Kiraitu Murungi

Sen. Murungi On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is the Senator in order to allude that some of the professionals and academicians do not believe in what they teach? Is it possible for him to substantiate that claim? October 23, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Murungi most experienced of...

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Sen. Murungi Okay, because if you were moving, I would have taken note that you are not following the right procedure. But if you are seeking something else, then just proceed.

Sen. Murungi(Bill deferred)That is accepted. The Bill is deferred to a later date. The Clerks-at-the-Table have taken note of that. Let us move to the next order.

Okay, because if you were moving, I would have taken note that you are not following the right procedure. But if you are seeking something else, then just proceed. Sen. Murungi Madam Temporary Speaker, I am saying that the Bill is not ready because it has not gone through the...

(Bill deferred)That is accepted. The Bill is deferred to a later date. The Clerks-at-the-Table have taken note of that. Let us move to the next order. THE POTATO PRODUCE AND MARKETING BILL (SENATE BILL NO.22 OF 2014)

Yes, Sen. Murungi. Sen. Murungi Hon. Senators, I want to make reference to Standing Order No.32, and for the convenience of the Senate, order that there being no further business today, the Senate stands adjourned to Tuesday 28th October, 2014, at 2.30 p.m. The House rose at 5.20 p.m.

(Bill deferred)Very well. October 23, 2014 SENATE DEBATES

Hon. Senators, I want to make reference to Standing Order No.32, and for the convenience of the Senate, order that there being no further business today, the Senate stands adjourned to Tuesday 28th October, 2014, at 2.30 p.m. The House rose at 5.20 p.m.

Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, please allow me to make a comment on this as the Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. We have just concluded a study visit to China and India on issues of food security. We tried to understand their history on how they...

Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me finish. We have looked at the programme and they are talking about one million acres to be irrigated during the life of this Government. This will not happen because what we are now debating is 10,000 acres which have been stopped by the...

Sen. Murungi Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to make the following interim response. This is about a statement being sought by Senators regarding the crisis in the tea trade in this country. My Committee is aware that there is a serious crisis in the tea sector which...

Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Members for the tremendous interest that they have shown in this particular matter. We are going to invite all the Senators because under Article 96 of the Constitution, it is our duty as Senators to protect the interest of the...

Sen. Murungi Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- GIVEN the clear provisions of Article 6 (1) and the First Schedule which establishes the 47 counties of the Republic of Kenya; CONSIDERING the clear provisions of the Districts and Provinces Act (Cap 105A) of 1992...

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Sen. Murungi Please, conclude your intervention. You are not contributing.

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Sen. Murungi On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not working.

Sen. Murungi Mine has a virus, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise on a point of order to seek clarification on the Order Paper for today. I can see that the business appearing as Order No.3 is a Motion on the amendment by the National Assembly to the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bill...

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Sen. Wetangula, except that I think you need to be fair to the Committee also. If you look at paragraph 262 and 263, it says:- “Although this matter was raised in the Grounds and Particulars of Allegations as forwarded by the County Assembly of Machakos, no evidence whatsoever was adduced...

What is it, Sen. Wamatangi?

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I really would not want to disrupt the flow of the thought line of the Senate Minority Leader, but---

But now that you have done it---

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Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is me.

Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, I forgot my card at home. That is why I am called “Temporary No.4”. The matter I wish to raise regards the anticipated visit to the Committee of the Whole by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure. It is good for the Chairperson of...

Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank and congratulate you for the very clear statement that you have made regarding the boards. I think the Governors have misinterpreted their role in the counties. To exercise executive functions means that you are the person to implement. Issues about conceptualization;...

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Sen. MurungiSen. Okong’o, Nyamira County; Sen. Sang, Nandi County; Sen. Wako, Busia County and Sen. Wetangula, Bungoma County. August 7, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Murungi was not meant to be there; it is a typographical error and we are not going to do an amendment on it. So, just strike...

August 7, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. MurungiAugust 7, 2014 SENATE DEBATES NOES: Nil. ABSTENTIONS: Nil. Sen. Murungi Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I appreciate that it is already past August 7, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Murungi Sen. Boni Khalwale.(Question, that the New Clause 1A be read a Second Time, proposed)...

Nobody has shown interest to debate, but I will not put the question now. I will do so together with rest of the questions.I propose that the title and Clause 1 be part of the Bill. I will put all the questions at the same time.In the interest of time,...

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Sen. Murungi Yes, Mr. Chairman, Sir. (Proposed amendment by Sen. Elachi dropped) New Clause 11

Sen. Murungi Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to declare an interest in this matter. I am a small-scale tea farmer in Meru County. Therefore, I have an interest in this question. But having said that, I do not have any interest over and above other tea farmers in...

Sen. Murungi Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will follow your wise counsel and invite both the Cabinet Secretary, the KTDA and the managers of the Mombasa Tea Auction (MTA) , that is the Kenya Tea Traders Association (KTTA) , to appear before our Committee so that we can probe them...

Sen. Murungi Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have that statement but I think it is a logical way to proceed. Indeed, I would like when we invite those three players, to invite all Senators from tea growing areas to attend. We can even go to Shimba Hall where...

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Sen. Murungi Yes! Yes! (Applause and laughter) (Applause)

Yes! Yes! (Applause and laughter) Sen. Murungi I know one of the questions will be on the resources to the counties at a minimum 40 per cent. Unless these accounts are updated and the people see those resources at the counties, there will be a very difficult political situation even...

July 30, 2014 SENATE DEBATES

then you become a debater. It is like a debate in a secondary school where you debate whether it is the Warsaw Pact or the NATO Alliance which is stronger than the other; you cannot change anything, so you just talk. Some of us do not like “just talking”. We...

Government supports and tops this figure, there could be a serious crisis. I understand that it is political for the national Government to be seen to be doing certain things. If all the money is given to the county governments, then what will the national Government be giving to the...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Like my colleagues, I rise to support this Bill and noting that this is not the best that we could have done to our counties. It is important to note and appreciate that unlike last year, here we followed the process as provided for...

On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Would you like to be informed?

Yes, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is worse than lighting streets. There are streets lights from Machakos Junction on Mombasa Highway to Machakos Town, I think more than ten kilometres away. Those lights are so powerful that even lighting them for one night can wipe away the entire budget allocated for...

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something out of it? This is possibly an exercise where county governments are working in collusion with service providers to swindle some of the resources in the counties. Therefore, counties need to look at that.Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have the TA that we gave the responsibility to take an...

Human Rights was scheduled to meet with the Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya to discuss this particular issue. Unfortunately, I have been informed that the Attorney-General has rescheduled the meeting. We need to ask ourselves whether we should continue to beg the national executive to recognize the role and...

Sen. Murungi Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give Notice of the following Motion:- THAT, in accordance to Standing Order No.227 (1) and (2) , the Senate approves the Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries laid on the Table of the House on Thursday 17th...