Chris Obure

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, you know I had earlier raised this issue, but I was a little ahead of time. I was hoping that I would get an opportunity to raise this particular issue. I know we can consult with Eng. Gumbo, but we did not quite consult on this particular one. I was going to raise some objections saying this will be double representation. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of The National Construction Authority Bill, Bill No.4 of 2011, and its approval thereof with amendments. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report subject to recommittal of the First Schedule. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, this was an amendment moved by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee, Mr. David Were. At the time he moved it, he was under the impression that the name of the nominating body is the Institute of Engineers. However, the correct name is the Institution of Engineers. I would like to correct it that, indeed, there should have been no need for that amendment because the correct name is the Institution of Engineers which is properly contained in the Bill. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: The amendment should not have been made, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of the National Construction Authority Bill (Bill No.4) and its approval thereof with amendments. view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will not take 20 minutes. I will take much shorter but I thank you for the opportunity. I also thank the Assistant Minister for eloquently moving this Bill. view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has done a great thing in taking the initiative to introduce the Engineers Bill at this particular time. The essence of this Bill is to repeal the Engineers Registration Act of 1969. Before I say anything further, I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate the Minister for Roads, the Assistant Minister for Roads and the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Roads for the effective leadership in that Ministry. Under their stewardship, the Ministry has undertaken some of the most important road infrastructure development and improvement projects. Kenyans of all ... view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, engineers are an important group of professionals in any country for the role they play in spearheading development and innovation. It is, therefore, important to have a law in place which is sufficiently comprehensive to cater for not only the current needs, but also emerging and changing global practices. The Bill before us in this House, when enacted into law will recognize, register, and license all qualified professional engineers upon meeting certain stringent requirements. It has been very difficult for this profession in particular to enforce practising standards for engineers, because the law in place ... view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is my hope that once this law is passed, the people who have done so much damage in this country, the pretenders and quacks will have no place. Their days will come to an end. We have seen the consequences of some of their work; the collapsing buildings, in which we have lost lives and property. A lot of that has not been undertaken by professionals. It has been undertaken by people who pretend; the quacks. view