Wahome Wamatinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Sep 2023 in Senate: effort by the Colombian Government, which has done everything possible to win young people to join coffee farming. The option that they were doing before, is known to everybody. It is important that we have the right leadership in this very important institution; as we, in the Kenya Kwanza Government, strive to put this country in the path of economic recovery. We can have the backing-sounding policies. Most important, we can establish an Industrial Development Bank (IDB) as it was in the Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC). Establishment of the Enterprise Development Bank (EDB) can support especially the younger ... view
• 21 Sep 2023 in Senate: As I wind up, I would urge all of us that it is important that we realise that if we have to change the economic fortune of this country, we have to change the narrative of the way we have been doing things. Mr. Speaker, sir, I support. view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I was just about to correct you, but you realized that I am Sen. Wamatinga. I rise, in support of this Motion. I come from Nyeri County specifically, Mathira Constituency, where we tend to be honest and truthful men. In 2014, exactly one year after the election, we had the same incidents happening in Lamu. Needless to say, the current Governor was the Governor then. It is in our memory that after he was arrested, the matter stopped. I want to join my colleagues to condemn violence being perpetrated in Lamu against one specific community. ... view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I was pointing out the coincidence. We are in a free country where, as leaders, we ought to point out the facts as they are. We know in this country, be it banditry or cattle rustling, most of the crimes that we see being committed, most of the violence that we see being meted out, it is indeed driven by political leaders. Madam Temporary Speaker, I said I come from Mathira Constituency, where we are truthful and honest people. It is important that we point and call it out the way it is. We must ... view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. It would be impossible to do that within the next five minutes. view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I am saying it is important that as political leaders, we take it upon ourselves that the problem we have in this country is--- view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, given opportunity, I will lay documents in this House, that in 2014, we had the same problem and somebody was arrested. Give me a chance to come with the documents tomorrow, showing that one year after election, we had the same problem and we have the same problem again. Coincidentally, it is the same Governor who was the Governor then. I will be more than prepared to do that tomorrow. view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: Well guided, Madam Temporary Speaker. As I go on, it is very important that as a leadership in this country, we stop sharing blame where it does not belong. It is important that we condemn with the heaviest terms, a life lost or violence committed to any Kenyan in any part of this country. For so long, we have fought the menace of violence and terrorism. We lost many Kenyans through the bomb blast. We must say it the way it is. As leaders, we have the capacity to stop this virus but we lack political goodwill. I thank Cabinet ... view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: As I conclude, I take this opportunity to pass my condolences to the galant soldiers who lost their lives as they were doing their work. The Government is doing a lot to control but we, in leadership, must also say it the way it is. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support. view
• 31 Aug 2023 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would want to suggest that we take three minutes the reason being that we keep on repeating most of the things that have been said. If there is that one thing that has not been said, it is done in three minutes. We saw yesterday Members coming for a special sitting and not getting an opportunity to contribute in the debate. They felt a bit unhappy. Therefore, three minutes would be enough without wanting to repeat what has been said. Going by what said Sen. Sifuna has said, experts will have a ... view