Irungu Kang'ata

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• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I feel that this Bill needs to be improved. It has many grey areas. The first one is Clause 2 on the definition of the terms “journalism” and “journalist”. The profession of journalism appears to be a profession that has not given much credence to education. For instance, if you were to go to the engineering profession, you will find that we have standards, which are usually tied to qualifications. If you go to law, you cannot become an advocate unless you have a degree in law. The same thing happens to the ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: It is funny because you find many jobless trained journalists. You also find people who are working in various media outlets being paid a lot of money and they have not attended a single journalism class. It is the only profession which appears not to give education a lot of credence. I am of the view that these definitions should be changed. For instance, when you are defining a journalist, at least, a diploma in journalism should be a prerequisite in my opinion. If we were to do that, the effect would be that we are going to give credence ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Otherwise, I hear people saying that there are some people who have talent in journalism. If you were to argue that way, you can as well argue that there are people 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
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: who can represent others in legal matters without necessarily going to a class of law. Even in engineering, you can argue that there are people who can even invent many good things, but they have never stepped in an engineering class. That is a fallacy. Ideally, everything must be trained. The knowledge which we purport to have, is usually taken out of books and experiences. It is something that needs to be certified by peers who have previously been in that profession. That can only happen within a school set up. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Therefore, I am of the view that for us to, at least, empower our schools, which are training journalists, the definition of “journalism” should be amended. This will ensrue that a journalist must, at least, have some form of a certificate and training. It is very unfair when we hear people being paid millions of shillings and they have never stepped in a journalism class. It is very unfair to the many diploma and degree graduates who are coming out of universities and have no jobs. I am sure they can do a better job than those who have never ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Another area that I would propose an amendment is Clause 5(3). It provides that the headquarters of the Council shall be in Nairobi. Why in Nairobi? You never know, after five years, the capital city of Kenya may be taken out of Nairobi. We have seen, for instance, the Machakos Governor coming up with funny drawings of a city. Maybe after five years, we shall all be going to the City of Machakos. In such instance, Nairobi may no longer be of use to us. This headquarters may as well go to the City of Machakos. You never know and ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: opinion, they should all come from a journalism background. I am also of the view that Clause 18 should be amended. We need to provide that the degree should not just be any degree, it should be a degree in journalism. In Clause 24, I agree with my colleagues that funds should not come from the Government. It should be funds that are generated by the Council, but not funds coming from the Government. The Government has other areas that it ought to channel its funds. Then there is Clause 28 on establishment of the Complaints Commission. I am of ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. My intervention is just to seek a clarification from the Chair. The clarification is with respect to the procedure adopted by the Committee during the inquiry. Maybe the Committee can tell us whether the Member who has the question appeared before them and whether those people who have been mentioned in the report appeared in person before the Committee and whether there was some form of cross-examination by the person who had asked that question. The reason I am asking that is because I have previously asked a question and the committee just does a ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 12 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, Temporary Deputy Chairlady. The reason why I am supporting the deletion of Sub-clause 2 is because when you look at it, the first expression reads:”Despite Sub-section 1, a party may---’. So, therefore, if we fail to amend this clause, it is going to fixate what we have done by amending Sub-section 1 because of the existence of the expression: “Despite Sub-section 1.” So, therefore, for us to bring clarity and give effect to what we have done in amending Sub-section 1, we have, therefore, to do away with Sub-section 2. view