MURUGARA GEORGE GITONGA

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the Vetting of a Nominee for appointment as the Solicitor-General of the Republic of Kenya. Thank you, Hon....

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs in its Report on the vetting of a nominee for the appointment as the Solicitor-General of the Republic of...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker, allow me to ask Question No.6 of 2023 to the Teachers Service Commission the following Question: 1st March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 5

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I second. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) (The Bill was accordingly read the Third Time and passed) MOTION OF ADJOURNMENT ON A MATTER OF URGENT NATIONAL IMPORTANCE PUBLIC INTEREST AND NATIONAL CONCERN ON THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY IN KENYA

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to also voice my concerns about this decision. At the outset, let us say we are not as a House attacking the Supreme Court, but we are expressing a different opinion from what they rendered. We may not...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. On my behalf and that of the people of Tharaka, who are neighbours to the people of Igembe South, Igembe Central and Igembe North, allow me to convey my condolences. Hon. Ntoitha M'Mithiaru, was a Member of this...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. You are very right to recognise and appreciate the tailors who have done this wonderful work. I also pay tribute to you as the Deputy Speaker and the Leader of the House and the other ladies who are here. These...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to comment on the Petition by Hon. Tom Odege. I think it is timely in view of the fact that the land in issue was left behind in the 1970s and those who have rightfully occupied are without...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon Deputy Speaker. Allow me also to voice my support for this Motion which is pursuant to the memorandum we received from His Excellency the President making certain recommendations. First and foremost, it is important we clear the air because there...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am the Member for Tharaka, in Tharaka Nithi County. Allow me to join Hon. John Kawanjiku and the great people of Kiambaa in mourning the passing on of an icon from that particular constituency. Mr. Stanley Munga...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on:

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House considers and adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on Petitions by the Republican Liberty Party, Rev. Dennis Ndwiga Nthumbi, Mr. Geoffrey Langat and Mr....

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on its consideration of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 42 of 2022) .

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Special Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs in its Report on the Vetting of a Nominee for Appointment as Principal Secretary, laid...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House considers and adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on Petitions by the Republican Liberty Party, Rev. Dennis Ndwiga Nthumbi, Mr. Geoffrey Langat and Mr. Owuor Steve Gerry...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Allow me, in the form of reply, to thank each and every Member who has sat here for these long hours, and those few who have spoken and supported this Report. Allow me also to thank and name Members...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to speak on two issues. The first one is the sub judice rule, which has been alluded to. The Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs is very well versed with the sub judice rule.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Secondly, as you have rightly observed, the Committee is actually a quasi-judicial team that should be playing a role similar to that of a court of law. That means it is going to be an impartial umpire. It will listen to...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Tharaka.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) It is not Tharaka Nithi. It is Tharaka.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Motion before the House which makes a proposition that we should have a unified national policy on SMEs with a view to promoting the informal sector of the economy, be it in agriculture, trade, manufacturing,...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you have not seen that.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. A dress has to be decent. I have seen that Hon. Millie Odhiambo is well dressed and decent. She is able to participate in debate. Hon. (Dr) Lilian Gogo has… (An Hon. Member Spoke off record) No! The bottom is...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) As I proceed, Hon. (Dr) Lilian has now interrupted my very good thoughts. What I was saying is that the current Government is emphasising on the bottom-up economic approach, and the Americans too are talking about 9th November 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 27 Hon. George...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It has been a long wait, but it is worthy every second to wait and contribute to the very important proposal that is before the House. It is a constitutional amendment proposal, and we know the threshold. That...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the very important Motion brought by Hon. Mwengi Mutuse, MP for Kibwezi West. First and foremost, I wish to begin by stating that I brought such a Motion in the last Parliament, the 12th Parliament. It...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Yes.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Pardon?

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) I am sorry, but I am not reading. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am holding the Order Paper.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much. I am just holding the Order Paper. It looks like I am reading. I am not reading at all. This is what village elders do. They play very important roles, including assisting the Government from the very basic structure, assisting the...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Sorry for that interlude which possibly did not relate to what I was saying. I am urging this House to move away from these Motions and Petitions because we have done so. I did this in...