Ndiritu Muriithi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: So, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir--- view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are many tricks in the book to advance whatever injustice somebody is trying to advance, but surely, that one is below the belt. view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is my considered view that if, indeed, there are reasons why a candidate who ranks top is rejected, I think those reasons must be laid on the Table of this House. If we go back to the dark days when people could make decisions behind closed doors to jail or detain some people, then I fear all the efforts and passions that many of us, including yourself, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, put to liberate this country, will be for nothing. If a candidate is to be rejected, then the reasons for such a ... view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, since no logical reasons can be advanced here, I am quite sure many people will wonder whether this candidate was excluded because she is a woman? Was she excluded because of her name “Kamau” and is, therefore, presumed to be of a certain ethnic grouping? view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to refuse to put reasons forward is to suggest that, in fact, this candidate is being excluded because of her ethnicity. These are the issues that we need to solve if we have to move forward in this country. We cannot move forward and heal the wounds of the past by perpetrating new schemes and injustices. view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee inquired into this matter. The Chair ruled that the Committee is at liberty to recommend and that it is up to the other party to either accept or reject those recommendations. So, to argue that we should reject this Committee’s Report merely because they have been told to recommend this and that candidate, I think it would not be fair. view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Committee interviewed these candidates. We cannot, therefore, turn around and say since they did that we reject their work. In my view, if we reject this Report, we would not only be against the Chair’s ruling, but against our Standing Orders. The Committee is at liberty to inquire, look into and talk to anybody it so wishes in its endeavor to establish what the facts are. view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Committee’s Report because we owe it to this country to get the best. The idea of penalizing people because of their ethnicity must stop. We should do everything possible to make sure we do not reject this Report. We talk of regional and gender balances. However, we cannot punish a candidate because of his ethnicity. This is because nobody chose to be born where he were born. Nobody chooses what tribe or which clan they are born into. You are simply born there. Therefore, I believe that it would be very erroneous ... view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe as we move forward what we should be looking for is more transparency. Justice should not only be done, but it must be seen to be done. One of the things that very often happens in this country is that every year we have election, some Kenyans must die. Remember one morning in the constituency that I represent here, over 60 people were gunned down outside Ol Moran. This happened because of inflaming ethnic tensions and passions. So, when you exclude someone because of their names or ethnicity, you are simply laying the ... view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to plead with this House to approve this Report because two wrongs do not make a right. We should now strive to correct the wrong. I agree with the previous speaker who said reforming the police force is a key thing, particularly in this election year. The Commission we are establishing will help us reform the police force and that we must start this process by identifying an Inspector- General of Police who will be accepted by all of us. view