa binadamu, kwa Mungu linawezekana .” If Jesus was to be cremated, maybe God would have caused that fire not to burn and still he would have resurrected. ... view
• 1 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, even her own colleagues on the Jubilee side look horrified with what she has said because it is not true. I invite my distinguished friend and colleague, Sen. Mugo, to read a book by Chinua Achebe called The TroubleWith Nigeria. In that book, he says that if you cannot see what he is seeing, then you are either a fool, a crook, or you do not live in Nigeria. I know that Sen. Mugo is not a fool and a crook. Perhaps the only alternative is that she is stranger to Kenya. If you go to the ... view
• 1 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not want to engage in altercations on an issue that is not an issue. What is free education? When we were going to school, free education meant that when you joined Standard One, you were given a slate and a slate pencil. You were given an exercise book, ink in an inkpot, a pen and a uniform. Ideally you were given everything. Education is not free because parents buy uniforms and books and pay for lunches. Basically they buy everything. Sen. Mugo should walk around and go to even Kibera or Mathare with Sen. Sakaja ... view
• 1 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is obvious even from where you are that my distinguished colleague does not believe what she is arguing because it happens. Activity fees, lunch fees, water, books and uniform fees are paid by parents. Academies are for rich people, but I am talking about the ordinary people who vote for us in the villages. My dear sister, Sen. Mugo, take time from the ivory town, go to the villages and see these people. See how they suffer. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support this--- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 1 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the concerns by the Senator for Nairobi, Senator for Laikipia and my distinguished colleague, Sen. Mugo. This is a matter that the Committee needs to look into. Pronouncement of policy and implementation of policy is not one and the same thing. I do not fear to be contradicted because I know it is a fact that education in this country is neither free nor compulsory. That is why we find small boys looking after cattle in the villages, when chiefs who earn salaries are there to force them to go to school. Education is not ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Petition before the House is very clear. Whoever is petitioning also understands and appreciates that conservation of water catchment areas is necessary. He is not asking about being taken back to the forest, but about investigating and finding a resettlement solution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this country, we lost an opportunity after the Constitution of Kenya 2010 to enact new laws to change the structure of land tenure. We have continued to tell Kenyans and make them believe that if you have no land, you are worthless. It is not true because if you ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: to go before a panel, be interviewed and interrogated to prove yourself. If it is a farm, you are supposed to prove that you are capable of running it. That is only when they can let you inherit the land. If you do not, they pass it on to someone who can carry on with farming. view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, land is a tool of production; it is not an instrument of pride and ownership. We, therefore, want the Committee of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries chaired by the distinguished Senator for Nyandarua, to look into this matter very carefully. Like Sen. Orengo said, we have people who have lived with and protected forests – the Ndorobo, Ogiek and all those other communities. We then have the invaders; people who walk into forests armed with power saws on their shoulders. They will mow down any tree in sight, burn charcoal and create deserts where we have tropical forests. ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: The very last, Mr. Speaker, Sir, is this. Senate Majority Leader, we must bring a Bill to this House to protect forests by obligating the Government to avoid this moving in and out of forests all the time. Let us fence off all national forests and protect them together with the wildlife there in; the flora and fauna, and leave the protectors of the forests – the Ogiek and Ndorobo – to continue hunting and gathering as we evolve them to better lives. view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Land is owned by animals and two individuals. view