Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support the Report because it has taken into account other matters that have been affecting the fairness of elections. Party registers will be cleaned up. According to this Report, an international reputable firm will be looking at the registers to ensure that dead voters are struck out. This means names of persons who are not supposed to be in the register will be removed. To that extent, we have made progress. I also support this Report because it was obtained through a consensus process. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee had representatives of the Jubilee and the CORD Coalitions. In order for us to move this country, I urge hon. Members to support this Report so that we can have the general elections next as scheduled. If we reject it, we will have to start the process afresh. Finally, this is just a Report. In order for it to be implemented, it needs Bills – which will be brought to the House. We have the right to amend the Bills and incorporate new proposals. Therefore, this is not something that should force ... view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I, the undersigned, on behalf of 20 students of Meru University, draw the attention of the House to the following:- THAT, in the recent past, a number of public universities have experienced cases of students’ unrest due to unresolved grievances; THAT, in June 2014, students of Meru University raised grievances such as lack of water and increased hostel fees among others through the Dean of Students’ Office and the administration declined to address their grievances; THAT, the Students’ Council, unable to handle pressure from the students, called for a peaceful demonstration to compel the Meru University ... view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, the matter was before court but when we decided to bring it before Parliament, they withdrew it from court. So, the matter is properly seized by this House. view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there were reasons. One, that Parliament, in terms of time tends to handle matters in a faster manner. Two, we also took into account the rule of the House of sub judice that we cannot have parallel matters pending before the Judiciary and Parliament. Therefore, we advised them to come here. Three, we feel that when the matter is before us, it is a matter that involves other issues which can be ventilated well by the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology and this House. view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I draw your attention to one of the clauses that I find problematic. That is Clause 57 of the Senate amendments. It says:- THAT, Clause 57 of the Bill be amended by deleting paragraph (e) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph – (e) not more than four other members nominated as follows and appointed by the Cabinet Secretary – (i) two persons nominated by the organisation representing the largest number of persons carrying out operations in the energy sector; (ii) one person nominated by the Kenya Private Sector Alliance; and (iii) one person from an ... view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: 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
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: proposed law is that the organisation with the largest number of persons carrying out operations in the energy sector will nominate two persons. It means that they are not looking at largeness in terms of capital but in terms of numbers. That can as well refer to pump attendants or any other person who may not have real stake in the energy sector. The best case scenario would have been to state a threshold from the point of view of capital instead of persons. Another problem I have with this clause is the issue concerning the term “operations”. There are ... view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This proposed Bill has three important aspects. The first aspect is transnational bribery. The second aspect regards bribery within the private sector, and the third aspect is the re-balancing between the giver and taker of bribe. Let me start with transnational bribery. We are in a globalised society where you have huge transactions conducted by private citizens and states within and outside our boundaries. In fact, our boundaries are collapsing. Therefore, we need to have a law that captures the notion of bribery that takes place across our country. I am a Member of ... view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The second issue concerns bribery in the private sector. We are in a liberalised private sector oriented society. If we continue having situations where our laws only target the State, we will not be modern people. We will not be taking into consideration the current realities of life. Why do I say so? Take, for instance, the media sector. We all know the percentage being controlled by the public broadcaster. Safaricom Limited is the leading corporation in this country in the ICT sector and other platforms in that sector. That story goes on in most of the other sectors. Therefore, ... view