Ejidius Njogu Barua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Bill, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to echo the sentiments of my colleagues who are of the opinion that this Bill is long overdue. In terms of the environmental issues raised in this country and the world in general, desertification is one of the biggest threats we are facing. This Bill is important because, first and foremost, it will ensure that areas affected by desertification are addressed and measures to reverse the situation are put in place. It is also important to look at adaptation and ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I would like to support the amendments as they are. 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
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I would like to support the Leader of the Majority Party in connection with the deletion of Clause 37. The most significant change there was the confusion between the role of the Serjeant-at- Arms and the Clerk of the National Assembly. It is obvious that the work of those two offices is different. I remember one time in this House we had some trespassers in the Speaker’s Gallery. That strictly was supposed to be the work of the Serjeant-at-Arms. That office must be streamlined and strengthened. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if you give me ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I would like to concur with the proposal of this House. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: I am a Member of that Committee and I agree with the views of the Committee that we reject the Senate Amendment to Clause 4, as the Mover has said. I would like to comment on the issue of devolution, a progressive aspect that we all like, but let us not try to devolve everything. Drought is an environmental disaster. In counties, we have offices of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). The work of the National Drought Management Authority will be to raise the red flag in the case of disaster. When they raise the red flag, it is ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: seconded. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to second this report of the Committee as moved by Hon. Chachu. As a member of the Committee, I would like to say that a lot of work and consideration was put in as we analyzed the report from the Senate and arrived at these decisions. Some of the amendments rejected as presented by the Senate were based on some unrealistic targets. Sometimes the Senate gives quite tight timelines, which may not be practicable, and may in due course of time make it impossible for the various institutions to perform. The mining ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, some of the proposals made by the Senate were touching on definitions. I would like to tell the Senate that they should add value in their consideration of various Bills that go to them from this House, just as we do when we get Bills from the Senate. The definition of “communities” in Clause 4 was found to be so narrow to the extent that it excluded some community members like my community who live in other areas. Clause 4(b), which was rejected defined “community” to mean people living in a ward or areas within which ... view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Report on Mediation between the National Assembly and the Senate. First and foremost, I would like to commend the good work that has been done by Members of the mediation team. They have, very quickly, come up with a compromised position and enabled us to have this Bill tabled today. Hon. Speaker, I would like to mention a few things: One is on qualification of the Auditor-General. I think the disparity was on the level of qualification required. I would like to propose that nobody should be ... view