Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 928827,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/928827/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 99,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1458,
        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
        "slug": "robert-pukose"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to contribute. I want to thank Hon. Chris Wamalwa and Hon. Ochieng’ for coming up with this Bill. My understanding is that when we talk about an Institute of Directors of Kenya Bill, we are talking about an Institution that will bring together all the directors to improve their skills. Directors have different qualifications and experiences. We have directors who have never gone to school, but by being a member of this Institute, they will improve their skills. I am looking at it from that perspective. We will create an Institute that will sit together and through diverse experiences, improve skills, efficiency and operationalisation of the various directors, whether in private or public institutions. Those opposing it, including the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, have not understood it. I expected him, being a lawyer, and the other lawyers who sit in the Committee, to see how to improve it and see how the Companies Act can assist various parastatals of the Government. When the President appoints people to various boards of directors of parastatals, for example, the Kenya Pipeline, the Rural Electrification Authority, the Renewable Energy Corporation and the Energy Regulatory Commission, he brings in people with diverse experiences. Some could be lawyers, doctors, engineers, politicians with diverse political experience and others from other professions. By bringing such people together, we should ask ourselves how we can enhance what they have to realise better service delivery. I request the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to look at how we can improve this Bill without necessarily undermining other State corporations or even the private sector."
}