Wahome Wamatinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Mar 2023 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. On behalf of the Senators and in particular the Senator of Kiambu, Sen. Thang’wa, I take this opportunity to welcome the students from Gitwe Girls High School to the Senate. Indeed, the Senate is a House of all possibilities and I am sure that you will learn a lot of things here. I would want to encourage you to focus on anything that you want to be. If you see some of us like your Sen. Thang’wa and myself sitting in the Senate, this is a country of possibilities. I would tell you, ... view
• 29 Mar 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I arise to support this Motion. In global governance, transparency or a perception that there is a lack of transparency and accountability has made many donors shy away from investing in many countries. The spirit of having CSs come to the House is informed by the readiness of the Presidency to show the outside world that we are prepared to be not only accountable and transparent, but most importantly, to showcase what they want to do for the country. view
• 29 Mar 2023 in Senate: I have listened to my fellow colleagues contribute and quote the Constitution. We promulgated the Constitution to better the lives of Kenyans. It takes time to change the Constitution. It takes a step to cover a journey of thousand miles. It is the beginning of governance that is open and has nothing to hide. view
• 29 Mar 2023 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 29 Mar 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the President, Dr. William Samoei Ruto, has pronounced himself to the fact that he will be prepared to place his CSs at the hands of Parliamentarians, so that they can be interrogated and explain the policy and direction his Government is taking. From a pessimistic approach, we may assume that they are coming here to answer questions. There could be no questions to answer because we still have Committees that are sector-specific, that have time to explore specific sector questions. As such, we may not have time in the House. However, explaining the policy direction of the ... view
• 29 Mar 2023 in Senate: Therefore, there is no better opportunity than to have CSs come to the Floor of the House and what they intend to do on some of the issues that they are implementing. For the last 60 years, we have been running in the wrong track and direction. It is in the wisdom of the President that he said that we must have an accountable, transparent Government that is prepared to explain to it what they are doing. In his effort to make CSs responsible for their acts, he saw it wise to make them and request us as Parliament to ... view
• 23 Mar 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Statement-- - view
• 23 Mar 2023 in Senate: Pardon, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am guided. view
• 23 Mar 2023 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 23 Mar 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Yes, I do have time. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources on irregularities of land acquisition for dams construction projects. In the Statement, the Committee should - (1) Provide the list and particulars of parcels of land acquired by the National Land Commission (NLC) for the purpose of the dam construction project from 2020, stating the amounts paid for them as compensation to the respective owners and indicating the market value of those parcels; (2) Investigate and table the findings on ... view