Gathoni Wamuchomba

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I seek your indulgence on this matter because five babies are born every hour in this country. If we do not prioritise such issues, by the time we discuss this matter at six o’clock, how many more babies will have been born...

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am ready for the business. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. David Ochieng’) Proceed. Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee on:

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to thank my sister, Hon. (Dr) Lilian Gogo, for bringing this Motion. I had tried to bring the Motion this morning, and I wrote to the Speaker, but I was informed that she had done that before me....

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I am just wondering why we are wasting a lot of time trying to make a law that will prohibit business people from lending or leasing out their cars. 12th November 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 38 Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA)The Temporary...

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to join my colleagues who have given us a very good story - a narration of the fallen hero, the late Minister. I used to watch him on television when I was a small girl. I saw him...

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to join my colleagues who have given us a very good story - a narration of the fallen hero, the late Minister. I used to watch him on television when I was a small girl. I saw him...

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) On a point of order.

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I refuse to be muted when I have something that I need the Member to clarify. She must clarify.

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I rise to defend the Deputy President, Hon. Rigathi Gachagua, against what I am calling 'mob justice.' It is a process that has not given him the right to reply. However, he has gone ahead and presented some factsheets to the villages and...

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Speaker, the Member has said that the Deputy President alisahau kukunywa dawa. Tungetaka kujua ni dawa gani ambazo Mhe. anaongea kuhusu. (Loud consultations)

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) I have said that I rise to defend the Deputy President, Hon. Rigathi Geoffrey Gachagua, against a process that I personally feel is mob justice against him. He was not given the right to reply before we went for public participation. That is what I...

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Thank you. The temperatures there are too high. (Laughter)

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) I cannot hear you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Please allow me to execute my point first, and then you can guide me. Procedurally, the factsheets distributed in our constituencies had allegations that were read out to the members of the public as facts. In my opinion, the factsheets distributed in our constituencies communicated...

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Bwana Spika, ningependa kujua ikiwa…

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) I am on a point of information. I would like to inform the Member to clarify.

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Speaker, is the Member on the Floor… (Several Members spoke off the record) I am addressing the Speaker. You are not the Speaker. Stop heckling.

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I rise on a point of order to ask if the word “makanga” is parliamentary. Is the Member in order to use that kind of language today? (Loud consultations)

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Speaker, is Hon. Kajwang’ in order to say that the Deputy President has a mentality to eat? Does he have any gadget to measure mentality? Is that a fact? Can you prove that there is a mentality? Which gadget do you use to measure...

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Speaker, is the Member on the Floor… (Several Members spoke off the record) I am addressing the Speaker. You are not the Speaker. Stop heckling.

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I rise on a point of order to ask if the word “makanga” is parliamentary. Is the Member in order to use that kind of language today? (Loud consultations)

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Speaker, is Hon. Kajwang’ in order to say that the Deputy President has a mentality to eat? Does he have any gadget to measure mentality? Is that a fact? Can you prove that there is a mentality? Which gadget do you use to measure...

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Speaker, is the Member on the Floor… (Several Members spoke off the record) I am addressing the Speaker. You are not the Speaker. Stop heckling.

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I rise on a point of order to ask if the word “makanga” is parliamentary. Is the Member in order to use that kind of language today? (Loud consultations)

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Speaker, is Hon. Kajwang’ in order to say that the Deputy President has a mentality to eat? Does he have any gadget to measure mentality? Is that a fact? Can you prove that there is a mentality? Which gadget do you use to measure...

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) I am glad that I have got this opportunity to contribute to this wonderful Bill. At the outset, I want to congratulate the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation in the National Assembly, Hon. KJ whom I previously served with in...

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have no issues with the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party seconding this Bill, which I support because I am a coffee farmer and represent farmers. He needs to substantiate. He has said that he is my doctor. In what aspect...

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. At the onset, I rise to support the Bill. This is a Bill that we have been waiting for as coffee farmers and as Members of Parliament who come from areas where coffee is grown. It is a Bill that...

Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.