Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Wole Soyinka in his book, the view
• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: said that a tiger does not proclaim its tigritude; it pounces. This morning, we pounced. We went to court and made our statement. In less than 10 minutes, the judge said that we had raised a strong and substantive legal issue. We must take the Division of Revenue Bill as it is because there is no other way other than the scientific way through CRA that revenue is divided. We are not engaging with the “Lower House” in games of money or the box whereby we are being told: “We will add you Kshs2 billion or we will add you ... view
• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank and congratulate the Senator for Uasin Gishu County, with whom we co-chaired the ad hoc Committee on the maize crisis, for bringing this Statement to the Floor. I am equally happy that the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries is here and I would like to hear his position on this matter. The ad hoc Committee on the maize crisis made very intensive and extensive collection of views from farmers in maize growing areas. Every Kenyan saw that, particularly the public hearings in Eldoret and the feeling of the Kenyan farmer ... view
• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: good. If you look at the crop in the fields, you can tell that we will have a bumper harvest. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, assuming that you want to start importing maize today given our procurement processes and procedures, it means that whatever grain you import will land in the port of Mombasa in a minimum of the next two months, by which time, the heaviest grain growing areas of Trans Nzoia, Uasin Gishu, West Pokot, Bungoma and others will be harvesting. Instead of importing maize, why can we not support the farmer? The President has rolled out his Big ... view
• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are not talking of people who grow maize in baskets on their balconies. view
• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: We are talking of people who seriously grow maize to feed this country and they are definitely not found in Kiambu. However, the people of Kiambu consume maize just like everybody else. So, it is affected in one way or the other. I end by urging this House to stand together the way we stood in the debate on the view
• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: Committee on maize. We must defend the farmer. The Government has a duty and if it abdicates it, this House must remain the last line of defence for the Kenyan farmer. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I cannot and will never support arbitrary behavior by anybody in a position of responsibility. That notwithstanding, gambling is a vice that should never be encouraged in any country or situation. Let me pose a question to the hon. Senators. Sen. Sakaja, would you allow your son to gamble? The automatic answer would be “no” because it is a vice. We cannot stand here and say that Robinhood was not a criminal because he was taking money from his victims and giving it to others. He remained a criminal. We should not, as leaders, ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: We cannot ask our youth to engage in betting because there are no jobs, and see if they can make a living. That is taking the country in the wrong direction. The Committee that will be tasked to look at this matter must- (i) Look at the legal framework and the conflicting jurisdictions between the national Government and the county governments on gaming, gambling and casinos. (ii) Look at the consequences that gambling has visited on this society. Families are breaking up, people are committing suicide and so many other things are happening because of gambling. We must, as leaders, ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: On a point of Order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view