Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1081 to 1090 of 1643.

• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the County Assembly Powers and Privileges Bill for several reasons. Firstly, we need to empower our county assemblies to enable them to summon people. Secondly, we need to encourage and give powers to the county assemblies in terms of giving them the privilege they need, so that any communication and discussions they undertake during their plenary and committee sessions can be privileged and protected. The only issue that we need to look at in this Bill is whether once we grant these powers to the county assemblies, they will have ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: is similar to the set up envisaged at the county level. It would be somehow weird if for instance we were to summon the President directly to appear before a committee of this House. Regarding powers of the National Assembly and the Senate to summon the President, the Constitution is silent. It does not say that you cannot summon the President or the Deputy President. Surely, it will be wrong for us to do so. We need to give some respect to those two key institutions. The question that now comes up is whether we should grant the county assemblies ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: been adopted by a county assembly, it must be adhered to or an explanation must be given to the assembly as to the effect of that. Once a petition has been brought before a county assembly, we also need to set out the powers, the effect and the jurisdiction of the assembly, once it is discussing things like petitions which are brought before the assembly. Otherwise, we are going to reduce our assemblies to talking entities which cannot impact on wananchi . On the other hand, you must also pay respect to other organs of the assembly. We would not ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Allow me to support this Report. This is a very important document. I draw your attention to Article 2(6) of the Constitution which provides that any treaty that is ratified by Kenya will be part of Kenyan Law. The effect of that is once we ratify this agreement it will become part of our Kenyan law. Therefore, if you were to look at Article 2(6) of the Constitution, what we are discussing here is like an enactment of a new law. view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I support this Report for several reasons. Winston Churchill said if you are not a rebel at the age of 25, you have no heart, and if you are not a conservative at the age of 35, you have no brain. I say so because the advantages that Kenya will derive by our association with the British supersedes the very many disadvantages which Members have drawn attention to. One issue which has been raised concerns the amount of money which Kenya will be given by the British Army once we ratify this agreement. The Kshs19 million is very little money. ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Most importantly, there will be money that will be channelled to that camp by the British Government to support their personnel. Even if that money is not coming directly to us, it will strengthen our economy. Therefore, we export very little, and we struggle to obtain money to support our importing and exporting trade. Our balance of payment is very negative. Therefore, it makes sense for us to do anything to get any dollar which is coming to this country. If you were to diversify our society, and have a very strong export economy, I agree we may have some ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, a lot of money will be channelled into this country because of our association with the Britons. In any event, we must always take into account that the British can go to Tanzania and Uganda. I am not certain as to whether Kenya has a strategic reason for this base to be established in Nanyuki. I have heard the oppression that has been done by the British people in Nanyuki. I agree we need to counter that. That has been addressed in the agreement. For the first time in the history of this country, we have ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have been made aware that, indeed, mechanisms exist for redress for the problems that have occurred in Laikipia. If, for instance, you have a child whose parentage can be traced to the British Army, there is no law barring you as a mother to vindicate your claim before the Chief Magistrate Court in Laikipia or even in Nyandarua. view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: On the issue regarding land, I have heard a leader from the Minority Party argue that it is time we started reclaiming land from foreigners. That is not good talk. We have seen countries like Zimbabwe go to the dogs because of an attempt to do land redistribution which is a noble goal but failing to take into account productivity. When the new owner gets that land, will he be able to put it to better and more productive state? I agree the whipping of emotions where we tell our people that it is time we started sub-dividing land or ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: In my assessment, it makes sense when you look at a country like the UK where land is owned by about 10 to 15 per cent of the population. Land in that region is under large-scale farming. Our fixation with land, in my assessment, does not make sense. In the new world where we live, we now have better and more objective forms of wealth on and above land. You can own land, intellectual property which is registrable or you can have a share. We need to start looking away from that. As long as a person has land and ... view