Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The Members of the National Assembly have three roles: oversight, legislation and representation. Our role of legislation seems to have been eroded by the Executive. If there was a Committee headed by Hon. Langat which sat and looked at these things in detail and came up with recommendations, it is wrong for a small section of the Executive – who do not have legislative powers – to usurp the powers of this House. The President has the power to assent to Bills, but it should not be the case that whenever we pass laws, ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you for giving me this chance to contribute to this very important Motion. While you were away, we debated this Bill. The concern of most Members of the National Assembly is that out of the three functions of Members of the National Assembly which are to oversee the Executive, represent the people and legislate or make laws, the role of legislation is being eroded by the Executive. There is the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade headed by Hon. Benjamin Langat with 28 Members, who sat and came up with a very good Bill. The role of legislation belongs ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: As Members of the National Assembly, we should not allow the Executive to use the back door and take the role of legislation through Presidential assent. That is our concern. In the last one year, whenever the National Assembly passes laws and they are taken for Presidential assent, most of the times they are returned with reservations. Because it is very difficult to raise two-thirds majority, they are always lost. In this Bill, non-beverage drinks like sodas will become very expensive for the common person. We represent the people and, as Hon. Jimmy Angwenyi has said, the people who used ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, whenever legislation is passed through Committees, a lot of work and time is devoted to consultations. We conduct public participation and a lot of energy is put in, in coming up with legislation. What should worry any Member of the National Assembly, irrespective of which side of the political divide they sit, is the loss of that power through the Executive sneaking these reservations knowing very well it is very difficult to raise the two- thirds majority. This is our concern. If it means changing the Standing Orders and the Constitution, it has to be done to protect ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: I do not agree with these reservations, but because the President has a role to play, there should be consideration that the National Assembly has a bigger role and it has put in a lot of time and energy to come up with this legislation. It is not fair for a few people to sit in the Executive and come up with amendments knowing very well that we will not reach the threshold of the two-thirds majority. view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want you to protect me because we never interrupted Hon. Duale when he was speaking. He should show some respect to us. We are making laws for Kenya today and for posterity. It is not fair to make laws and get your interest and lose Kenyans’ interest. It will come to haunt you. Let us make laws that will protect you, W anjiku and for posterity. We should not make laws for short-term gains. This will not be good. Since this legislation is causing a lot of anxiety and conflict, although you gave a ruling and I ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this very timely Bill. This is a crucial Bill because Kenya is discovering hydro-carbons. Kenya has struck oil and natural gas in Turkana County. I want to remind the House that the Petroleum Act that we are operating on is 30 years old. It was introduced on 16th November 1984 by Hon. Biwott and has served us for this long period. It is good that the Committee has come up with very good legislation on this sector. The Committee has sat and come up with very good suggestions ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: has struck gas while Kenya has struck oil and gas. We should not forget the other activities that we have used since Independence to generate revenue for this country. We should promote them as we also promote the extraction of hydro-carbons. I have also noted that there are no institutions. The Committee did a good job but never came up with recommendations for training institutions on petroleum and hydro-carbon products. In this country, we have a potato research lab. The potato industry is very small while the petroleum industry is big. The Committee should look into that so that there ... view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance. This is a good Bill from the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. It will help dispense justice to most people easily. It is an improvement and I would support it. However, I will move some amendments as we go on regarding a few clauses where I feel there should be changes. This Bill provides for the organization and administration of the High Court. It will aid The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view