George Gitonga Murugara

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. 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) 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) 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) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you have not seen that.

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

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Tharaka.

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) 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) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

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) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you have not seen that.

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

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Tharaka.

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) 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) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

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 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 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...

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) Pardon?

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Yes.

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...

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) Pardon?

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Yes.

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