Hon Ernest Ogesi Kivai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to speak to this Petition. I support it. Our people suffer because of delayed payment of tenders. This extends to county governments, where pending bills are a big problem. They also do not follow court orders. There are many court orders against both the national and county governments that are not being honoured. It discourages investors from investing in this country. If somebody can supply goods worth that amount of money to the Government and it takes almost 30 years without being paid, what do you expect? view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for according me this opportunity to support the Bill. From the outset, I congratulate the Committee for having come up with this good piece of work. Foreign service is a very important aspect of how we relate with other countries of the world. This Bill is aimed at streamlining how the foreign service of this country will work. It is also an attempt to bridge the grey areas that we have witnessed in the operationalisation of our foreign service. view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: One of the most important clauses that attracted my attention is the definition clause. This is a very important clause. In it, the Bill has defined many things that were left vague which are very important. For example, a simple matter like the “tour of duty” was never clear. Nobody knew when a tour of duty would start and end. This Bill has made a very good attempt to clarify that. One of my colleagues talked about issues of spouses. That is very important because within the service, we have issues to do with privileges. It has also tried to ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: The other aspect of the Bill that I want to speak to is the geographical footprint of our country in the world. In Africa alone, it is sad that there is a big segment of this continent where we do not have footprints at all. Until the other day, in the whole of North and West Africa, we had only two missions, namely, Abuja and Algeria. This is a vast part of our continent. On the other hand, we had concentrated our footprints either in Asia or Europe. This Bill makes an attempt to clarify and give guidance on when ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Another aspect in the Bill is to do with what one of my colleagues touched on, the face of Kenya. It is true that some of us have travelled in missions abroad and we have seen what they are. We do not only have ambassadors and officers from Nairobi, but we have people called local staff who are recruited in the foreign countries. When you go to a foreign country, you find that even the local staff engaged in that mission are, probably, from one community that resides in that country yet we know that all Kenyans are represented in ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: tour of duty comes to an end, but he or she does not want to come back home. In this Bill, we have defined very clearly what a tour of duty is and the process of termination and all that to bring a lot of clarity. Lastly, I want to touch on the issue of privileges. We know that, out there, these are diplomats who have various privileges, but sometimes these privileges have been abused. I recall there was a period in time when some of our officers were required to get married before they could be posted. This was ... view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: I vote yes. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to support this Motion. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: The justification for this project was well given by the Chair of the Committee. This is a matter that touches on national security. As we speak, our airspace is covered to a maximum of 60 per cent. If you look at that cover, you will find that geographically, some areas of the country, especially the southern and western corridors, are not well covered. So, the justification for acquiring land in Narok was well thought out. We had a chance to visit the area and we were shown a specific site where they wanted to mount the radar. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: The Ministry of Defence had so many projects for the Narok land, but the most important, and first priority, was installation of the radar. There was only one spot where they told us they wanted to install the radar and this is where the land in question is. The sequence of events has been well spelt out by the Mover of the Motion. I will just concentrate on some of the issues that the Committee though were important. This has to do with the local community. What were the issues? view