Wahome Wamatinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Aug 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to oppose the Motion. I know that I appear on the list. However, in the new spirit of a broad-based engagement and inclusive approach, it will be important to capture everyone’s thinking and the mood in the country. The broad-based approach will bring everyone on board to enrich our debate and engagement with the county assembly and the governor based on the diversity of the Members in this House. The committee way is also effective. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a narrative based on the new mode that larger and bigger is ... view
• 8 Aug 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to start by thanking Sen. Sifuna. Indeed, these are people we need in this country, so that equity can prevail. I also want to add my voice to the various Statements that have been raised today. Let me start by commending the Head of State, His Excellency Dr. William Samoei Ruto, for forming a broad-based Government. It is not about where the individuals who are named to be part of the Cabinet came from. It is the spirit. Once we realise that this country belongs to all of us; once we realise that there is ... view
• 8 Aug 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this might be a solution to some of the problems we are facing. The issue of Gen Zs has awakened us to start talking about a tribeless country. This can only be done when this House starts conducting politics that are issue oriented, free from political party divide and tribal ethnicity. If we join hands and state that we have a country that has a myriad of problems that need to be solved, we shall put our heads together and get solutions that are meant to address the future generations. As I said, it is imperative to ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following paper on the Table of the Senate, today, 1st August, 2024- The Report on the Standing Committee on Energy on the Local Content Bill, Senate Bills No.50 of 2023. I beg to lay. view
• 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