Robinson Njeru Githae

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: This money is also going to purchase seeds for the farmers. In all honesty, how can somebody oppose the purchase of seeds for farmers? Those are the people we depend on; they need to get those seeds so that they can be able to plant and harvest at the end of the day. Some of the money is going to pay salaries to teachers and policemen who are working so hard to give us protection. I think it would be a slap on the face if we were to refuse to support the payment of the increased salaries to the ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, now that I am mentioning the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, there is something that has really saddened me. I thought human beings were incapable of that: somebody partying and calling people to go and celebrate because there are some people who are going to The Hague. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is completely inhuman. I could not believe it when I was told that it was actually happening. Even if you support the Ocampo Six going to The Hague, at least keep quiet if you cannot shed crocodile tears. I think it is really better for somebody to shed crocodile tears instead of celebrating--- view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: I hope you are not one of the people who celebrated. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Again, what we are saying is that it is important that we support this Motion. Part of the money is also going to help resettle people. However, in principle, and I want to be very clear, we are in one sovereign country. The Constitution allows any person to buy land and settle anywhere in the Republic of Kenya. The Constitution allows you to marry from any part of the country. The Constitution allows you to work in any part of the country. If we say that the Government cannot purchase land in certain ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: , how come there were no demonstrations? When the land was being bought by the mzungu, how come the surveyors were not being chased? When the land was owned by the mzungu, how come that they owned community land? Has it become community land because the Government has bought the land? These are some of the hard questions that we must ask and answer. Are we in the same country? Are you entitled to buy land anywhere in the country? Are you or not? These are some of the things we need to say clearly and specifically. Otherwise, I would ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second the Procedural Motion. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Presidential Address. Let me take the earliest opportunity to congratulate His Excellency the President for the exposition of public policy. He mentioned that this House will be required to pass at least 21 major laws within the next three months. Therefore, this will be a very busy Session, and I am sure we will be equal to the task. We can expedite things if we stop squabbling. If we are united, focused and determined, we can pass these laws even in a ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you remember that in 2007, the annual growth of this country was 7.1 per cent. We messed up things in 2008 when we refused to accept the results of the General Elections. We refused to petition those results, called for mass action and said that we wanted to make the country ungovernable. The GDP growth went down from 7.1 per cent to 1.7 per cent. I am happy that now again, we are now at 7 per cent. Hopefully, if we continue at that rate, we will reach 8 per cent. For that, we are ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Again, if you look at the infrastructural projects that are currently going on in this country, in the last four years, we have constructed more roads than we have ever done in the last 40 years. Clearly, something was not happening. We have wasted a lot of time particularly on infrastructure. Infrastructure is the key to development in this country that we must emphasize. I am glad to say that if you go to every part of the country, there is a road being made or recarpted, potholes being removed, etcetera . In almost all the parts of this country, ... view