Kiraitu Murungi

Hon. Murungi On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Cheboi) : Member for Imenti South, what is your point of order? Hon. Murungi Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are discussing a very important Bill affecting women. They are the people suffering from the...

Hon. Murungi Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I thank Hon. Ottichilo for donating one minute to me. I want to talk about the civil society. Since I came to this House, I have been to the 20th Conference of Parties (CoP 20) and the 21st Conference of Parties (CoP 21)...

Okay. Hon. Ottichilo.

Sen. Murungi I am not reading you, but I have now heard you. May be your system is not working. Sen. Murungi, go on. Sen. Murungi Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Maybe you should recognize Sen. Adan so that she can stop interrupting me.

Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Use your microphone, I cannot hear you. Please, move to the Dispatch Box. (Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale asked Sen. Adan to go to the dispatch box)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me tell Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that despite my first term in this House, I am not that illiterate.

Sen. Murungi

Sen. Murungi Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will not go back to what my colleagues have asked on the issue of how these contributions are determined. However much has been contributed, these are public funds and we have expenditure items. I would like to know whether the expenditures are submitted...

Sen. Murungi

Hon. Murungi Yes. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Cheboi) : Okay, proceed. Hon. Murungi Why are you doubting, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman? The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Cheboi) : Proceed. I am the one who has given you the opportunity. Hon. Murungi I know you have a lot of--- The...

Hon. Murungi Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to also give my input to this Bill. First, I want to thank my colleague and friend, Hon. Jude Njomo for his effort. Kenyans have experienced a lot of problems with the banking sector and with this amendment we will...

Sen. Murungi On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am just seeking clarification on the names you have mentioned. As you know, Sen. Wetangula has been my friend for a long time, and I was offended by what I saw in Kakamega County because I know he is...

Sen. Murungi Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We, as a House, are concerned about what happened in Kakamega, not because it was a CORD affair, but because it was a national affair. The crowd which was there to witness the declaration of candidature for presidency for Sen. Wetangula was not...

Hon. Murungi Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to support the Petitioner by noting that Kakamega Forest is one of the tropical rain forests that we have in the western Kenya region. It has very unique biodiversity comprising of both plants and animals. The Petitioner forgot to mention the famous...

Hon. Murungi Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support this Motion. Almost 70 per cent of our population is composed of the youth. Currently, there are many youth leaving secondary school and joining us out there. For them to be recognised by the Government as citizens of this country they...

Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, I plead with you not to condemn the chairman who is not in this House. Sen. Billow is one of the most active chairpersons of the committees that we have in this House. Reading from the media, I think this new responsibility he has got...

Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know how difficult it is to manage those other responsibilities. That is why I am pleading for Sen. Billow to be given more time. Setting up a new party is not an easy task. This being a political House, I plead with you that...

Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have not requested the Floor.

Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, in terms of seniority, Sen. Haji is more senior given his age and vast experience. (Laughter)

Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have heard you. I will inform them of the seriousness and gravity of this matter. I will request them to make this Statement tomorrow in the afternoon.

Sen. Murungi Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had forgotten that bit. (Laughter)

Hon. Murungi On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Murungi Thank you, Hon. Speaker. During the last sitting we had here, you made a ruling when it was not clear whether the matter of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) should be followed up by either the Chairman of the Delegated Legislation or the Chairman of Committee...

Hon. MurungiThank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to support the proposed amendment because it will bring coordination between the national Government and the counties. For the last two years, the national Government has been giving land and facilities to the counties but the coordination between the two levels...

Sen. Murungi Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am a Member of the Energy Committee. We will communicate with the Chairman of the Committee and find out whether the Statement can be given in two weeks’ time.

Sen. Murungi Yes, two weeks, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Sen. Leshore; is that okay?

Hon. Murungi Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also want to support this Petition by my friend, Hon. Bady Twalib. As I support, there are so many other Kenyans who are suffering under the same hands of people who are not following labour laws. As the Committee looks at this Petition,...

Hon. Murungi Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to support this amendment because it gives the correct definition of the term ‘forest and forest manager’. It is procedural to give the right definition.

Sen. Murungi On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Sen. Murungi Madam Speaker, we are happy that you have made the communication for Members to come to the Chamber tomorrow for a briefing on the status and implementation of the County Monitoring and Evaluation Fund. However, 8.30 a.m. will be inconvenient for many Senators. If I could plead with...

Sen. Murungi Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you. However, I had sought the Floor to add my voice---

Sen. Murungi Madam Temporary Speaker, I join my colleagues in welcoming to the Senate the delegations from the county assemblies of Kilifi, Nyamira and Vihiga who have come to benchmark with the Senate. The county assemblies of this Republic are the primary institutions of accountability and oversight at the county...

Sen. Murungi On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Sen. Murungi Madam Speaker, we are happy that you have made the communication for Members to come to the Chamber tomorrow for a briefing on the status and implementation of the County Monitoring and Evaluation Fund. However, 8.30 a.m. will be inconvenient for many Senators. If I could plead with...

Sen. Murungi Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you. However, I had sought the Floor to add my voice---

Sen. Murungi Madam Temporary Speaker, I join my colleagues in welcoming to the Senate the delegations from the county assemblies of Kilifi, Nyamira and Vihiga who have come to benchmark with the Senate. The county assemblies of this Republic are the primary institutions of accountability and oversight at the county...

Hon. Murungi Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I support this amendment, especially on the inclusion of the KEFRI Director to the Board of Management of KFS. He has professional expertise that he will be taking to the board. Forest management is a very serious issue because we are struggling...

Hon. Murungi Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I support the issue of the Environmental Protection Bond. However, the Cabinet Secretary, in consultation with the KFS Board, should determine the amount of money to be paid as the Environmental Protection Bond. Instead of leaving this to one person, the Cabinet...

Hon. Murungi Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I had the same expressions because this is a very sad day for this House. We are degazetting public land on the Floor of the House. Therefore, mine is just a comment that we really need to rethink even the forest land in Bangali....

Hon. Murungi Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I oppose this amendment especially on the upper limit of 12 times. If you go to Clause 6 (4) which is in the same amendment, there is this other provision which says: “The chairperson may at any time convene a special meeting---”...