Mwangi Kiunjuri

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: This is my time! If you look at the causes of inflation and the impact of the global economic crisis, the continuous and persistent drought in this country--- view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you said, it is important that we listen and be patient. That is because everybody will have an opportunity to be listened to. We have seen that there are so many factors like continuous and persistent drought, the post election violence and the rising of food and fuel prices. The Committee itself noted - and I want to quote from them - that the economic causes such as the wide currency account deficits, the Euro crisis, large import bills of non-essential commodities and the Arab uprisings or “spring”. They also noted that there were other ... view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, he is the Chair and he has his technical bench. Therefore, that is why I want to submit that he is not--- view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is common knowledge that the Governor of the CBK does not operate in isolation. The CBK alone cannot bring about the issue of inflation on its own. If you look at the issue of drought, was the Governor in charge of controlling nature? Do you want to blame the Governor for that? If you look at the issue of the post election violence, will you blame the Governor for that? The problems in the Middle East and the war in Somalia; do you want to pile all these on the Governor of the CBK? It ... view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is part of the problem. We do not want to talk about our problems but I look at them from a wide perspective. We do not want to look at the history of the decline of the shilling and where it started. Where did the rain start beating us? This is just like the way we talk about environmental degradation and climate change. We participated 30 years ago and today, we are reaping the fruits of what we have been doing for that long time. This is the same case with today. We must ask ... view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that way, some of the issues that we discuss lose relevance. I would like to say that 90 per cent of this Report is good but now that it cannot be amended, we cannot support it. view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, it should be noted that the deadline is today. For those who are advancing that what we are doing here is unconstitutional, they must be looked at carefully, to make sure that they are not buying time so that we continue with the debate in the afternoon and by the end of the day, if we do not conclude on anything, then the IEBC will go with its work without the recommendation of this House. It will be mischievous and it is not good for the House. My second point is that we ... view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion, but this House must also be aware that we came up with a Constitution that we must respect; there is no way we shall have shortcuts in this one. If you look at the way the constituencies are delimited today, and you look at Article 89, which gives clear guidance, I am wondering why a mistake should be made by the Ligale Commission.It handed over its report to this Parliament; Parliament looked at it and it did not correct it. In fact, it did not conclude anything. view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Two, the IEBC has given recommendations which are already tabled in this House; it is very clear that if today we approve the constituencies by the Commission the way they are, their report will be challenged in a court of law. In Laikipia they created one constituency called Laikipia North, but left Laikipia West with a population of 208,000 people. That one in itself is an illegality because the law is very clear that even if we go by 30 per cent upwards, that constituency will not be in existence because we shall go to courts of law; we shall ... view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, any Kenyan is allowed to go to court and challenge the Constitution. It is very clear; this is a matter of representation; it is why we are here today. We cannot wait for Parliament to legislate an illegality and we do not challenge it in a court of law. view