Benson Mutura Kangara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The point I was making regarding people who are paying rent for Nairobi County Government houses is that if they do not pay by the 5th of every month, there is a penalty of 10 per cent. Are we commercialising service delivery? If you look at the audit report that was out just the other day, you will see that the Governor of Nairobi bought a carpet worth Kshs500 million at the expense of taxpayers. That is only one of the items that were queried. So, those demonstrating realise that even if they are taxed heavily, the money is not ... view
• 18 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Well, I want to say that I am also a member of this Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and I think we did a good job. The key word here is being “consultative”. We made 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
• 18 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: several consultations with various stakeholders who we believe gave their input and we have no dispute at all with them. So, with the input I know we will not have any other issues arising from other stakeholders. However, the key issue here is that we need to safeguard the family. It is the foundation of our society and we can see our neighbouring country about to pass a Bill banning same sex marriages. We can see the hullabaloo the western countries have created about this. They are putting pressure on African countries to accept homosexuality. We have to defend our ... view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill but it is only after we discussed it with the Leader of Majority Party. There were some concerns and I agree with Members that there are some issues that we need to look at. I do not want to speak about the Leader of Majority Party but he is in agreement with most of the concerns of these Members. I serve in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and I have some issues to pick with the Attorney-General (AG) who is the principal legal adviser of ... view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I am looking forward to the Speaker’s guidance. The Bill is already here and we are deliberating it in the Second Reading stage. On the other hand, we are also asking people to bring memoranda to the Committee and raise issues. I am not a lawyer, but the way we are doing things, we are leaning towards the people who comprehend issues of law better. Their timeline is too short and the issue of public participation has to be done. The Wanjiku’s from all corners of this country need to know what we are discussing in this Committee. It is ... view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: There are some other areas which are of concern and very key that we have to look at, for example, the issue of the Vetting of Judges and Magistrates Board. They have done well and as a Committee, they have been giving us the reports timely. The issue of vetting in this country is key, but we have to distinguish between vetting and interview. 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
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: At the moment, the Board is seeking an extension of two years to clear the backlog of vetting the almost 400 magistrates. The work of vetting is heavy. The other day, I learnt that there is another vetting board by the National Police Service. They intend to vet over 70,000 police officers within a span of two years. We have issues with the police as politicians. Personally, I may have issues with the way the police acted in one way or the other, but let us do things in a more civil way and be guided by the law. The ... view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Right now, crime rate in the country is on the increase. The statistics are clear that most of the criminals are people who have been in the police force. My appeal to this House is that we need to be clear in vetting the police officers. It may be a crisis in waiting. Let us have a proper team in that Commission. We need to have people who can conduct research and report back and who are clear on the benchmarks of the vetting process. Some of the things the disciplined forces have been doing are not proper. I listened ... view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: When we are debating this issue, some people have taken sides from different coalitions. We have been told on numerous occasions that this House has no Government or the Opposition. We are one House, as the National Assembly. I wish to appeal to the Leader of Majority Party and the leadership of this House to work together. Some of these Bills, as they told us during the induction, have grey areas that need to be harmonised. We need to harmonise these areas and see the way forward. Otherwise, I beg to support the Bill. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the concerns were raised, but there are new developments. There is an advert in the newspapers requesting the members of the public to give memorandum. So, in the Committee, we do not know what to do. Do we request the Clerk to issue another advert in the Press that the people’s opinions are not required? view