Alex Muthengi Mburi Mwiru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. The Committee on Lands received a total of 18 petitions for the period between 2013 to Thursday, 4thAugust, 2016. The Committee was able to dispense with nine petitions two of them being the following: view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Article 113(2) of the Constitution and Standing Order 150, this House adopts the Report of the Mediation Committee on the Consideration of the Land Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.55 of 2015), laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 28th July, 2016, and approves the Mediated Version of the Land Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.55 of 2015). The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from ... view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: It is important to realise the genesis of what we are about to debate. This Bill was passed by this House in June and was forwarded to the Senate. During the Second Reading Stage in the Senate, the Bill was thrown out. Therefore, pursuant to Article 113, this matter had to be sent for mediation in both Houses. Pursuant to Standing Order No.149(2) of the National Assembly and Standing Order No.154 (2) of the Senate, the two Houses constituted a Mediation Committee on the Bill so that they could come up with a mediated version whose report is now before ... view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to draw the attention of the Hon. Member to what I am moving. He has read the Order Paper and he should have seen what I am moving. I am moving the mediated version of the Land Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.55 of 2015). It is already on the Order Paper. The reports are already there. They might not have been circulated but I know they are in Room 8. I need to proceed because the matter is already on the Order Paper. view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, land being a very emotive issue in this country, we needed to walk the very narrow path and not the broad one. That way, we can carry the views of most of the people so that we can make a law that will benefit this country. I am happy that this matter went to the Mediation Committee. This enabled the Senate to adopt the idea that the National Assembly had adopted during the debate in the Second Reading. view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: More importantly, the Land Laws (Amendment) Bill is supposed to streamline the earlier statutes that were enacted by this House in 2012. It envisages amending the Land Registration Act, the Land Act and the National Land Commission Act. That is why many times people refer to the “omnibus laws”. view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Out of the 100 clauses in the Land Laws (Amendment) Bill that this House passed, only seven clauses had an issue with the Senate. This is what was reported to the Mediation Committee. Those are the clauses that we have mainly tackled. Of the seven clauses, what we came up with as amendments is upon agreement and consultation with the stakeholders. Therefore, out of the 100 Clauses, 93 were not affected. So, the adoption of those other clauses will be as per what the National Assembly had passed. Sometimes when we are developing this Bill, some stakeholders may not be ... view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: It is for the prosperity of this country that law reforms be taken seriously. When we were doing the Constitution 2010 of this particular country, most of the things were anchored on issues to do with land. Most of the skirmishes we have seen in this country even after elections are to do with land and not on the votes. Matters to do with historical injustices are more based on land than anything else. What we have done with this Bill at the Mediation Committee is to look keenly even on matter to do with evictions. Therefore this Bill tackles ... view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I understand that even as we were traversing the country; even as we were taking up the stakeholders’ feelings in the Coast, Rift Valley and some sections of North Eastern, they felt that they may not move together with the rest of the country. Therefore, we were to bridge all those gaps to ensure that the Bill tackles the aspirations of all those regions within this country so that we move forward as a country. view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: One thing that we realized is that there are a number of NGOs and civil society groups that are involved in matters of land. However, if you tell them to come out and make suggestions on some clauses or some areas that they argue about, you find that it becomes very The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view