Njeru Ndwiga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 878.

• 21 Jun 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, your ruling cannot be challenged. However, you need to guide this House because it cannot be a House where people come to spread rumours by saying that they “heard”. That is the shortcut to besmirching peoples’ names; that people will always stand here and say, “I heard some weird thing”. It is not honourable at all for a Senator and Member of this House to stand here and tell us about what he heard. Supposing we also tell him what we hear about him? view
• 14 Jun 2018 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 14 Jun 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Abshiro raised a matter of great national importance. I am surprised that after her statement, we moved on with business of the House as usual. This country is riding on an impossible debt portfolio at the moment. I was hoping that you would ask the relevant standing committee --- view
• 14 Jun 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this statement was not committed to a specific committee to interrogate the issues raised. The issues raised are of great magnitude. Is it in order? view
• 12 Jun 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to support the statement read by the Senator. It seems like there are some people who make policy decisions which you and Kenyans cannot understand the following morning. If we are assembling vehicles in this country, why would you want to import assembled vehicles? This cuts across many sectors of our economy because there are so many things that happen here. Yesterday, I heard farmers in Mwea complaining that they have nowhere to sell their rice, yet we are importing rice from Pakistan. There is a madness somewhere which must be curbed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 29 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy that Sen. (Prof.) Kamar brought this issue because today it was top on our agenda in our committee meeting. In fact, we have asked the Ministry to come and explain to the Committee what exactly is happening. I concur with the other contributors that this is not a new problem. The issue about the NCPB has been there for some time. As we talk about the large-scale farmers, I know that small-scale farmers, not necessarily in the north rift but the rest of the country including the Speaker’s county, cannot deliver their maize. ... view
• 29 Mar 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move:- 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
• 29 Mar 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 4 of the Bill be amended by — (a) deleting paragraph (h) and substituting therefore the following new paragraph — (h) monitor and oversee the issuance, suspension or revocation of registration or licences issued under this Act; and view
• 29 Mar 2018 in Senate: deleting paragraph (i); view
• 29 Mar 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 16 of the Bill be amended — (a) in sub-clause (1) by deleting the word “Council” appearing immediately after the words “apply to the” and substituting therefore the words “respective county executive committee member”; (b) in sub-clause (3) by deleting the word “Council” appearing immediately after the word “The” and substituting therefore the words “county executive committee member”; and (c) by inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after sub-clause (4) — (4a) Each county executive committee member shall furnish the Council with details of a license issued under subsection (1) within ... view