Ejidius Njogu Barua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I would like to support this Report of the Mediation Committee on the Bill. As I support, I would like to 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
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: first of all commend the team that established a middle ground and came up with acceptable decisions. Clause 10, which was asking the CoG to nominate a representative to replace the one who was supposed to be appointed by the AG, was one of the biggest issues that the team had to address. This was because what the Senate had proposed implied that the advice given by the AG can be given, at the same level, by the CoG. So, I am happy that this has been agreed upon and the AG remains with an opportunity to appoint a representative ... view
• 23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I stand to support the position of the Committee of which I am a member. I will be very brief. I would like to suggest that we reject it on the basis that the CoG does not represent any special interest on matters of the environment. The other thing I am wondering about is: What extra expertise is going to be accorded that Committee by merely giving the CoG a nominating position? We should reject this proposal. Lastly, the CoG wants to convert itself into a nominating authority illegally and not according to the ... view
• 23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this very important Report. At the outset, I would like to say that as Member of the Committee, I support the Report, the findings and recommendations. First, I would like to regret that this is one of the pioneer privatisation initiatives which has completely failed, and does not serve as a good example for privatising the other parastatals we have in Kenya. In the year 2007 that is, 8 years ago there was an effort by the Kenyan Government recapitalise and restructure Telkom Kenya, with the intention of increasing ... view
• 23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: irregularities and consistencies. I would like to say there is also some form of corruption in it. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, where we are right now, Telkom Kenya’s Government shares is 30 per cent. This is not a very interesting affair. It is not an affair that should be supported by this House. A company like Telkom Kenya, which has a big security implication, is in the hands of foreigners. I would like to support the findings of the Committee, and say that those responsible for the dilution of Government shares must be made to account. Those who misappropriated Government ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I would like to support hon. Chachu. This law is not meant for NEMA as it is now. We anticipate a strong NEMA. What we should do as an institution is to ensure that the anomalies and weaknesses in NEMA are addressed. That is what we are doing as a Committee. I can assure this House that the Committee is looking at it. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: I will start with hon. Gikaria’s comment which is well informed. I think it is mixing two issues because what he is referring to is on the composition of the County Executive Committee, but not what is on the Order Paper. What we are saying on the Order Paper is that, in order to link the functions of the national Government to those of the county governments, the Committee has seen it wise to make the National Environment Management Authority officer on the ground the secretary of that Committee. This is very important in some matters like writing reports and ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to support the amendment as proposed by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. I particularly want to make my contribution in respect to public interest litigation. The Public Complaints Committee has been collecting views from the public but they did not have any avenue of prosecuting the matter beyond the reports status. So, what is going to happen is that once the National Environmental Complaints Committee identifies issues and the victims cannot afford the court system, it will be empowered by the law to appear on behalf ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this important Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Amendment) Bill, 2014. The law we are amending today came into force because of the realisation that environmental management and co-ordination was being done through very many sectoral laws. So, it was found necessary for the country, as part of the international community committed to environmental conservation and management, to come up with a framework law. That was one of the justifications, or rationale, for the enactment of the Act we are amending today. Historically, the process of this environmental law started ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: the National Environment Council. Abolishing this Council and transferring its functions to the Cabinet Secretary (CS) is tantamount to concentrating powers in the Cabinet Secretary as opposed to devolving powers and responsibilities. This Bill also proposes the abolition of the Public Complaints Committee. This Committee is one of the most important organs, which are creations of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act. Without the Public Complaints Committee in force, it will mean that the common man and woman in the street will have no mechanism through which to air their complaints on environment. As the previous speakers have said, the ... view