James Ndungu Gethenji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to thank my co- Chairman of the Joint Committee on Administration and National Security and Defence and Foreign Relations. I also wish to thank all the Members of that Committee and my Committee, which is the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. I want to thank all those who participated and were incorporated into our inquiry. In addition, I want to take a moment to condole with the victims of not only the Westgate terrorist attack, but also all the other terrorist attacks that have taken place on The electronic version of ... view
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Kenyan soil in the recent past, including in Wajir, Mandera, Eastleigh and most recently, Likoni. In our inquiry, we endeavored to examine all the openings which terrorists exploit, penetrate our systems and harm our nationals. We endeavored to find where there was weakness and show it. We endeavored to observe Chapter 14 of our Constitution which refers to national security. As a Committee, we were tasked with a heavy responsibility, indeed. We may want to go down to the nitty gritty of the events, it is important for us to take a global view of what happened not only in ... view
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: This had a twin effect of increasing the cost of doing business and also the cost of living in this country. Indeed, it had choke-hold effect on maritime operations and logistics, which is the lifeblood of not only the Kenyan economy, but also the hinterland of the East Africa Community and beyond. The cost of shipping and insurance skyrocketed, and all this ended with the Operation Sledgehammer on 28th September, 2012. The KDF took Kismayu but that has not been celebrated enough. Today, much of the peace and security that we enjoy is because of the end of the incursions ... view
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I thought I had 30 minutes? view
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. In closing, may I say that we in this country need to support the activities of all the security forces? Parliament needs to support the National Security Council. We have Article 247 of the Constitution which requires that the National Security Council reports annually to Parliament on the state of the security of Kenya. We are now calling on the National Security Council to come to Parliament or present a report to Parliament, as required by the Constitution, so that we may get an update of the security situation of our nation. Even as we ... view
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, I beg to second. view
• 25 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, on a point of information. I rise to ask if my brother would allow me to inform him. He made a statement that terrorism is not linked to refugees, yet if he read our report he would find that the police gave us evidence that this terrorist attack was actually planned almost in its entirety at Kakuma Refugee Camp. view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I had requested that I make my response yesterday to a request that was made on South Sudan. I am prepared to give that response even today. view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, I am, hon. Speaker. view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Speaker. view