Mwangi Kirika Waithaka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Order, Mr. Angwenyi! Your time is up! Prof. Maathai, you have three minutes! view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, I will now call upon the Mover to reply. view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, that concludes the business on the Order Paper. The House is, therefore, adjourned until this afternoon at 2.30 p.m. The House rose at 12.30 p.m. view
• 21 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason why Mr. Mwandawiro put the Question to November 21, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3783 this Ministry of Water and Irrigation is because this is where we are getting a lot of problems in implementing water projects in our constituencies because it involves a lengthy process. If an officer drove from his office to a constituency, for example, in Nyandarua, they can drive to Kinangop and then drive back to the office, is he entitled to any payment or fuel for the GK vehicles? They fuel GK vehicles which have a provision in the line Ministries. view
• 21 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: on behalf of view
• 21 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I would like to thank the Minister for acknowledging the fact that it takes very long before pension dues are processed and telling us the measures the Government is taking to address the issue. However, our people are seriously suffering, especially when one person leaves behind dependants, like a widow and some children in school. The processing of pension in such a case drags on until even the widow dies before November 21, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3785 enjoying her late husband's benefits. I have a case of a person who died in 1996, called Mungai Ikiu ... view
• 21 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There is a difference between intention and November 21, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3787 actual implementation of this intention. The Minister has kept on saying that they intend to modernize, they intend to do this and that. What is the time frame when they are going to finish this modernization so that we can deal with all that backlog once and for all? view
• 16 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, now that there is the FPEP, some parents have a tendency of delaying their children and not taking them for the early childhood education classes. They take them straight to primary school because it is compulsory. No teacher can deny a child from being enroled in a primary school notwithstanding that they have not gone 3734 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 16, 2006 through the early childhood education. What steps is the Ministry taking to ensure that every child enroling in primary school has gone through the early childhood education programme? view
• 16 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have heard the Assistant Minister read out the names of the agricultural officers he has deployed to Khwisero Division and yet the hon. Member for Khwisero has just told this House that there are no agricultural officers in his constituency. Is the Assistant Minister aware that officers affected by the reshuffle during the rationalisation exercise have not reported to their new stations and that is why the records show that officers have been deployed, but in the real sense they have not reported to work? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this has not only ... view
• 15 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. This is a Motion of national importance, because it addresses issues that ought to have been addressed a long time ago. I am also happy that the Motion has been brought by an hon. Member, who has been a long-serving Minister for Lands and Settlement. He was Assistant Minister for nine years and a Minister for similar number of years. So, it becomes extremely relevant because he knows what ought to have been done. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am ... view