Paul Kimani Wamatangi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Feb 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion. From the onset, I would like to begin by thanking the Senate for appointing me and giving me the responsibility as one of the 11 Members who sat in the Special Committee to look at this matter. Secondly, I want to extend my apologies to the people of Embu County because these people went to an election in 2013 and elected a government expecting to get services from that government. In the confessions of the representative of the Embu people before the Special Committee, we were clearly told that since last ... view
• 5 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support. I want to start by--- view
• 5 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion. I wish my colleagues a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Thank you for leading this House exemplarily. I would like to borrow from what you said yesterday that we will have a The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 4 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am seeking a clarification from the Chair of the relevant Committee, if they knew from the word go that there was some legal implication that required some amendments as far as the Education Act is concerned, I wonder why they went that far without going that route of amending the Education Act to give the headmasters or the school principals a free hand or allowing them to issue the certificates without necessarily asking for the money. I wonder why they went that far rather than going that route of first amending the Act. view
• 4 Dec 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion by the Senator for Tharaka-Nithi. I empathise with the situation in Tharaka-Nithi. This House, the Senate, was created by the Constitution as an egalitarian House purposely and expressly to address the gap between the haves and the have-nots. This is needed today in matters of marginalization and to ensure that as we continue evolving and implementing the Constitution, that gap is continuously narrowed. This House has not only debated but passed several Motions concerning the welfare and state of Members of County Assemblies and County Assemblies. I remember ... view
• 4 Dec 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion by the Senator for Tharaka-Nithi. I empathise with the situation in Tharaka-Nithi. This House, the Senate, was created by the Constitution as an egalitarian House purposely and expressly to address the gap between the haves and the have-nots. This is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 4 Dec 2013 in Senate: The information is well accepted and acknowledged. The reason I raised this issue is because I fully understand where the Senators for Tharaka-Nithi and Nyandarua are coming from. Senators do not sit in the boards that approve budgets at the county level. When the Senators come here and agitate for the shortcomings of the County Assemblies, it is important that those people who are mandated at the county level resonate with the same facts, feelings and understanding such that as we do what we have to do as Senators, we are reading from the same page. As they come up ... view
• 4 Dec 2013 in Senate: The information is well accepted and acknowledged. The reason I raised this issue is because I fully understand where the Senators for Tharaka-Nithi and Nyandarua are coming from. Senators do not sit in the boards that approve budgets at the county level. When the Senators come here and agitate for the shortcomings of the County Assemblies, it is important that those people who are mandated at the county level resonate with the same facts, feelings and understanding such that as we do what we have to do as Senators, we are reading from the same page. As they come up ... view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.43(2)(c) to seek a Statement from the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Education, Information and Technology regarding the cancellation of a tender for the construction of the proposed Engineering Complex at the Multimedia University of Kenya. In the Statement, I would like the Chairman to address the following issues:- (i)whether he is aware of this tender, the tendering process and the unclear and suspicious circumstances that led to the cancellation of the tender at the awarding level; (ii) what the Government is doing to establish the truth of this matter on ... view
• 28 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I also stand to support Sen. Kiraitu. I believe that for any county board to hold a meeting, it must have recommendations from the sub- county boards. So, the sub-county again cannot hold meetings when the wards have not made recommendations. This is because the beneficiaries of these meetings actually are wananchi on the ground. In order for the boards to come up with sufficient conclusions of their meetings, the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, ... view