George Gitonga Murugara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Litigation must be expeditious. There is nothing wrong with the Committee recommending that in every stage where we have set timelines, we can take whatever action needs to be taken within a given period of time so that people can get justice when they go to court. The general amendments as we have said are to ensure that the IEBC is able to give Kenyans a credible referendum. This is very important. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The essence of a referendum is to ensure that whatever question is being tried by the people is actually answered in the best way they want. This is the purpose of this law which is very important despite the fact that it has come on an evening session. You can see the interest Members have in it. What we are doing is to encourage each Member to look at the two Bills and bring amendments where necessary to ensure we have a good law. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The essence of a referendum is to ensure that whatever question is being tried by the people is actually answered in the best way they want. This is the purpose of this law which is very important despite the fact that it has come on an evening session. You can see the interest Members have in it. What we are doing is to encourage each Member to look at the two Bills and bring amendments where necessary to ensure we have a good law. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I second the Bill. 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
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I second the Bill. 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
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support Hon. Otiende. I request that if it is necessary, you make a ruling that this law should not have found a place in this House. The reason I say so is that... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support Hon. Otiende. I request that if it is necessary, you make a ruling that this law should not have found a place in this House. The reason I say so is that... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. You are right. We will give you a decision that will be in conformity with what we are asking you to rule on. This proposed law is bad. It should not have been brought here in the first instance. It is illegal because it contravenes the principles of legality on which all the laws are based when they are being made or passed by this House. It is unconstitutional because it contravenes sections or Articles of the Constitution, especially in trying to restrict or abrogate the fundamental rights and freedoms as enshrined in our Constitution. ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. You are right. We will give you a decision that will be in conformity with what we are asking you to rule on. This proposed law is bad. It should not have been brought here in the first instance. It is illegal because it contravenes the principles of legality on which all the laws are based when they are being made or passed by this House. It is unconstitutional because it contravenes sections or Articles of the Constitution, especially in trying to restrict or abrogate the fundamental rights and freedoms as enshrined in our Constitution. ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The other problem we have is proposed Section 11(a) as duplicity which means that we are creating offences which already exist and terming them to be new. One of the offences is grievous bodily harm which is stated here. It is an offence under the Penal Code. Therefore, it cannot be introduced through this Bill. The next one is damage to property which is called malicious damage to property. This is again found in the Penal Code. It cannot be introduced here. The third one is not known in law because it is a civil matter. Loss of earnings which ... view