Irungu Kang'ata

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• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Let me give you a final example as I sit down. We have actuarial scientists. Presently, the way we have framed our law, we have only eight actuarial scientists in this country. They are only eight and yet, we have people who have done a degree in actuarial science. We all know that if you want to do actuarial science in this country, you have to get an A (plain). That is if you want to do a regular course. You would imagine those people have joined actuarial science but, because of some laws that we passed here without being ... view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: I agree with my colleague. The problem with this clause is that when you import the Constitution directly, there is always a problem when it comes to legislation. That is because, at times, the Constitution is usually framed in very general words. Chapter Six has so many elements in it. What is it? If at all Chapter Six talks about integrity, bring it directly in the Bill but not in such a manner that when one is trying to interpret, he or she cannot tell which Article of Chapter Six is being referred to. That is number one. view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: I agree with my colleague. The problem with this clause is that when you import the Constitution directly, there is always a problem when it comes to legislation. That is because, at times, the Constitution is usually framed in very general words. Chapter Six has so many elements in it. What is it? If at all Chapter Six talks about integrity, bring it directly in the Bill but not in such a manner that when one is trying to interpret, he or she cannot tell which Article of Chapter Six is being referred to. That is number one. view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Two, assuming you were to take word for word of Chapter Six, the question then will be: What is the criterion for determining that, indeed, that person has not adhered to Chapter Six? This is because there are several criteria and it has to be an objective test. For instance, has this person been convicted? Is there pending appeal? I foresee a situation where the Committee will be so powerful. It will use such general language to ensure it is a cartel. That is the whole idea of my objection to this thing. We have seen it in the Engineering ... view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Two, assuming you were to take word for word of Chapter Six, the question then will be: What is the criterion for determining that, indeed, that person has not adhered to Chapter Six? This is because there are several criteria and it has to be an objective test. For instance, has this person been convicted? Is there pending appeal? I foresee a situation where the Committee will be so powerful. It will use such general language to ensure it is a cartel. That is the whole idea of my objection to this thing. We have seen it in the Engineering ... view
• 30 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. May I support this Bill and also reiterate the issue that has been discussed by various Members here - giving private guards guns. I support that idea. Initially, it appeared to me as if it is not a good idea. But on thinking harder, I have come to that realisation that it can make sense. Why do I say so? One, we can come up with a mechanism to ensure that there is no abuse in the issuance of guns to people. How can we do that? One, we can propose amendments and provide ... view
• 30 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Let us look at the international good practices. In America, it is ingrained in the law. It is something that is provided for in the law. It is one of the so-called rights. In Uganda, our neighbouring country here, we have seen such kind of a scenario. That, maybe, explains why, despite Uganda being among the countries which invaded Somalia, they have never experienced an attack except just once. You can all recall the several attacks that Kenya has experienced - Mpeketoni, Garissa and Westgate. Allow me to draw your attention to the incident in Westgate here in Nairobi. It ... view
• 30 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: On various other aspects, I would also caution that, at times, it does not make sense for us to over-regulate an industry. Once you over-regulate an industry, the effect is: You will find a situation where people are now being kicked out of that industry because it is becoming too expensive to run it. The net effect will be high levels of unemployment. Notwithstanding this Bill being good, let us watch against over-regulation of any industry. If the impact results in a situation where investors do not invest in that industry, we will have a lot of joblessness. As I ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The reason why I support this amendment - and I would like to draw the attention of hon. Members to this – is that we have seen auditors coming to Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) offices and telling us that we should not do boda boda training. Then you wonder: Boda boda training is a decision that is made by the CDF Committee as a policy issue. The issue of an auditor coming to tell you not to do this and that policy is very wrong. They should be restricted to the issues of numbers. ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The reason why I support this amendment - and I would like to draw the attention of hon. Members to this – is that we have seen auditors coming to Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) offices and telling us that we should not do boda boda training. Then you wonder: Boda boda training is a decision that is made by the CDF Committee as a policy issue. The issue of an auditor coming to tell you not to do this and that policy is very wrong. They should be restricted to the issues of numbers. ... view