George Mukuru Muchai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other amendments that are being sought are under the Public Benefits Organizations Act; that is the NGOs. These amendments have far reaching effects on the operation of the NGOs in this country and they are far from being minor. These are major amendments. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: So, I seek your guidance on how major amendments proposed under a Bill that seeks to make minor amendments to the Statute Law should be dealt with. The Bill proposes far reaching amendments on the Salaries and Remuneration Commission Act. This is because it seeks to have the Chairperson of that Commission sit on full time basis. I wonder what will be the work of the Chief Executive Officer who is employed to work on full time basis, to collect and collate information for the Commission. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in my opinion, if we allow these amendments to pass, ... view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer who sit on a full time basis have to find work to do. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Even though you have given guidance, Standing Order No.127 says that a Bill, having been read the first time stands committed to the relevant Departmental Committee. In this case, the relevant Committee is the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. It was incumbent upon this Committee, once the Bill was committed to the Committee to have ensured that it gave ample opportunity to the public to make their input and compile a report which should have been tabled before this House. I am of the view that given that the Bill is in the Second Reading, we will end ... view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, for finally recognising me. I have listened to the proposal by hon. Shebesh; looking at Regulation 12, the only reference to the term “champion” is in reference to the President being the national champion and overall patron of the Fund. The suggestion by hon. Shebesh will mean one of two things. One, it will mean diluting, in the understanding of the common 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
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: person, the role of the President. If not, it will mean that the representative at the county level will wear the hat of the President at the county level. I would have wanted to request hon. Shebesh to prefer the use of the word “promoter” with regard to the women representative, so that they become promoters of the Fund at the county level and at the constituency level, the Member of Parliament becomes the patron; that way we will leave the overall championship and patronage of the Fund to the President. Thank you Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I believe we can find a solution within the proposed amendment by the Chairperson to the Committee on Delegated Legislation. If you look at this proposal--- If we modified it to read, “nominated by registered organizations for people with disability in the constituency in consultation with the County Women Representative”, we would have found a solution to it. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Then we can go by the proposal from an earlier Member, who said--- view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Registered” will connote registration under the law. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Under whatever law. view