Wanjiku Muhia

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: (a) in the proposed amendments to Section 5 (i) by deleting paragraph (b); and (ii) by deleting paragraph (c); (b) by deleting the proposed amendments to Section 6. The Bill proposes to amend the NACADA Act by inserting the words “and the Council of Governors” in paragraph (j) which provides for the function of NACADA to prepare and submit an alcohol and drug abuse status report to both Houses of Parliament. Article 96(1) of the Constitution provides that the Senate represents the counties and serves to protect the interests of the counties and their governments. It would, therefore, not be ... view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the Motion for Adjournment and I am happy that as we go for this short recess, the House Business Committee (HBC) Members have been very considerate to mothers like us. The HBC considered that one week is too short and two weeks will be sufficient because Members need to do other businesses and even have time to relax. I am also happy to know that we have a Chief Justice in place and he is from a Christian background. I am also happy that the Deputy Chief Justice has not attained the seat ... view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: With regard to what I was moving under the NACADA Act, you will realise that the Senate was transferring powers of the Authority to the Council of Governors. These amendments are ridiculous in the sense that the Constitution has not recognized the Council of Governors as a legislative arm or an oversight one. However, the Senate moved and passed such amendments and brought them to this House expecting us to do the same. There was also a ridiculous amendment where Senators wanted the NACADA membership to be increased from 15 members to 19 members and yet the country is already ... view
• 25 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Considering that my name is Wanjiku, I am contemplating changing it if, indeed, the Members of this House do not want to do what “Wanjiku” has sent them here to do. I stand to oppose this Bill. I also ask every other Member who is here to oppose Hon. Chepkong’a’s Bill. He seems to have a hidden agenda considering the timing. He has rushed to the House to tell us that things are going haywire. I am a beneficiary of affirmative action. I am an affirmative action seat holder as ... view
• 25 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: seat, I would not have won it. To speak the truth, there were two ladies from Kinangop Constituency who contested for the seat. None of them got 1,000 votes. Therefore, affirmative action comes with great opportunities for women and other affirmative action groups in this country. As a result, I have since gained confidence and strategic capacity. I can now stand in any of the constituencies and dare the other candidates. Because of affirmative action, I can now contest and come back to this House as a member of a constituency. It is very unfortunate for Hon. Jakoyo and other ... view
• 18 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, I support this Bill because it is a regulatory framework for prudential standard and code of practice in the insurance industry. Most importantly, it is for the benefit of the country if there is an increase in business. This is because insurance is one way of increasing businesses. It will also increase job opportunities, particularly for actuarial students. There are several actuarial students who graduate but since the insurance industry has not expanded, they do not have jobs. This is an industry that will grow and create job opportunities. There is a prescribed capital adequacy ... view
• 18 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. I will also support any regulation that seeks to expand the insurance business. view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to speak on this Bill, which is timely. We are now looking at the global market and, indeed, competition has been regulated in order for business to continue. Authorities need to be given powers as it is stipulated here, especially in Section 4, on how to minimize the number of quotas that want to interfere with market forces. Market forces should be left to flow naturally, but clever business persons try to manipulate the forces to suit their own interest. Monopoly has been an issue in our country, but this could ... view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Abuse of dominancy has been realized. I would like to point out here the case of Safaricom. We have seen some businesses successfully coming in place. Safaricom has really excelled. That is because anytime you want to leave their services; you realize that one service is connected to another. As a result, some other companies have wished to copy-paste what Safaricom does in order for them to excel. They have gone as far as trying to cite provisions in the Competition Act and the Consumer Protection Act to defend their claim that Safaricom is dominating. However, the company may be ... view
• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: other people who are coming in business should try and compete to get to its level. We should not use the law to bring down companies that are doing well. Monopoly can be prevented when authorities are empowered through such a Bill. Sometime back, Kenya Power Company (KPC) enjoyed monopoly in Kenya and only the rich could access electricity. However, this lasted only until when the supply of solar systems from China was all over the country. KPC was threatened because people could still access light. So, monopoly can take the country backwards. With this proposed law in place, monopoly ... view