Isaac Maigua Mwaura

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1051 to 1060 of 1711.

• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The issue will be some of the allegations and the rumour that you hear from political circles would be very difficult to prove whether they actually happened. We know very well that the last elections were disputed. This is a commission that did not even have proper or conclusive voter register. I think they were three in terms of the total number. So nobody would ever tell you how many people actually voted in the last general elections. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Having said that, those are not reasons that would, therefore, mean that the only way to remedy the situation is to create a process where you just change individuals. I am very much opposed personally to the fact that we have developed a system of demolishing institutions. Now we want to say through this Bill that we also need to do away with the secretariat. Really? Who will be the custodian of the institutional memory of the electoral processes and practice in this country? view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is assuming that because there is a very high attrition of Members of Parliament every five years that you also do away with the Clerk, the clerks of the committees and everybody who works for Parliament. I think that is not progress and institutions cannot be built on quicksand the same way we run our political parties, so that every new elections we have either new political parties or we have new coalitions that seek to hoodwink the masses that we are going to bring change that has never been seen before obviously tapping on ... view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: We, as a country, must learn to build institutions for posterity. We must not allow ourselves to extend ad hominem arguments into legislation where you are seen to be legislating because of the person or the occupants of the various constitutional offices. This country has a very important duty to ensure that based on the lessons that we have learnt, the IEBC becomes a truly independent arbiter of the electoral process. I do not want to imagine that by removing commissioners and by making such amendments that are proposed by this Bill, we are infusing confidence in our electoral process. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: We must agree that appointees of political parties will always favour those who have appointed them. So, the element of impartiality is not guaranteed. We have had precedent with the IPPG process and I think we would like to imagine that based on the current proposal on the Floor of the House, much as we have had some of this practice before, we will have a situation where people will be selected to be commissioners purely on account of their political affiliations rather than their competence. I have seen for the last four years that I have been a Member ... view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: purely on account of their ethnicity and without necessarily looking at their qualifications. I have in mind Samuel Kabue who was opposed because of being a Kikuyu and yet he is a very qualified disabled person who had been nominated to be a commissioner in the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR). view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: So let us look at this thing objectively. I would like to imagine that the Kiraitu/Orengo led committee will have ample time to listen and get submissions as is currently obtaining. Just as we speak, the Attorney-General has actually proposed that we should have the elections date moved to sometime later to cover the two years that are recommended by the Kriegler Report. That is something that we need to consider. I would not like to imagine this rush to ensure that we are making changes as at now informed by such considerations thereof. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I would like to urge my fellow Members that we oppose this Bill. We take some time to think through the various proposals so that we can strengthen the Commission. You will agree with me that if we go the way the Bill is proposing, it is the third time we are attempting to disband the IEBC. I think, as somebody said, we must not make the IEBC to be a graveyard of careers. We must not make it that those who superintend over our elections are actually committing crime of their lifetime. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: With those many remarks I oppose and I ask that the House takes leave of this matter so that we can wait for the report. This is not gagging debate. Debate must continue but we must separate issues. I oppose. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This Motion is timely as it speaks to a major concern in this country. It is very interesting to realise that most of the communities that generate fish in this country, be it at the Coast or in the Western Kenya region, and more recently in the hinterland, there is no fish processing plant. In fact, there was a furore the other day when it was said that a fish processing plant was going to be established in Meru County. This Motion emphasises the fact that we are yet to develop proper technology for ... view