George Gitonga Murugara

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. We are just from a light moment, but this is not very light now as it touches on very serious matters that are before the House. This is a Statement on allegations of inducement in the consideration and passage...

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

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: A Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the consideration of the Elections (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2024, (Senate Bill No....

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 14th August 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 3 Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA)My attention has been drawn to a circular dated 12th August 2025 by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority to various Government agencies regarding the enforcement of compliance...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to second. Thank you. (Question proposed)

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I join my colleague in welcoming our visitors this afternoon to this august House. I particularly welcome the leaders from Embu County, who have come to see how proceedings are conducted here. I also welcome the other visitors, including pupils...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am now on intervention under Standing Order 95, as we have all agreed to approve this list as proposed by the Chairman. Therefore, I move that you call upon the Mover to reply.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. First, I would like to thank Hon. Aden Mohammed, the Member for Wajir East, for being an astute Member of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and of this House. The people of Wajir East elected...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) That is still the position. You do not need to have the results. You can be charged with all counts. If you plead not guilty, they have to test and bring the evidence. If you plead guilty, it ends there and you are sentenced. The...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to welcome the young students and pupils who have paid us a courtesy call this morning to observe the proceedings of the House. I welcome them to the National Assembly where laws of the country, the...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of these three Members of Parliament and the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, we apologise profusely for consulting loudly as the prayer was going on. It is about an issue that had come regarding our...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) To err is human. We are human beings who are subject to erring. 23rd July 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 1 Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA)Thank you.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Cabinet Secretary is aware of the famous Chiakariga-Marimanti Road, a project that began11 years ago and has since stalled. Recently, the Cabinet Secretary promised that a contractor would be sent to the site immediately. It has now been over four...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I join Hon. Edith Nyenze in welcoming the students from Kitui County which neighbours Tharaka – Nithi County. I also have a good relationship with this county of great people. We have just debated the Motion by Hon....

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) On a point of further information, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to give further information to what Hon. Caroli has alluded to that we have allowed NG-CDF to partner with the Judiciary and build courts in the constituencies. I want to confirm that the Judiciary has a...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You are right to say that the Chairperson should get a little more time so that he gives us a breakdown of how the communities are known in law. This is to ensure that we do not have...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Yes, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise under Standing Order No.96 and request that the debate on the consideration of the Third Report of the Employment Diversity Audit in Public Institutions be adjourned. This is to allow Members to go through the Report...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) I request the Member from Bomet, Hon. Francis Sigei, who is a former Provincial Commissioner of the City of Nairobi and an Ambassador, to second.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to make a few comments as I second the Bill. I commend the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party because he has done justice to what we are doing here this evening. We have to become...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Yes. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I do have a response here.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) She is not here. So, may I be allowed to table?

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Yes, I table the Report of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) on the Statement requested by Hon. Umulkher Harun, Nominated Member of Parliament. 1st July 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 2 Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA)Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, I...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I beg to second.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to second.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table:

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to thank every Member who made a contribution to this Bill on virtual asset service providers. We all know what virtual assets are in modern-day economy. The debate was lively. We have made it clear how...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to second this Bill and thank Hon. Otiende Amollo, Senior Counsel, for the many things he has done which are positive as regards the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya which we enjoy today, especially the...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on its consideration of the Budget Implementation Monitoring for agencies under the governance, justice, law and order sector for the Financial Year 2023/2024....

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the Budget Implementation Monitoring for agencies under the governance, justice, law and order sector for the Financial Year...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to empathise with the families and persons who suffered fatalities yesterday, and those whose properties were damaged. This is abhorrent. It has nothing to do with Generation Z because we know for sure those youngsters were out...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) You lay wreaths on the graves of those who passed on, but not in the streets. I wondered what Hon. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka was doing, especially to our young people who should learn from him and emulate him on how to do things properly. As...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has said is true. Due to time constraints, we may not have had the occasion to look at these proposals or Estimates in the full Committees. However, Chairpersons who...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs in its report on the Approval Hearing of Nominees for Appointment as the Chairperson and Members of the Public Benefit...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to thank everybody who has contributed to this Motion. The support is overwhelming. I confirm that although the Act establishing this Tribunal came into force in 2013, we did not establish it at that time. This...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I begin by saying three things. Number one, lately, we have not seen anything good coming from the Senate, apart from some bills that have been falling when they come here and some of which we have been...

Independence of the county Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Number two, as we strive for independence of the county assemblies, we must also remind ourselves that we have not had kind words for governors. This is not out of malice. It is the reality on the ground. We have always...