Prof. Githu Muigai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: I, therefore, invite you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, if it pleases you, to direct that we proceed to debate this Bill in such terms as you may deem fit, subject to the clarifications I have made. view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would seek your guidance here. There are two issues – and I think Dr. Khalwale did well to mention that he was not here during previous debates – about the constitutionality, propriety or legality of sections of the Bill; then there are also issues of merit as to whether the section ought to pass or not. I want to suggest, with respect, that the latter must await the debate of the Bill. Dr. Khalwale and other hon. Members may say that what has been proposed here is not a good idea, and then the majority will ... view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is my great pleasure to second this very important Bill. The Kenya School of Law (KSL) has performed a very important historical assignment in this country. It started training lawyers in 1964. It has metamorphosized through several stages and it has now come of age. We need a new regulatory framework by which to manage this school. Currently, it has over 1,000 students per year. The quality of legal education is very important in the administration of justice in this country. If we demand of the judges the highest level of academic and intellectual ... view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this Bill. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want, first, with your permission, to thank my learned senior and friend, hon. James Orengo, for having agreed to move this Bill while I was away on Government business. I know that he must have done so with his usual erudite eloquence, and I thank him. I also want to thank hon. Mbadi because he has raised, as he was entitled to do, issues about the constitutionality, legality and propriety of certain proposed amendments. If I was a man of greater influence, I think the hon. Member has qualified for the award of the Degree of ... view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the hon. Members who have contributed to this debate. I will be very brief. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have ruled and the courts in this country have also ruled; that a constitutional question does not arise each time there is a contested question or each time there is a difference of interpretation. You have ruled that a constitutional question arises when there is a clear violation of the Constitution on the face of the proposed action. I am happy to accommodate the hon. Member. That is why I said we will consider all the issues he has raised, those issues raised by all the constitutional commissions, including the Commission on Implementation of the Constitution, ... view
• 22 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, unfortunately this is a case where a well intentioned Committee, apparently acting in good faith, has exceeded its legal authority and mandate. On a plain reading of the law, it is quite clear that the power to make a nomination where there is a rejection of any or all of the nominees resides with the President of the Republic. The option open to this Committee when it developed any reservations about any aspect of the nomination was to reject either an individual person or all the persons and refer this decision back to the President. The ... view
• 22 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second. view