Mwangi Kiunjuri

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The Motion is not yet seconded. Wee kaa chini kidogo! There is no Motion on the Floor. We do not need your help. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the hon. Member should know that a Motion is only before this House when it is already seconded. I rise to second the proposed amendment. I have several issues on why this amendment should be moved. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: First, I should be on record that I support the fight against corruption. Corruption must be fought. It is a cancer that is spreading dangerously in this country and it must be healed once and for all. We know there is no country in this world that can develop with high level corruption as we are witnessing today. Being a third world country and hoping that in years to come, it will be history, all of us should rise up in arms to fight corruption. However, we must recognise that there are issues that must be addressed by this House ... view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are speaking and giving half-truths and half-baked information and we are still in this House. If you were here yesterday, you can be a witness of what I am going to say because this is a volcano. We have already seen the signs of a volcano erupting. The temperatures are building up and this volcano must erupt. We cannot allow Members of this House to come here knowing very well that in one way or the other, they are related in some cases and defend those cases that they feel can affect them. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we raised the issue of maize here yesterday and every Member of Parliament was in arms against Dr. Khalwale. Why? Because some of them are already mentioned. None of them has taken any action to step aside from their own departmental committees or any committees they represent in this House for them to be investigated. They want to drink wine and preach water in this House. They want to come here and talk of corruption while they have been mentioned adversely. None of them is raising a finger. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you consider the Grand Regency Hotel saga and the maize scandal, the latter one is just a drop in the ocean. This issue of maize has made whoever has "eaten" from the maize bin be a murderer. Why do I say this? Because we are witnessing every day on our national television and in newspapers people dying of hunger. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have said I do not condone corruption and I do not have to respond to her. I have said it clearly that Members of Parliament who were involved in corruption deals should be ready to also face the consequences and we shall know them very soon. They must step aside from their committees that they serve and that is going to happen. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, however, when we talk of corruption in this country, we talk of these Bills and yet we have Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) that we have no action on. It is a shame to us. We have the new constitution that is coming up and it is going to prevent what Parliament wants today. That Parliament should have the duty of care; that is, to vet all Members of the Cabinet appointed by the Government. That one is coming up. It is a thing that we must push to make sure that during the review of the ... view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in this House today, we want to see how many Members of Parliament will serve the test of time today. We want to see how many of them will pass this litmus test so that they can cast the first stone. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are sins of omission and commission. We have gone through this Report of the Committee and we have noted that there is no way hon. Kimunya was involved directly or mentioned as having been connected in any corrupt deal. All what it has said is that he misled the House and that he lied. That is the word they have used because Members only mislead the House. If it is the case of manslaughter, you cannot sentence the same person as if he has committed murder. Those are different cases and already, hon. Kimunya has ... view