Wanjiku Muhia

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: In my county of Nyandarua there is a group of IDPs in Ol Jororok. Everything has been tried; Chairman Swazuri has been spoken to; the land is there and the IDPs are there. The Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development has said it is only subdivision that remains for more than 10 years now for these IDPs to be resettled. Sometimes it beats logic and you wonder what the mechanical or scientific method of dividing land to settle the squatters is. In essence, there are some cartels in the Ministry which just make the work difficult and impossible. The ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support this Motion and congratulate the Member for coming up with this brilliant idea. Good management is the key to the success of any institution. We realise that this country has a lot of funds channeled to several institutions be it the Youth Enterprise Fund, the Women Enterprise Fund and Free Primary Education (FPE) Fund, but they are never managed properly. That is why this Member thought of bursars who can take charge of the funds channeled to schools. The head teachers will be able to concentrate on their key mandate The ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: which is basically to ensure good performance of our pupils in schools. Time and again, head teachers divert their attention because they need their institutions to have a new face or to run smoothly through the National Government Constituencies Development Fund, (NG-CDF), the Members of Parliament or the free primary education funds. For this reason, the performance of our pupils has been going down every year. This is a very good idea. If bursars are responsible for the finances, head teachers will have time to perform their key mandate and the Government can question them on performance if it goes ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: The FPE is a basic foundation of literacy levels in our country. The former President, Mwai Kibaki, came up with this great idea because he had realised that in our country, basic education was lacking. As much as it looked simple or cheap, several parents could not afford it. Since the FPE was launched, every child has gone to school. This month, we had a Bill in this House on nursery education where we debated how to make it a crime if a parent does not take a child to nursery school. Education is the foundation for every country. Poverty ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: This is a good Motion. If the drafter could have another idea, because I was looking at it possibly being very expensive for every primary school to hire a bursar, we could have a situation where maybe in a division, we hire two or three bursars to manage the funds of the schools in the division. We must also put in mind that the wage bill in this country has been huge and we must be sensitive any time we want to increase it. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I thank the Member and support the Motion. view
• 29 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support the amendment. It is always good to have it clear in law. Once we say “supersede”, the law we are making becomes the principal law. We know that lawyers always try to manipulate court proceedings by citing similar laws but his will be clear. view
• 29 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is unfortunate that I am the last Member to speak on this Bill. I needed to give guidance to the Members, noting that this Bill was reviewed by the Committee I sit in. Before I continue, let me remind the Members that this is the national Parliament and that is why it is called the National Assembly of Kenya. As we speak, everybody across the country is watching. We cannot turn a small thing like a drop of water into a big thing like an ocean, as some Members are attempting to do. ... view
• 29 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: to speak on the basis of knowledge. When the President visits an area, including the areas represented by me, Hon. Danita, Hon. Kajuju, Hon. Duale and the Temporary Deputy Speaker, he can only connect us with the heroes from those areas. During the Mashujaa Day celebrations in Machakos, the President was trying to connect with the people of Machakos. That is why he mentioned Paul Ngei. If the President was in Kisumu, he could have raised the issue of Raila Odinga. view
• 29 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I do not need information, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view