Onesmus Muthomi Njuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to support the Petitioner. The appetite for use of wood in this country is seriously affecting the climate and causing the global warming phenomenon that we are experiencing today. While the rains are supposed to set in around 15th day of every March, some parts of this country have not received rainfall to date. The biggest problem is the loggers, whether licensed or not. They pretend to be going for exotic trees, but they end up removing indigenous trees from the forests. They hide them in the same haul with other wooden products that ... view
• 12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: This issue is not isolated to western Kenya only. If you go to the Mount Kenya region today, especially East of Mount Kenya, loggers have left forests that we can see. But if you happen to have an aerial view of that mountain today, you will be very shocked. There are open patches all over. There are people who are growing bhang in that forest. They have cut trees and destroyed the forest. The patches earlier on occupied by indigenous trees have become shambas for bhang. view
• 12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: When the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources looks at this issue, it should not just look at the impact this has on the environment. It should also look at the issue of illegal businesses involving both animals and plants that are taking place in the forests. The forests are harbouring elephants and those elephants are being killed because of their tusks. The elephants have committed no crime by carrying their tusks. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support that Petition. view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, looking at the turn out this Wednesday morning, it is very unusual to have this number of people. This means that there is interest in this Motion since it is about issuance of IDs and voter registration. This is a very pertinent issue. Would I be in order to request that we reduce the debating time to five minutes so that more Members can contribute this morning? view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I have not agreed with Hon. Mbadi on most issues. Even in this particular case, I want to only agree to the extent that we do not need the law to compel IEBC to allow us to use the waiting cards to vote. On the issue of the IEBC being rogue, I totally disagree with him. It is out of order because it is not the point of discussion in this particular case. I rise to support this Motion. The fact that we use serialised waiting cards means that, that serial must have a meaning. ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: That is my friend from Turkana. You know sometimes English is a bit difficult. It came with a ship. The waiting card is an identification document because you can identify yourself with it. I was on the issue of comparing the interim driving licence with the waiting card. I can see my time is over. I support the Motion that we need to allow this card to be used because a waiting card is acceptable in so many other places. A waiting card is acceptable in the bank, police stations, when issuing the Uwezo Fund and receiving title deeds. There ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity and the transparency of listing the next five speakers. That is real transparency. I commend you for it. I stand to support the Division of Revenue Bill, 2016. We have to support the devolved units that we created in the Constitution 2010. We will adhere to the guideline you have given. Most of the things have already been said. Unless I have something to add, I do not intend to repeat what my colleagues have said. One of the reasons why we voted for the Constitution to devolve functions and facilities ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: As much as we may think that 32 per cent of the national Budget is not a large amount of money, remember the Constitution provides for 15 per cent of the national Budget. Therefore, 32 per cent is way above the targeted amount. It is a bonus and it should do much more than this. Allow me to briefly dwell on the issue of the health services. That area is fully funded but the services are not in tandem with the money that is given to the county governments. In Tharaka Nithi, every year we normally have a strike by ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: On roads, I have seen that we have increased the conditional grant for the Fuel Levy Fund from Kshs3.3 billion to Kshs4.3 billion. At the moment, we have new guidelines by the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) on the definition of county and national roads. I hope some roads will be left for the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) in that arrangement. We should see an improvement in the roads maintenance in our counties. In my Tharaka Nithi County, in the sub-county and constituency I come from, I have not seen a grader, bulldozer or excavator from the county government this year ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Lastly, on medical equipment, the national Government was reasonable to have sourced equipment for Levels 4 and 5 hospitals. The equipment is there but you will be surprised that it is just lying there. Governors use it to show people how hard they are working. We do not have the personnel to operate the equipment because the people we have are not properly trained. The other day we had a serious case. A man was misdiagnosed with cancer. He had been going to a health club, observing diet by eating fish, avoiding excessive alcohol and causative factors of lifestyle diseases. ... view