Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1401 to 1410 of 1643.

• 11 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have looked at this Report and I support it. But then I feel there are some areas that need to be looked at again. I draw the attention of this House to pages 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30. I particularly draw the attention of this House to the proposed Clause 25(b). In that Clause, it provides that the Speaker may designate a suitable place in the Chamber for the purposes of admitting the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance to make a public pronouncement of the Budget Policy highlights and revenue raising measures for the National Government ... view
• 11 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I stand guided. Thank you. view
• 11 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with your kind permission, another area in respect of which I would also like to draw the attention of hon. Members is on Clause 44(d), which seeks to give the Speaker circumstances under which a request may be rejected. They start from Clause (a) to Clause (i). Well, I agree because at times we do ask for Statements through Committees. I also agree that sometimes we ask about issues which are very particular to a constituency. This is what I would call “drawback clauses”. They should not have been very many. Otherwise, we may have a situation where ... view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. There is an argument that has been presented to this House to the effect that the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill should only concern itself with what is called “miscellaneous aspects of the law”. I beg to differ and ask that in the event that the matter is brought to your attention for a ruling, the term “miscellaneous” be interpreted more broadly and in a more liberal manner. This is because the argument that the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill should not touch on fundamental aspects of the law, to it is splitting hairs. ... view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: I am of the view that we remove the expression “county governor” and replace therefore with the expression “county assembly”. I am of the view that giving a governor the right to decide the location of a headquarters is something that is very emotive. I have seen in several counties people fighting over the location of the headquarters. For instance, in my county in Murang’a, there has been a major debate as to the location of the headquarters of Murang’a. Of course, personally, I am happy that it is located in Murang’a Town, in my constituency but in the event ... view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would also like to draw the attention of this House to Clause 24 of the Bill, relating to the Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011. The Clause provides that where county legislation does not exist regarding a particular function, the corresponding national legislation shall apply with necessary modification until the county assembly enacts the required legislations. view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: I am of the view that the expression “with necessary modification” should be deleted from this particular Bill because it may be misused to water down the entire Bill in the event that the Bill becomes law. The expression is very amorphous and very general. Therefore, every person will always be citing that expression to probably come up with new legislations that were not originally intended. Therefore, I will ask the Mover of the Bill to change this expression. view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would also like to draw hon. Members to Clause 54, relating to the County Government Act. It is being proposed that a consultative forum for the coordination of development activities should be established. This is a very good idea. The problem is the way this Bill has been drafted. It does not indicate who the convenor of the proposed forum will be. If we leave it this way, this clause will never take effect. view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I draw your attention to the CDF Act. There was an amendment that was done by the last Parliament during its last days that provided that a certain forum was established in the CDF where the governor and the area Members of Parliament are supposed to meet and decide how development programmes are going to be run. To the best of my knowledge, particularly in reference to my county, that forum has never taken off notwithstanding it being provided under the CDF Act. I am sure many Members here will also agree that, indeed, they have ... view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: I also draw your attention to Clause 43 of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority Act, which proposes that a person shall not export raw cashew nuts, pyrethrum, bixa, macademia or any other agricultural products as may be prescribed except with the written authority of the Cabinet Secretary. Again, this is a very dangerous clause. One, this country needs to boost its exports. We should move towards becoming an export oriented country. When you look at the balance of payment, it is skewed against Kenya. We are importing so much and exporting very little. In such a situation, a country ... view