Wahome Wamatinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Mar 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I finish, it is very important for our people to understand that we must remove the slums by building affordable houses for Kenyans. I strongly support. Thank you. view
• 7 Mar 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 6 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance. I also rise to support this report. At the onset, let me start by commending the committee for the good work that they have done. A lot has been said about increasing revenue to the county governments. I agree with that. However, we must go beyond increasing revenues to the counties. We must also ensure that we put in place sound monitoring and financial systems that ensure prudent utilization of the resources by the governors. Living at an age when we have intelligent financial applications, it is ... view
• 6 Mar 2024 in Senate: should not allow blackmail of people who sincerely do business in this country. It is time we called it the way it is supposed to be called. We know most of the counties that have changed governors over time. They arm- twist the traders from the previous regime, they refuse to pay them and require them to give a lot of money that the traders are not able to. As a House, we must protect the traders. The only way to do that is to insist that pending bills must be as is and anchored in the law as the ... view
• 29 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to also support the Report that has been done by the team led by Sen. Osotsi. They did a good job. In a country where we have a culture of praising the postman for delivering mail, we may not seem to care a lot that the national Government, in the age of internet, has the responsibility of ensuring that all these deductions are remitted to the Pension Funds. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be ... view
• 29 Feb 2024 in Senate: It is not lost to us that most of the developed countries use their pension to fund infrastructural development projects. Therefore, they develop their funds and the wealth of their nationalities. By so doing, they ensure that as people retire, their pensions are well taken care of. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important to realize that the county governments--- At this juncture, I would like to take exemption to praise the Governor of Nyeri County, mwalimu Hon. Mutahi Kahiga, for making it possible that Nyeri County does not have any pending bills. It is one of the counties that have ... view
• 29 Feb 2024 in Senate: As a country, we must embrace the morals of ensuring we do to others what we would want them to do to us. This can only happen if we ensure that pensioners who worked for this country are given their dues by submitting pensions that are prudently invested. view
• 29 Feb 2024 in Senate: The Kenya Kwanza Government will embark on a radical scheme to change how we deal with our retirement benefits, social security and taxes, including the housing levy. If that money is not invested prudently, the workforce will be demoralized. I congratulate Sen. Osotsi for the wonderful recommendations. The County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee should ensure that the recommendations are implemented. I support. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to start by thanking all Members for their enormous contribution and support. Indeed, this was a great job that the Committee did. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view