James Ndungu Gethenji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: sayings and doings. Who can forget how Mama Lucy brought sanity to the corridors of State House and cleared the waiting rooms and corridors of hangers-on, brokers and people who were just wasting time in the first Kibaki administration? Who can forget the 40 years plus that Mama Lucy stood by the then Vice-President Mwai Kibaki sinking to a regular Member of Parliament and then rising again to be the President of the Republic of Kenya? We feel a great loss and we wish to condole with the family. We stand with them as the people of Nyeri County and ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have delegated the laying of Paper to Hon. Rasso, if you can give him the Floor. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I am pleased to welcome most dearly our dear brothers from the Coast Province, Mhe. Mung’aro, Mhe . Mwashetani and Mhe . Mustafa Idd who have taken appropriate seats on this side of the House. We are waiting with bated breath for other Members, including our dear brother across the Floor, Hon. Ken Obura. I know hon. John Mbadi is waiting desperately to cross the Floor in a big leap of faith towards the party of the future - Jubilee. I am pleased to report that despite recent events, all is well in the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: dear mother and Hon. Members, for their renewed confidence in the leadership of the Member for Tetu. Thank you. Hon. Chris Wamalwa. Before the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, we have been very active. We have dispensed much of our business. The following Bills have been placed before us and dispensed with. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I know he is just dying to cross the Floor. He is just excited. The Bills before the Committee which we have dispensed with include:- 1. The Kenya Defence Forces (Amendment) Bill - which is presently the property of the House. It is on the Order Paper. 2. The Kenya Regiment (Territorial Force) (Repeal) Bill, which has also been dispensed by the Committee and the Report was tabled on 17th February, 2016. 3. The Military Veterans Bill, 2013 which, by your direction, has been returned to the Budget and Appropriations Committee and our Committee for further ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We have a number of inspections and oversight visits to respective foreign missions in various countries around the world. On completion of that inspection tour, we will produce a report for tabling and debate by this House. There is only one protocol before us – the Pan- African Parliament Protocol. A report on the Pan-African Parliament has been considered by the Committee and is awaiting adoption. The Committee will adopt the Report on 29th March, 2016 and table it thereafter. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Further to that, we have before us the inquiry into the attack on the KDF El Adde Camp in Somalia. We have already invited the Ministry of Defence and the KDF leadership to come 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
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: and give their account of the events to the Committee, so that we can interrogate the happenings and write a report and bring it to this House. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) and to congratulate my colleagues, particularly the Chairperson of the Liaison Committee, all the Chairs and Members of the various Committees for the work they have put into this Report. Lamentation has been made that Parliament seems to be engaging in an exercise in futility. This has been an accusation for the last three or four years when this Parliament has been charged with the responsibility of making the Budget. There needs to be some sort of education for Members of Parliament on the flexibility of the ... view