Mukiri Macharia

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Leader of Government Business should take up these issues. We cannot be coming here every week to ask about benefits considering that we took a lot of time to pass legislation on it. view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is in all the Ministries. We keep on asking these Questions. It is the Government that should be addressing these issues. view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to commend the Ministry for the work it is doing in expanding infrastructure in courts all over the country. However, there is a big problem in the delay of court cases. Sometimes, some magistrates just adjourn cases without good reasons. This is done, sometimes, when witnesses have travelled from very far. What is the Minister doing to ensure that there is some sort of control, so that justice is not delayed, especially by the magistrates? view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise on a point of order in respect of the Question that was before the House. This morning, there was a similar Question on retirees and pensioners. You realise that such Questions come to this House every day. We are being turned into debt collectors for pensioners and retirees. Could the Government find a way as to how hon. Members can deal with the Government in respect of retirees, so that we do not keep on asking these Questions in Parliament? We are taking too much time on these matters, despite the fact that we even ... view
• 28 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education:- (a) whether he could table the list of affiliate colleges established by each public university; and, (b) what measures he has taken to ensure that standards are maintained. view
• 28 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister is blowing cold and warm water at the same time. He has said that there are no affiliate colleges, but he has called them campuses. He has said that he has a long list of the said affiliate "campuses". The Assistant Minister knows that, at present, universities have established so many affiliate campuses, or whatever he is calling them. You will find one university with mushrooming "kiosks", which they are calling colleges--- view
• 28 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could you, please, protect me from the hon. Members? view
• 28 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, universities are opening affiliate campuses to attract more finances because the Government is not funding them. Could the Assistant Minister tell us how many campuses have been established in the last two years? view
• 28 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to see universities engaging more in research and other intellectual development issues. What the Assistant Minister is saying is not correct because the Commission for Higher Education does not have the capacity to check on the standards of these colleges. Nowadays, every university is establishing an affiliate college in the backstreet and they are offering diplomas and degrees. If we leave this issue to the Senate to decide, they will continue establishing more of these "kiosks" which they are referring to as campuses. Could the Assistant Minister consider funding the universities properly? If ... view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to make my contribution. On the outset, let me congratulate the Minister for Finance for a very good Budget that he presented to this House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me thank the Minister for setting aside money for resettlement of squatters. I come from a constituency where there are so many people who are landless, some of them because of the clashes that have been there over the years. That is a very timely move. I hope the Minister will address that issue and the Government ... view