Paul Kimani Wamatangi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: My apologies, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was in another Committee, but I am the substantive Chairperson of the Committee on Roads and Transportation. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am saying that in acknowledgement and appreciation; that you have given me the Floor so that I can make clarifications that are important and a concern to the Members. I will start with the last issue on The Roads Bill. From the time when we had the view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: at The Intercontinental Hotel, our Committee sat and considered all the amendments and issues as proposed by Members. We also wrote a report that was tabled here. After that, we have been in consultation with the leadership of the House, and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: specifically, the Senate Majority Leader, who came to our Committee and also invited me for a discussion. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there were issues which were grey and not agreed upon, but which could threaten the Bill not to see the light of the day. Therefore, it was proposed by the Senate Majority Leader that we, first of all, find consensus on them. The Bill will be rescheduled by SBC to be brought back to the House. This is because none of us is a member of SBC. After we had done our bit and tabled the report, we leave the onus as per the words of the Senate Majority Leader to the SBC to prioritize and ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Lastly, the Petition that was brought by Utheri Wa Lari was prosecuted by my Committee. We invited all the parties, including the main culprit, the National Land Commission (NLC), to the meeting. We instructed them to get back to work in compliance with the timelines specified in the execution for petitions. Secondly, the NLC was under instruction to expeditiously ensure they revise all the awards they had given. Along that petition, there was a Presidential Directive that all the awards which had been given from the start of Phase 2; that is along the boundary of Ngong‟ be revised. We ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I said was to add a rider why I have more interest in this matter. At the close of it, my Committee has acted fully in compliance to ensure that--- view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I added that rider after completing my submission that my Committee and I, have acted fully in compliance with the requirements of this House in as far as expedition of petitions is concerned. I said it would be a shame for me, as a Senator, not to act on that. I added the last nail to the cross that we have crucified those people who were trying to disenfranchise the people of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Kenya, not only the people of Utheri Wa Lari, but all the people along the second phase of the SGR project. There was a lot of connivance between the NLC and some corrupt individuals. What has come out is those awards were given with favoritism. You would find somebody was given an award of Kshs40 million per acre and the next door neighbour was given an award of Kshs7 million for an acre. This is why it was ordered that the exercise be redone. It has been redone and they have filed a report with us. That report will be ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just wanted to first acknowledge that the direction you have given is absolutely the right direction for the Committee and the Chairpersons will comply. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was seeking your indulgence so that the directive can also extend to the House Business Committee, so that once we are done with a Bill, for example, the Roads Bill, then we ensure that Bill is prioritized and put in the Order Paper because once a Chairperson and the Committee, like me, have done our work, it is for the House Business Committee to put the ... view