Onesmus Muthomi Njuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: the security man. You can imagine of that and the driver is not licensed and has never handled a gun; no wonder he was not able to use it in this case. So, if the system has to be installed in the guns of civilians who are licensed, then it should be implemented in equal measure on all the guns that are used by the police and armed forces. A gun held by security agencies is a gun and should be traced just like any other gun. We are not just talking about a firearm. It is a gadget on ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was following the debate from the lounge. There was a small issue that was not clarified by the CDF Chairman and I would like to seek a clarification on behalf of probably other Members who may not have been informed. There was the issue of Kshs500,000 in the 2014/15 Financial Year that was supposed to be taken away by the audit office. Apparently, some constituencies never remitted the same while others did and yet they have not had that money reversed. Equality sometimes brings serious acrimony in a country of diversities. Maybe, the Chairman can ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You almost caught me off guard. I was consulting with the incoming Governor for Kiambu County. I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion on the Senate Bill. I want to support the sentiments by Hon. (Dr.) Pukose. I am sure you have heard a statement that is very famous which says; “water everywhere but not even a drop to drink”. You can be surrounded by a lot of water but have very little for you to use. I am saying this because there is a notion in this ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Nyeri County is known to be with a lot of coffee, tea and rivers but one of the areas that suffer a lot from drought is the leeward side of Mt. Kenya which is very dry and yet the temperatures are very low. Like most of Kieni Constituency is dry. If you left out a county like Nyeri, it will mean a place like Kieni will never benefit from that fund or what may actually be beneficial from this Bill. Coming to other counties, like Embu and Tharaka Nithi without being personal, Embu County also has an area that touches ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Half of Tharaka Nithi County where I come from - Chuka/Igambang’ombe Constituency – is very dry. Igambang’ombe Division is worse than Garissa and even parts of North Eastern. Tharaka is neighbouring Mwingi and they will comfortably say they deserve this. I can see my friend from Mwingi County looking at me. Tharaka’s climate is an extension of what we have in Mwingi North and parts of Kitui. So, that amendment is mandatory and I will support it. I will not support the position by the Committee that we restrict this to very few counties. We must include all the counties ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: By the way there is climate change which is dynamic. Who knows, maybe parts of this country that are known to be with large forest cover, receive high rainfall and have good climatic condition may become ASAL areas because of deforestation. So, with that in mind it is important to include all the counties under this programme. About the CoG being included, I say “yes.” The voice of the governors has to be heard because they are the authority of devolution where this will be evaluated and managed. With those few remarks, I support the Bill as passed by the ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I also want to thank Hon. Neto whom I did not think had knowledge in medicine; I can see that when you are a legislator, you can legislate on any sector in this world. Medical field is more or less scientific. It is critical that when it comes to treatment of diseases and referrals we have to have the correct information, otherwise, patients can end up having wrong or ineffective treatment because of a wrong history of records. How are our records kept in ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: and we end up having our health deteriorating because of misdiagnosis. Therefore, before this Bill goes through, some of the amendments will be how to implement it and police the private sector in order to know rogue clinics. This is because, probably, the pharmacist is not trained and we may have a streamlined system such that we have no difference between the public medical records officers and the ones that are in private sector. Research in this country relies a lot on data. If you do not have well-kept and accurate data, it may be a big problem for those ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Bill and look forward to amendments in the committee stage. view