Njeru Ndwiga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Apr 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 30 Apr 2019 in Senate: Actually that was my concern, that Members are leaving but we want to vote. view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to the Motion, to record the thanks of the Senate to the speech of the President last week. The speech was very good. I wish to compliment the President for a good exposition of public policy in that speech. A lot of issues came out such that the country was informed of the developments that have taken place in all sectors of our economy. While we applaud the Government for good performance in the macro-sector, it is disheartening - as most of my colleagues have said ... view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not know whether you know that we are the only country in the world that allows foreigners to come and invest and to have 100 per cent ownership of the businesses that they are running. That explains why in all sectors and all corners of this nation, one will find foreigners doing things that can adequately be done by locals. 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
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: If you go to China today, there is no way you can start a business and own it 100 per cent. You will be required to get a Chinese partner who will own 50 per cent and you own 45 per cent of the business. In the neighbouring countries, it is exactly the same. How are we going to grow our Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs)? We can proudly say that we have people who have invested in this country and are assembling vehicles. However, where are the SMEs who are supplying parts and components to these industries? We do ... view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: Just look at the funds that we are spending – the amount of funding that is going down to our women and youth groups – look at the organisation on the ground; it is not there. First, we need to realise that we need to get an organised society at the micro level so that we are able to fund those groups to make them economically viable. view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: In agriculture, yes, we have done well. We have food surplus at the moment, which is true but during this period of drought, it is very disheartening that wherever you visit, particularly arid and semi-arid areas, people are talking of hunger. My Committee was in Marsabit this week and the people told us that they do not have relief food. They 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
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: also told us that the Government has not been there but you do not quite understand how. We have two levels of Government now. That is why we have devolution. The Government on the ground is the county government. That should have been the first port of call. It should be the first point of entry for all these complaints. view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: When you travel around this country, you will hear that people are hungry and they want the national Government to give them relief food. That is okay. The food is there in plenty. All the ghalas have food – I am sure and I believe so because I have heard statements from the Cabinet Secretaries for Agriculture and Devolution that we have enough food in the country. Then can somebody explain why Kenyans sleep hungry yet we have all this food? Why would Kenyans sleep hungry yet this Senate has allocated so much money to our county governments? view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: Therefore, I would like to repeat what I said here when we were discussing the hunger in Turkana. As we are looking for fellows who are draining or killing the economy of this country through corruption, if we hear that a Kenyan has died of hunger anywhere in this country, we should take the governor to jail because we have given them resources. If the national Government has not taken food to your county, go for it where it is. It is in the stores. I want again to be on record; in Mwea, there was some bumper harvest of ... view