Eng. Stephen Muriuki Ngare

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Feb 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. I had the opportunity to serve in this Committee under the Chairmanship of Sen. (Prof.) Anyang-Nyong’o and Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. The teams which have been in this Committee have worked very hard against all odds. They started with enormous amounts of work which had to be covered within a short period. Sen. Khaniri and Sen. Mong’are who have left this Committee made a wonderful contribution during the work of the Committee. Sen. Mong’are is a lawyer and Sen. Khaniri is a longstanding legislator. He would quote ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, irrespective of how many petitions may be raised with respect to the activities in Vihiga County, they are very important in this House. Those of us who are in the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee see a trend where the audit system is a sampling system. The Governors have crafted all manner of ways of embezzling funds and, somehow, they are able to compromise the auditors so that they look at one item and not another one. Sometimes the Senate Committee may be spending a lot of time on cents and not shillings and pounds. ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a Petition. So, we cannot say we allow or we do not allow it. It has come. However, I would like to suggest that this Mr. Gwada Ogot is quite misguided. Maybe this person has not seen the way a person who has consumed cannabis sativa looks. They cannot tell where the car is or where the land is. They cannot know who to engage with and whom to fight with for no reason. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I join my Chairman, Sen. Madzayo, in urging the Chair to see the importance of this Bill and the enormous amount of work and consultation with every imaginable stakeholder and interest groups. Hearing that it is being stood down after about two years of extensive work, I urge the Chair to allow this Bill to go for the First Reading so that whatever other interests are concerned, they should come in a procedural way. The Constitution has allowed that any of these views and interest groups are heard during public hearings or petitions as presented. Whatever ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the government has three arms. We are the legislators. There is the Executive and the Judiciary, in case we argue. The Legislature has done its work and very ably so. It is true that there is another Bill that had been brought to this house to deal with that aspect of pension to county government workers. However, I urge you to see that even if the Senate Business Committee was persuaded by some outside body, to kill what the Senate has developed after consulting with all these other interested bodies---. When the Senate Majority Leader quotes ... view
• 14 Feb 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to join you and my colleagues in the House to express my sincere condolences and, moreso, those from my people in Nyandarua County. We all know the late Boy Juma Boy came to Parliament as it was said by the speakers before way back in early 1980s. Although some Kenyans like thinking that the Senate is a House of old people, we are not short of people who were born well after our late colleague was actually serving in Parliament. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, despite the big break he had from the ... view
• 14 Feb 2017 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the chance. I rise to support this Motion and in doing so, let me say that I have been among Senators who felt in the previous years that it is a good idea to have different Members of the Senate serving in different committees, more so the Senate Business Committee. However, last year, as you recall, the wisdom of the House and the leadership and the parties was that they retain the same Members due to experience and perhaps it would be more expedient to the business of the House. Now, ... view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I do not think we should spend so much time on the matter at hand. The intention is that each delegation of each county who would wish to vote is not left out. The designation of the Member to vote on behalf of the head of delegation as per the Constitution; the discretion is left with the head of delegation who is the elected member of that county. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reasons as to why Sen. Obure chose one Member or the other of the delegation in Kisii is not relevant. ... view
• 1 Dec 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to welcome Hon. Sakaja and his team from Radio Jambo. I understand that this is the program where our colleague, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., bashes the Government and hon. Sakaja corrects that. From now onwards, I promise to be listening to Radio Jambo so that I can also participate. view
• 29 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this very important Motion. As the Senate of the Republic of Kenya, we find ourselves in a very awkward position. This is the first step. We have done many things before, but this is the first cut off point to decide whether we will go anywhere as a Senate or not. Article 186 of the Constitution created two Houses of Parliament; the Senate and the National Assembly and their functions are clearly defined. The national funds, that is the Budget of the national Government is taken to the National Assembly, deliberately so by ... view