Irungu Kang'ata

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Irungu Kang'ata

Majority Whip of the Senate (12th May 2020 - 9th Feb 2021)

All parliamentary appearances

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  • 28 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: In essence, what this new law is proposing is that if you are an accused person, and you make a choice to be court-martialled, that is not enough. It means some senior people still have the power to decide whether you can be court-martialled, or be subjected to summary trial. That 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
  • 28 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: is unfair. It gives those people wide and discretionary powers. I am of the view we retain the original law because it gives an accused person the power and freedom to opt between the two. view
  • 28 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The third clause I propose we recheck is Clause 33 of the Bill. It proposes to amend Section 249 (7) of the principal Act to address the ambiguity as to when a resignation is approved and takes effect. Allow me to read Section 249 (7) as provided for in Clause 33 of this Bill:- “An officer or service member may by notice in writing to the Service Commander or Defence Council as applicable request to be discharged from service or resign his or her commission and the Service Commander or Defence Council, as the case may be, shall determine the ... view
  • 28 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: This expression, “reasonable time” is very wide and ambiguous. The Chair should consider specifying what time. Is it one week, two weeks or one month? I say so because I am aware of people who have made an effort to resign not only from the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) but also from other Government entities, but it takes time for their request to be considered. It makes sense for us to clearly express that consideration will take one month, or two weeks instead of having very ambiguous expression in the law. view
  • 28 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Another clause which I would urge the Chair to consider is Clause 34 of this Bill. It proposes to amend the principal Act by inserting a new Section 260(A) to provide an auxiliary reserve force. In short, this new auxiliary reserve force will be comprised of the National Youth Service (NYS) and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) members. In case, we have civil disturbances, it can be called upon to do civil duties. That is a very good idea. The only problem I have with that clause is the involvement of NYS in this auxiliary reserve force. I say so ... view
  • 28 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Allow me to also raise an issue regarding Clause 39, which proposes to repeal Section 290 of the Act to avoid publication of Defence Council matters which would be prejudicial to national security. I understand that security matters are sensitive. Again, I draw the attention of the Chair to Article 35 of the Constitution which allows for freedom of information. I am not so sure whether this clause is constitutional because it may be offending provisions of Article 35 of the Constitution. view
  • 28 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Finally, Article 40 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 304(1) of the Act to effect Article 66(1) of the Constitution that allows the State to regulate the use of land in the interest of defence. That is a good clause but then again I am of the view that this is an issue that touches on land use. Land use is something that is now vested--- view
  • 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Bill but I would like to propose two amendments. The first one is that once the report is debated by the committee, it will be taken to the plenary of the assembly. However, it is not clear from the law as to whether the assembly must debate and thereafter vote on the same report. It follows without saying that, that will probably be the most illogical thing. The particular section is not clear. view
  • 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Secondly, there is the issue of whether an applicant held a political position. The Bill proposes a disclosure of whether one was in politics. It is good that we put it in black and white that the fact that you were in politics will not be a disadvantage to you. Otherwise, people may disclose such information, only for it to work against them. It is wrong for politicians to be punished for being politicians at some point in time. Thank you. view
  • 27 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order. view

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