James Ndungu Gethenji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I thank you for giving me the chance to contribute to this Bill. This nation is facing an existential threat to peace and security in this country and its very existence. In the last 13 months, this House has approved the intervention of the Kenya Defence Forces in internal security situations. This indicates very clearly to a failure of the internal security mechanism to securitise the people of this country. It also points to a failure of the security architecture that governs the security sector in this country. We cannot sit here anymore while the nation ... view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: On 22nd November 2014 in Arabiya, Mandera County, 28 civil servants were pulled from a bus, lined up face down side by side and executed one by one, each witnessing the screams and throws of death of their neighbour. Ten days later on 2nd December 2014, another group of suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists raided a quarry at Koromey in Mandera County and killed 36 miners. You have all heard that 14 of them were from Nyeri County. At each of those funerals, I can be certain that nobody pulled out the Constitution to read and give solace to the families of ... view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: I am certain that no civil society actor was there to comfort the families. However, every single instance, the victims’ families and the surrounding communities call for one thing; security and action by the Government in charge. What we are standing here to do today is to give energy and impetus to the Government to create security architecture and to revamp the software that aids the hardware, which we are already fixing in naming a new Cabinet Secretary and a new Inspector General of Police. I implore all the hon. Members of this House and all the Kenyans in this ... view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Be specific! view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Be specific! view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As much as I admire the intention and the spirit of the proposed Bill and of course, I admire my colleague, hon. Adan Keynan, my senior and former Chair--- view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, he is my senior and former Chair of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. As a legislator who has sworn to uphold and protect the Constitution of this country, and far from wishing to be seen to be standing in the welfare of retired military officers - in fact, I am on record as being one of the greatest defenders of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) as an institution. It is an institution I hold in very high esteem for the dedication and service they give to the people of this nation. As the Chair ... view