Prof. Githu Muigai

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 111 to 120 of 630.

• 20 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I made best faith endeavours this morning to procure the IDP Bill, as I had promised the House. Unfortunately, not sufficient vellums were available, but they have been published. I promise that they will be with His Excellency the President tomorrow at the latest. view
• 20 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Chair. I would like to crave your indulgence before we get to that item. If I may request you very humbly to allow me to remove from the Order Paper the first item under Order No.9 and the fourth item under Order No.9. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am the bearer of good news. The Opinion Polls Act has been actually been published. It is one of those that Mr. Gitobu Imanyara had expressed concern about. It is available now in the House. I think the Clerk of the National Assembly will be able to avail it to Members. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the IDPs Act, the vellums have been released this afternoon and will be presented to His Excellency the President tomorrow before Cabinet for signing. Therefore, we have made some progress. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to start by admitting that over the last two months or so, we have had a lot of business between this House, your office, the Clerk’s office, my office and the Government Printer. There have been some delays, all of them occasioned by the volume of work. There has never been an intention to suppress or delay any Bill. As the Chief Whip is aware, his Bill on consumer Protection took more than the requisite period. For Mrs. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona’s Bill, I am waiting for vellums from Government Printer. However, I assured them at ... view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be the first to admit that we have not been able to comply with very strict constitutional time lines. The reason I have given is an honest one and it is a truthful one. In my view, no constitutional harm has been caused because the President has not, by the exercise of his veto, written to your office indicating that he does not wish to assent to those Bills. So, we are within a safe constitutional zone. I appreciate your concern that in a happy world, we should do it dead on time. I ... view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I share the concern of hon. Members and the passion around this Question, particularly because some of the Bills, like the IDP Bill, touch on a very emotional part of this nation. We are where we are because there has been a system failure. That system is a large system. It starts in the Clerk’s office. When we have finished debate in respect of any Bill the Clerk must go back, look at the HANSARD, look at the amendments and send those documents to the draftsmen and draftswomen in our office, who will then go through ... view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, I think this legal point needs to be clarified. Chapter 8 that Mr. Olago makes reference to is one of the suspended Chapters of this Constitution. I have taken counsel from a very senior counsel; I have become aware of this because I signed the Roll recently and found his name ahead of my name. He assures me that I am right in the opinion that this provision is inapplicable for this period, and will only come into force after the first election. So, no illegality has been committed at all at the moment. ... view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was a time when hon. Imanyara and I agreed almost on every legal controversy. Clearly, time is moving us apart. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: I read the provision that hon. Imanyara has read out in the exact opposite direction. Everything is suspended, except the elections. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will read it, if I have your permission. view