Ejidius Njogu Barua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it was named by the Leader of the Majority Party. I was watching him from my television and I heard it. 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
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to withdraw that. Then we can check the HANSARD later on because I heard such a thing. As an honourable House, let us not make decisions based on perceptions or certain individuals or institutions. If we have to move on, there are issues that need to be addressed like the assets and liabilities which are yet to be verified in the entire country. This may pose a danger. If those liabilities and assets are not verified and you end the term of the Transition Authority, we may create a situation where we will ... view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Human resource issues are still outstanding. At the moment, there are some members of staff who were seconded from national Government to county governments. In the event that we just end the term of TA, we might see a situation whereby some employees in the county governments are being chased and sent back to the national Governments and this can create some conflict. That issue is yet to be resolved. It is a very important issue because we have to ensure that every Kenyan is given an equal opportunity to work and serve without any harassment. view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: There are functions which are implemented by both the national Government and county governments. That issue needs to be clearly spelt out. At the moment, because of our work as Members of Parliament in the constituencies and especially when using our Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), we are at times coming into conflict with county authorities. That is because some of the issues have not been clarified and finalised. We need TA to help us finalise that and put this country in the forward track movement. view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to end my contribution there. I would like to say that I oppose this Motion. I want to state in my own opinion and submission that this issue of dissolving or not extending the term of TA is an attempt that is going to be dangerous for this nation. It is an experiment which we cannot afford. We cannot afford to have a situation where we have 47 counties and each one of them, individually or collectively, is in conflict with the national Government. Killing of TA may spell doom to the devolution ... view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I call upon Members of this House to reflect and think of a suitable period of time to which we can extend the term of that authority, so that they can complete the 40 per cent of work that is remaining. I hereby oppose this Report. view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to second this Motion. I also want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for the positive comments about me. I appreciate and I want to assure him and the House that I am equal to the task. I would like, from the outset, to support the Motion as it is. Let us give motions of adjournment a maximum of three hours. However, if the recess does not exceed 10 days, the Motion should be debated for 30 minutes. Three hours is adequate and the five minutes given ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: We, backbenchers, also have issues with our competences in prosecuting issues, although we are not in leadership. The fact is that we cannot all be in leadership. I am proposing that Motions and Bills which come from committees such as specialised Motions--- I propose that this House mandates committees to appoint any of their members to present these Bills or Motions in the House on behalf of the committees. This is because if you look at Bills such as the revised Environmental Management and Coordination Bill and the Forest Bill, you will find that they were moved by the Hon. ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: counties because we have specific issues that deal with counties that need to be prosecuted before this House. Finally, I am a strong supporter of the Jubilee Coalition and, therefore, I am expected to adhere to the values of the Jubilee Coalition and the National Alliance (TNA) party which I belong to. Therefore, if a member of the Jubilee Coalition or TNA party does not subscribe to the values of Jubilee and TNA, the necessary action should be taken against him. I am not saying that the action taken by the other side was based on the same premises. However, ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, let me say that I support this Bill in totality. However, we should introduce a few amendments to make it better and more representative of the people of Kenya. The forest cover in any country is very important. At the moment, there are very few countries in the world which have attained the 10 per cent forest cover as the minimum requirement for a sustainable forest regime. The other day, we concluded the International Global Conference on Climate Change in France. As a global community, we ... view