Ejidius Njogu Barua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to briefly comment on the Civil Aviation (Amendment) Bill, 2016. The key issues of this Bill are to conform to the findings of international bodies involved in air travel, that is the ICAO and the FAA on the technical review for international audit safety assessment category. It is very critical for the nation to have functioning air travel facilities, safe airports and increased connectivity, both internationally and within the country as we fight to have direct flights to the United States, Canada and other countries so that we do not always ... view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think the Hon. Member, who is a good friend of mine, is directing his issues to the wrong person. When the Leader of the Majority Party was moving the Motion, my friend from Muhoroni was here. He should have been courageous to direct it to Hon. Duale. However, when Hon. Duale stands he freezes, I sympathise with him. I may not be keen to respond to what I call an interruption to my presentation. All the same, I still have a lot of respect for my friend and we shall continue associating. I was emphasising ... view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The other point which makes me support this Bill is Clause 5 which talks about minimising disturbances. In most parts of Europe, there are some aircraft which cannot fly from Africa to Europe because they do not meet the internationally accepted environmental standards. Time has come for us in Kenya and Africa to also be selective in the types of aircraft which land in our airports. If the aircraft that come to our region do not meet the required safety standards, it is also good for us to demand for higher standards because Europe and other western nations demand the ... view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to make comments and support the Public Benefits Organisations (Amendment) Bill, 2016. The amendment in this Bill is very simple and yet of major impact in the running of civil society and NGOs in this country, which are referred as PBOs. view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The PBOs Act, 2013 was discussed in this House about two-and-a-half years ago. I think the concern of the Mover is that once we passed the Bill in this House and it was assented to by the President and became an Act, it has not been operationalised. Public Benefit Organisations (PBOs), in simple terms, are those institutions that work from outside the formal Government structures. The same organisations offer services to the same Kenyans who the Government serves. So, I do not see anything we should fear in having this Act operationalised. Over time, PBOs have been very important partners ... view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: more resources from donors and have much more development taking place in our counties and the country in general. With those few remarks, I would like to thank the Mover of this Bill, Hon. Neto. I fully support it. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this Bill which is referred to as the Bribery Bill, 2016. As the previous speaker has said, the title does not sound appropriate because a Bribery Bill compared to an Anti-Bribery Bill is an issue that might be considered. We may be required to make an amendment during the Committee of the whole House. view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: This is a very important Bill at this particular time in the development of our nation. The fight against corruption in this country has not failed because we do not have adequate laws. In fact, we have more than enough laws to fight corruption and bribery. view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The only new thing that has encouraged me is the mention of the private sector. We have to get concerned about this area when we talk about corruption. It takes two to tango. For the private sector to commit an act of corruption, they must collude with somebody in the public sector. The biggest business for the private sector is the public sector. What the private sector makes from its business is what they call profit. I do not think they mind having a big profit as possible. My opinion is that corruption in the private sector is encouraged by ... view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: A new terminology has come to light today in terms of having a line of professionals called “tenderprenuers”. Their work is to deal with tenders, to manipulate tenders and engage in corruption with people who offer tenders, so that they can make a lot of money. That is why we have the “chickengate”, “Triton” and all these names on corruption. We need to put the private sector to task, so that we can get as much disclosures as possible. Even if the private sector is doing business with the public sector, which is public money, we must be assured as ... view