Ndiritu Muriithi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 291 to 300 of 472.

• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think it would be in order for me to first and foremost declare my interest. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: I am, after all, a Member of Parliament and a representative of the people of Laikipia. Some of the Minister’s staff is, in fact, from that constituency. So, I have risen here with consternation at the presentation by the Minister. He says that Ministers are only provided with information; a presentation that suggested that, in fact, he as the Minister would like to know what the staff was doing. I would have thought that the reason we have Ministers is to take that responsibility. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would have thought as the responsible, he Minister would have said if there was an issue of wrongdoing, he would take responsibility and whole leadership of the Ministry would have taken responsibility. So, I was very surprised to listen to that presentation that has sought to create the impression that only part of the Ministry staff needs investigation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this matter must be debated in a way that is fair. In a way that brings the facts on the table and protect innocence of individuals until facts are adduced. I think as we go ... view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are Members in this House who have been investigated before, who have appeared before courts of law and acquitted on the merit of their cases. Therefore, we must go into this debate with that background. We must go into this debate seeking to bring out the truth and to have everybody heard fairly. I think we should be debating the following key questions: Was there any reason to believe that there was wrong-doing and if so, how do we get to the bottom of that? I think it is not fair for us to stand here ... view
• 21 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support. Indeed, hon. Orengo has spoken at length about integrity, reforms and moving this country forward. I want to agree with him and I hope that he, others and all of us will not only speak the language of reforms but will practise reforms. I am sure that all Kenyans are expecting the leadership of this country to move forward, so as to get this country where it is supposed to be. Speaker after speaker has spoken about the issue of integrity and about Justice Lenaola, the other people involved in this ... view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It would appear that both the Mover and the Seconder are already trying to defend the Motion even before the matter is put to the Floor. Is it really in order for both the Mover and the Seconder to be doing that in spite of your best effort to guide them in the right direction? Clearly, even before we start this Motion, you can see something is amiss. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Vote. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: I want to say the following: First, in relation to Artificial Insemination (AI) services, I think we went wrong in assuming that they could be provided at what was supposed to be apparently market rates. If we compare ourselves to other countries, for example, New Zealand which produces over 13 billion litres of milk because they have invested in AI services, we must move to provide AI affordable services to our farmers. When a regular cow in Kenya produces three to four litres of milk, a good cow anywhere in the world, produces 40 or 50 litres of milk. So, ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: If you look at beef cattle, the average size of the animal is becoming smaller and smaller. The Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives explained in detail about the genetics. I am told by technical officers that the average size now of a piece of heir is anywhere about 20 to 21 square feet down from nearly 30. This means that the value that we get out of our livestock is dwindling. It is going down because we have ignored AI services. I think we should be bold and accept that world over people are subsidizing ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On leather, many Members have spoken about the question of comparing ourselves to Botswana. Botswana has much smaller herd size than us, yet, the productive value coming out of that herd size outweighs what we get. We must look at ways and means of improving the quality of leather. If we compare ourselves to countries such as Ethiopia the quality of our leather is impaired by variety of things; by husbandry and the way the hiding is done. So, we must go back to training people who work in arbottaires on how to properly hide. But also those who are ... view