Patrick Kariuki Muiruri

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issues which have been raised by hon. Gachagua are very, very important. I know, and the Ministry knows exactly what is going on! We are going to address all those abnormalities because they are many. For example, you find that a company is licensed to market coffee, another one is licensed as a dealer in various forms, and they are the same people. All they do is just register the name of a brother or a sister in the two 2400 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 11, 2007 sister companies. There are a lot of things ... view
• 11 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. July 11, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2403 view
• 5 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I fully support this Bill because of some very important reasons. It seeks to establish the Media Council of Kenya (MCK), the Media Advisory Board (MAB) and the Complaints Committee. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for many years in this country, the media has never been properly regulated. But with the establishment of MCK, MAB and Complaints Committee, we will have some sort of order in journalism. What we have now is irresponsible journalism. You may find a story in the media slurring leaders and hon. Members of this House. The slur would go to ... view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the last time that this matter came to this House, you were the Chair. I was also on the Floor. view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Motion by Mr. Angwenyi was asking the Minister to amend the KTDA Act. I, however, said there is nothing like the KTDA Act. As I said, KTDA was formed by a Legal Notice by the then Minister for Agriculture. Therefore, I would like to move an amendment:- "THAT, all the words appearing after the words "this House" on the 11th line to the end be deleted and the following words be inserted in place thereof; "resolves to urge the Minister to rescind the Kenya Tea Development Authority Revocation Order (1999) contained in the Legal ... view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move. view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to refer to the background of the Kenya Tea Development Authority. The Kenya Tea Development Authority was established under a statutory legislation on 20th January, 1964, under Legal Notice No. 42, Section 190 of the Agriculture Act, CAP.318 of the Laws of Kenya. The enactment charged the KTDA with statutory responsibilities of promoting and fostering the development of small-scale tea growers within specifically scheduled tea growing areas. The subsidiary legislation empowered KTDA to assist small-scale tea farmers in expanding their holdings through the following goals and objectives:- (i) To manage tea extension ... view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the then Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Mudavadi - and I said it - created the KTDA by a Legal Notice No.44 of 1999. What the hon. Member is asking the Minister for Agriculture to do is to revoke that order. That is it! view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. We have discussed it with the hon. Member and agreed that we bring that amendment. We are bringing it because originally, you remember, the hon. Member was asking us to review the KTDA Act. However, I said that there is no KTDA Act in existence. What exists is the formation of the KTDA by a Legal Notice No.44. So, there is no KTDA Act to discuss and the Motion was wrongfully in the House. What we have done is to correct the anomaly, because originally that is what the hon. Member should have asked ... view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Bill. However, the Bill itself covers people like ourselves who are politicians and leaders, when it comes to slur. I remember sometimes in this House there was a publication on me by the gutter press. The gutter is terribly notorious in slurs. When you go to look for them, you cannot find them. You do not know where they do their printing. One copy of that print will cost as little as Kshs20. Indeed, the daily sales comes to about 1,000 copies, which comes to about Kshs20,000 but it has ... view