Isaac Maigua Mwaura

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1101 to 1110 of 1711.

• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support Hon. Ken Okoth’s amendment. The Committee should also work in the interest of the litigant, the accused or the victim. Sometimes when provided with legal aid services, there could be other intricacies at play that would see powerful people wanting your legal aid to be withdrawn on flimsy grounds. We must protect the weak. This provision by Hon. Ken Okoth helps in that direction. The Committee seems to be preoccupied with protecting the board and the State, which, in my opinion, is not necessarily very good. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute to this debate. From the word go, I want to pick it up from where my coalition whip has just left. The challenge of the Community Land Bill is that of clashing of cultures. On one hand you have a community that owns a piece of land from ancestry, but on the other hand you have a capitalist system coming in, where land is highly valued in terms of monetary gain. You will find a lot of these things happening, especially in the Kajiado area where community land is being ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The Temporary Deputy Chairman, I was still mooting, but I am now okay. I support the amendment on the county executive committee and note that there is a representative of persons with disabilities. The Temporary Deputy Chairman, when you look at the substantive law in Subclause 4, it states that a Member of Parliament from the respective county may attend the meetings. I need your guidance on this even if it is not before this House. What is the constitutionality of this? view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: In the main Act. It is not part of the amendment but part of Clause 4. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I want to complement you on being the Chairperson of SONU. That is quite an accolade. I only knew that you used to be the Speaker of the Congress. Your acumen has been exemplified in this House. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to contribute to this debate. From the word go, the Office of the Controller of Budget is very critical. One would imagine that the title is misleading. When this Office was formed by the Constitution, many Kenyans thought that this would be the person who would look at the ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: last financial year or the current financial year, the Government borrowed over Kshs560 billion. That borrowing, both domestically and internationally, is clearly increasing the public debt. In terms of sustainability, we have figures from the National Treasury that are doubtful because you cannot compare this country to Japan and the United States of America (USA), where public debt is 200 per cent of their GDP. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we need to have a situation where the Controller of Budget, even when we have the Loans and Grants Council as enshrined in the Constitution can advise Parliament accordingly in relation ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the credibility of individuals who occupy this office must be beyond reproach like Caesar’s wife. My time is over, I support. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to oppose these amendments for very obvious reasons. The clause is unattainable. Even when you have 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
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: enumerated the people who are supposed to act to provide such support, I do not think it can be done. In any case, there already exist the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology bursaries and other forms of bursaries which go to needy students. I also wonder whether we are over-legislating. In my opinion, some of these things should fall under regulations and not the substantive law. I oppose. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The whole debate around climate change has been supported by the civil society. It will be very unfair to remove them from this noble process, especially when we have had a lot of representation from the Government, including the high office in the land. The civil society will bring a lot of expertise to the Council. I oppose the amendment. view