James Ndungu Gethenji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. My intervention is with regard to Order No.12, which is a Motion by the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the Protocol to the Constitutive Act of the African Union relating to the Pan-African Parliament. We need to undertake further consultations on the same and for that reason, we wish to withdraw it from the Order Paper this afternoon. view
• 23 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Yes, as a Committee. view
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, December 1, 2016, and pursuant to Section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, approves the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. view
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I had two Notices of Motions, but I only gave one notice. I think there was an error in the Order Paper. view
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the Protocol to the Constitutive Act of the African Union relating to the Pan-African Parliament, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, December 1, 2016, and pursuant to Section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, approves the ratification of the Protocol to the Constitutive Act of the African Union relating to the Pan-African Parliament. view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We are not only taken aback, but quite perplexed because the mandate of committees, treaties, agreements and bilateral and so on fall squarely under the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. We have made several requests about this matter, for example, when we see the Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing dealing with bilateral agreements and so on. These agreements and bilateral treaties fall squarely under the Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. Secondly, on defence and military matters - research within the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) or visiting forces in Kenya must appropriately ... view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, being a trained professional with a degree in Applied Biology and Biomedical Sciences, I think I am capable. The point, however, is that the Standing Orders explicitly provide for agreements, treaties and bilateral agreements to be placed before 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
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. If there is an element of expertise that another committee should bring to a particular report, then in the minimum that should have been a joint Committee of those two relevant committees of the House, so that we can deliberate with the knowledge of both sides of our expertise. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, given that most militaries around the world are driven by military industrial complexes, and are involved in development to improve the weaponry and equipment used in the field, it will only make sense and give impetus if we involve our own KDF. I am aware that they undertake their own research. They also have production facilities in the name of the Kenya Ordinances Factories Corporation. There is no harm in including in the legislation that the military will now, as a policy, be involved in research, development and production. They can even seek funding from the ... view