Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I second. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you. I take this opportunity to first and foremost congratulate the new President of America, Mr. Donald Trump. I wish him well in his new job. I strongly believe he is the right leader for America at this stage. I have a copy of the Agreement between the Governments of Kenya and the US concerning threat reduction biological engagement programme. I think it is a good Agreement. The object of this Agreement is to come up with a mechanism that is going to ensure that we reduce the threat that can be posed by naturally-occurring or manufactured biological beings. ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: imagine that Kenya may have to provide land and staffing, but on Page 18, there is only one paragraph, which does not provide any details. (i) infrastructural upgrades and construction at Isiolo and Kajiado Level 5 hospital laboratories; (ii) construction of sample management facilities and other infrastructural upgrades at the Central Veterinary Laboratory, State Department of Livestock and Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI); and, (iii) infrastructure upgrades at the Kenya Veterinary Vaccine Production Institute at Embakasi. Hon. Speaker, it would have been good and prudent on the part of the framers of this Agreement to have clearly indicated that the ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I have seen in other parts of this Agreement that support will come from the USA. If you look at the introductory part on Page 11 of the Agreement, you get the impression that the USA will pay. However, the operative parts of this Agreement are not clear as to whether it is the Government of Kenya or the US Government that will be providing the funds for the upgrade. Hon. Speaker, I would have also thought that this is an area that requires expertise. You need people who are learned in the field of biology and very good in ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am looking at this document. I know it is divided in three parts. We have the Committee Report, which has an annexure and it is the one I am referring to. You can clearly see that I am also reading the annexure, part of which is the Agreement. Therefore, I am trying to critique all parts. I am critiquing the entire document. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have the Agreement as part of the annexure to this Report. I am trying to look at whether all the issues pertaining to what I am raising have been captured in this Agreement. For instance, Article 4 of the Agreement says: “Expenditures by the Government of the United States of America pursuant to this Agreement, including associated expenses and transportation costs, shall be subject to the availability of appropriated funds available to the United States of America Executive agent or responsible implementing agency for these purpose.” My point is, probably, this Article could have been ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: itself. In any event, I am also alarmed. My colleague is telling us that the money is already with us. The best scenario would have been that we debate this Report first. Once we approve it, the money can be disbursed. What if Parliament declines to ratify the Agreement? It would mean that Kenya has to reimburse the money back to the USA. Be that as it may, if the money is here, I am happy. In fact, I support this Report. I am just trying to give more ideas on how to improve the Agreement. My argument is that ... view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I think Kenya should join civilised societies which do not support torture at all. To that extent, I rise to support this Bill. In any event, our Constitution is quite clear that torture is prohibited in this country. Therefore, we need a statutory instrument which is going to effect the provisions of the Constitution. However, allow me to raise some reservations. I wonder why some of these ideas emanate from western countries. As we all know, their guarantor of security is the United States of America (USA) through ... view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: If at all America has been unable to ensure that torture does not occur in its shores and has an extrajudicial facility based in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, then, that suggests to a certain extent that, maybe, torture may work to a little extent. Even the elected President of the USA, Donald Trump, said that waterboarding may work as he has been advised by some of his advisers. Therefore, we must also ask ourselves if we were to torture criminals like drug barons and terrorists a little bit, maybe we could have a positive outcome. I would not want us ... view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: The hare started beating drums while the hyena beat the actual mother. Sometimes, these white people out there, the Westerners, tell us to enact these laws, but in their own countries, they do not do the same. For instance, the USA tells us to enact this law, but in their country, they still have Guantanamo Bay and renditions. With those few remarks, I support the Bill, save for those few issues. view