Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Sep 2021 in Senate: After that, there have been several statutes, which have continued to increase or embed new regulations and requirements, which negate the growth of businesses. I will give you one example of what we call the National Environment and Management Act. It is a requirement before you establish a business premises that you do what is called an environmental audit. Again, you have to pay to a person who is going to do that. To me, that is a bottleneck to businesses. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, again, you have other requirements of public health. If you are doing construction, you have ... view
• 7 Sep 2021 in Senate: After that, there have been several statutes, which have continued to increase or embed new regulations and requirements, which negate the growth of businesses. I will give you one example of what we call the National Environment and Management Act. It is a requirement before you establish a business premises that you do what is called an environmental audit. Again, you have to pay to a person who is going to do that. To me, that is a bottleneck to businesses. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, again, you have other requirements of public health. If you are doing construction, you have ... view
• 5 Aug 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you. Let me take this opportunity to express, on behalf of the people of Murang’a County and my family, condolences to the family of the two young men who died while in police custody. Secondly, I draw the attention of the Kenya Police Service (KPS) to various provisions of the Constitution. One is the chapter on human rights, the most important right which ranks number one. It is the right to life. Secondly, Article 2 (6) says that all ratified international treaties will now form part of the Kenyan law. Kenya has ratified so many treaties ... view
• 5 Aug 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 5 Aug 2021 in Senate: service, including those who man the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. Madam Temporary Speaker, we need to summon the CS in charge of the police and Principal Secretary (PS) in charge of interior security. They should come before the Senate and answer specific questions as to why it is that for the longest period, we have had escalation of police brutality in this Republic. They must take personal responsibility. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I apologize for that. Let me take this opportunity to endorse this Bill. It is a timely Bill as correctly stated by other colleagues. It will ensure counties process many legislations at a shorter timeframe the reason being that currently, every time a county makes law, it has to bring it to the Government Printer. The Government Printer has so many other businesses it has to publish from various organizations of Government like the Executive, Judiciary and Parliament. Therefore, it makes sense if you were to devolve these services. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: When you look at Article 6 of the Constitution, it expressly provides that the national Government and county governments are independent and also interdependent. That means strictly speaking every county should have several matters devolved at their level. You do not have to keep on making reference to the national Government particularly when you look at the several important functions that have been bestowed on the county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution indicates amongst other duties or roles of the county governments. They include agriculture that is coffee, tea and milk. They include health services. ... view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: However, there are areas that can be improved. One area is who are the officials who have the legal duties to issue a gazette notice at the county level? According to this Bill, it is proposing the governor, some County Executive Committee (CEC) Members and the speaker. Some of those officials may be subject to adverse gazette notices. Take for instance an impeachment of a speaker or governor. Mr. Speaker, Sir, therefore, it goes without saying that a governor or speaker most likely will not gazette his own removal from office. Therefore, in such instances, we need to amend this ... view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill, the reason being that the SRC is an important Commission in this Republic of Kenya. view