Augostinho Neto Oyugi

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• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Lastly, as we move forward, and give political parties money, we would like those parties to be cognisant of the fact there are marginalised communities who are the youth, persons with disability and women; people who ordinarily would need affirmative action. Part of the conditionality which the Political Parties (Amendment) Bill speaks to, in brief, is that political parties must respond to marginalised communities and persons who for a long time have not had affirmative action. It is an amendment that we need to support. With those many remarks, I support. Thank you. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I would like to support the amendment but I have also read a better version by Hon. Mwadime. I am not sure if he is going to move it. The proposal by the Chair is trying to tidy the amendment to the extent that there ought to be two-thirds of Members of the community present. I think the one by Hon. Mwadime talks about the two-thirds Members present voting. I think it is a better amendment. I still support the amendment by the Chair. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I support the amendment by Hon. Mwadime. This is an answer to the question that Hon. Serut asked. The context of the Community Land Bill speaks to the definition of the word “community”, which we have not properly nuanced in the definition. That is where the problem starts. I am happy he has raised it. That sets stage for debate on Clause 2. Clause 29(1) says that the customs and practices of pastoral communities relating to land shall be taken into consideration. As you move to Clause 2, it says that community land in pastoralist communities ... view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: community for grazing livestock, subject to a couple of other conditions. The conditions are then listed. The amendment by Hon. Mwadime is simply ensuring that those community rights are protected in written law. I am surprised that Hon. Kenta is opposing this amendment. It is a good one. I support. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I have no problem with the proposal to include arbitration. I would like to request the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Lands that in Clause 42(1), ordinarily when people enter into an agreement, they expressly state that they want to be bound by arbitration rules. The rider he has given that they must be subject to arbitration rules ought to be an express one. That is the first part. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Secondly, ordinarily when you are subjecting yourself to arbitration, you also agree on which arbitration rules you want to be bound by. I am happy that, for example, if at all the arbitration agreement says that we want to be bound by the Kenyan Arbitration Act, that should be an express provision of that particular Arbitration Act. Thirdly, he is giving the court judicial powers. This is superfluous. Ordinarily, when the court gets an arbitration agreement and there is a contest on the terms of the arbitration conclusion, the court will then, of its own motion, have powers that it ... view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I would like to request the Chair of the Committee to reconsider his definition of the word “community”. I am saying this because Article 63(1) of the Constitution lays the basis on which a community ought to be identified. A community ought to be identified on the basis of ethnicity, culture and similar community of interest. This is the gist of this Bill. I appreciate the fact that people own land as private and public persons. But the Constitution is very clear that you can own land either as a private or public person ... view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I have listened to the Chairman give explanations as to why they want to delete some parts. I would like to oppose the amendment even though it tries to explain several things. One of the reasons why I am opposing this particular amendment is because of what the Committee seeks to do in Clause 10(3). This Clause is very specific in the sense that it says the Cabinet Secretary shall, in appointing members of the Board, ensure the representation of women, youth and persons with disabilities. That is an expressed provision. The Chairman is ... view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view