Boniface Mutinda Kabaka

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 241 to 250 of 466.

• 7 Aug 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will not repeat what has already been said by the other Senators. The law is clear on compensation with regard to compulsory acquisition and that law must be followed. The Constitutions states that the Government should compensate the affected citizens when their land is taken. Therefore, no project should be undertaken before the full compensation has been done. What we have envisaged around this state is impunity because the Government will start implementing projects before making the payments. It is as if the Government wants the affected parties to go to court yet ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will not repeat what has already been said by the other Senators. The law is clear on compensation with regard to compulsory acquisition and that law must be followed. The Constitutions states that the Government should compensate the affected citizens when their land is taken. Therefore, no project should be undertaken before the full compensation has been done. What we have envisaged around this state is impunity because the Government will start implementing projects before making the payments. It is as if the Government wants the affected parties to go to court yet ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will be very brief because a lot has been said. I stand to support this Bill. I am a Member of the Finance and Budget Committee. I need to state that the figures which were given by the CRA are very clear. They are scientific. I do not understand the justification of the National Assembly for increasing it from Kshs314 billion to Kshs316 billion. They have no scientific justification of Kshs2 billion. To that extent, they are faulted. Article 216 (1)(4) of the Constitution which you cited is very categorical that ‘Parliament’ constitutes ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will be very brief because a lot has been said. I stand to support this Bill. I am a Member of the Finance and Budget Committee. I need to state that the figures which were given by the CRA are very clear. They are scientific. I do not understand the justification of the National Assembly for increasing it from Kshs314 billion to Kshs316 billion. They have no scientific justification of Kshs2 billion. To that extent, they are faulted. Article 216 (1)(4) of the Constitution which you cited is very categorical that ‘Parliament’ constitutes ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in Senate: called upon to protect the Constitution and promote democratic governance in the Republic in our endeavours. The National Assembly has not done that. In fact, they have failed this Republic under Article 3. As you have stated clearly, there are matters pending in the High Court, but one thing is very clear that it is straight law that because we have filed our case in the High Court, it has no choice, but is bound by the previous decision of the Supreme Court. As a lawyer, you are aware of the decision of Leslie and Grindlays Bank during the time ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in Senate: called upon to protect the Constitution and promote democratic governance in the Republic in our endeavours. The National Assembly has not done that. In fact, they have failed this Republic under Article 3. As you have stated clearly, there are matters pending in the High Court, but one thing is very clear that it is straight law that because we have filed our case in the High Court, it has no choice, but is bound by the previous decision of the Supreme Court. As a lawyer, you are aware of the decision of Leslie and Grindlays Bank during the time ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in Senate: Allow me one minute to finish. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. This is not a contest of superiority of who is more senior than the other. It is a question of the people of Kenya. More money should devolve and we support. The issue of whether the money goes to the governors to be misappropriated is a different issue. This is because there are agencies to deal with that as we shall deal with governors at the counties appropriately. I support. view
• 7 Aug 2019 in Senate: Allow me one minute to finish. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. This is not a contest of superiority of who is more senior than the other. It is a question of the people of Kenya. More money should devolve and we support. The issue of whether the money goes to the governors to be misappropriated is a different issue. This is because there are agencies to deal with that as we shall deal with governors at the counties appropriately. I support. view
• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me these two minutes. I support this Statement by the Senator or Kakamega, who is my friend. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Constitution is very clear in Article 27 on equality and freedom from discrimination. As the Senator for Siaya has stated, having given some historical genesis of inequalities in the Government positions, I wish to state very clearly that even without this Statement being issued, it is in black and white. We know very clearly that there is a lot of disparity, and we know the tribes to which these key Government positions ... view
• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: I will do that, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In 1982, when there was an attempted coup d’état in this country, it took the late General Mulinge, a Kamba, to save the then President Moi. That was because of honesty. If he was selfish, this county would have taken a different direction. I am a student of history, but I do want to go to that. We, therefore, need to have a very equal-levelled kind of governance where all the tribes feel that, indeed, they belong to this country. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A ... view