Wahome Wamatinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to reply. I will start by thanking all the Members who contributed to this Bill for their insightful input. Pursuant to Standing Order No.63, I request that we defer the putting of the question on this Bill to a later date. This is an important Bill, which is addressing the extractive industry, specifically, the gas and oil industry. There are a few considerations I would like to go through with the Committee and that is why I request the question be put at a later date. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also would like to support The Land (Amendment) Bill. Quite a number of things have been said by my colleagues that I do not need to repeat. However, it is time that we, as a country, looked at the matters of land as emotive as they are. We must do justice. We have a golden opportunity to effectively handle this matter that has been elusive since we attained independence. It is not lost to us that our parents and great-grandfathers went to the forest to fight namely for two things; land ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: who went into the forest to fight for land came out only to find that the white colonialists had left the country and the black colonialists took over their land. In this Land (Amendment) Bill, we have an opportunity to handle this matter and particularly at this moment when the Gen Zs of this country have told us that we have to look at matters of transparency, accountability, and most importantly, address the historical injustices that have been meted to the Kenyan population, innocently believing that they are protecting their own people. It hurts and makes somebody sad to know ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: accountability and governance to ensure that these three Land reports are implemented in the fullest. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I come from Nyeri County. If you travel along the road on your way to Nanyuki, you will find towns called Naromoru and Chaka confined within a very small piece of land, whereas hundreds of acres were illegally acquired by powerful individuals and they remain in their hands, while the people of Naromoru and Chaka Town continue to suffer. Not even a switch system can be constructed because all the land belongs to a few individuals. It is my humble submission ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: Kenya is a signatory to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Some of them look at the issue of having urban places that are controlled with a clean environment, access to water and sanitary facilities. However, that cannot happen unless we are deliberate and have a unified approach in all the towns across the country. I sit in the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. We get very many petitioners who have been pursuing matters since 1970. Some of the people who come to the Committee are 70, 80 or 90 years old. They tell us horrid stories of ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: I support view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to this Motion. I would want to start it off by thanking the Senators for 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 and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: rising to the occasion and debating this matter of national interest in a way that shows that we are all Kenyans. I was away for a couple of days in Rwanda as an observer for the ongoing elections, and was impressed by the Rwandese people. As we were going on with our duty and asking the people of Rwanda whom they were going to elect and which community one came from, they responded, “that is an ancient approach.” How I wish that our country would look at tribalism as an ancient approach that has nowhere in the history of this ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: have in this country, where for you to access credit facilities, you need collateral in form of movable or immovable assets. We know that the issue of land in Kenya remains as emotive as it was 60 years ago. We know that grandparents and parents who own those pieces of land may not be willing to give title deeds to their children to secure collateral loans that they need. Therefore, as we push for equal opportunities and ensure this is implemented, we must still look at the requirements, so that even younger generations can access those opportunities without referring them ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: their country depends on millions of people who go there because it is a tourist destination. It is one of the countries that you will see a headline announcing what has happened not based on facts, but sensation. It is high time we knew that this country belongs to all of us. Therefore, we should be responsible for anything we do, deliberate or commit ourselves to even after we have left office. I know that procurement in most county governments is done in a skewed way to favour a few people. You will find some counties using own source revenue ... view