James Ndungu Gethenji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: world that we live in that any opportunity that we have to cooperate with our friends and neighbours in terms of defence cooperation and sharing of information and intelligence should be welcomed and embraced. We live in a world where the Islamic State in Iran and Syria (ISIS) and the Al Shabaab are persistent and common threats in our particular territory here in Kenya and East Africa. Terrorism and radical Islam is posing a global threat to the world. Anything that boosts our capacity in our defence forces in terms of our relationship of working in the military sphere must ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: For the benefit of the Members of this House who may not have had a chance to go through the Report given that it was tabled just prior to the recess which we have returned from today, I will take the opportunity to go through the salient and key points of the agreements so that Members may be enriched as we proceed to debate and ratify this milestone and historic agreement. On 23rd February 2016, the Leader of the Majority Party in the National Assembly tabled on the Floor of the House a Cabinet Memorandum on the ratification of the ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: In considering the agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning defence cooperation, the Committee held several sittings. It received a comprehensive brief from the Legal Counsel of the National Assembly pursuant to Article 118(1)(b) of the Constitution on public participation and Section 8(3) of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act of 2012. The Committee placed several adverts in the local dailies on 24th March 2016 requesting for submissions of memoranda on the subject matter. Unfortunately, there was no immediate and direct response. However, as ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Sections 37 and 283 of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Act contemplate the conclusion of an agreement to provide for the legal status and exercise of jurisdiction by the service authorities of visiting forces within the Republic of Kenya. view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the dissenting view that Hon. Wamalwa is raising is clarified in the minutes of the meeting. I guess Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo already knows the Report we are adopting, namely, the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations regarding the defence agreement between Kenya and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Under the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, it is very clear that there are only two options available for this august House, either to ratify or not. Let us put that to rest. view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: We are discussing the Report that was adopted by majority of the Members and taking into consideration minority views of those Members who raised issues and their issues have been noted in the Report and accommodated as per the Standing Orders. We will ratify the majority views and the ratification of the defence cooperation between Kenya and the UK. view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for your indulgence and for setting the record straight. Sections 37 and 283 of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Act contemplate the conclusion of an agreement to provide for the legal status and exercise of jurisdiction by the service authorities of visiting forces within the Republic of Kenya. This also necessitated the conclusion of the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the UK which was signed on 9th December 2015 and once ratified, will then supersede the current MOU. The objective of the DCA is to enhance cooperation between the Republic of Kenya and the ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Articles 25 and 26 provide for settlement of disputes, entry into force and duration of the agreement. There are factors that inform the negotiations of this Defence Cooperation Agreement. We were to negotiate a comprehensive agreement that takes into account the Kenyan context, which has been an issue before, and to deal with the concerns which are material to this country, namely, constitutionality and compliance with the Kenyan laws and reciprocity, which is the relationship between the two countries and how each will benefit from the agreement. Then there is transparency, including access to facilities, remuneration and inspection, private leases, ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The Defence Cooperation Agreement does not propose any amendments to our Constitution. This is most welcome because that would have been a very steep hill to climb. In terms of national security interests, the Defence Cooperation Agreement provides for joint training and exchange of experience and intelligence. This will increase the capacity of the KDF to deliver its constitutional mandate. The Defence Cooperation Agreement requires Kenya to cooperate with the United Kingdom in training, mutual visits and intelligence information exchange. Kenya is further obliged to comply with the provisions of the Defence Cooperation Agreement, which outlines the instances under which ... view