James Ndungu Gethenji

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• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 15 of the Bill be deleted and substituted therefor the following new clause— Amendment of 15. Section 33 of the principal Act is amended — section 33 of No. 25 (a) in subsection (1) by inserting the words “ and other authorities” of 2012. immediately after the word “Service”; (b) by deleting subsection (2); and (c) in sub-section (3) by— (i) deleting the expression “(2)” and substituting therefor the expression “(1)”; and (ii) deleting the words “administration, command” in subsection (3). The upshot of this amendment is to ensure smooth ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The proposed amendment seeks to ensure that the administration and command of forces is retained by the respective commanders in joint operations while the Inspector-General of Police shall be left in charge of control and overall superintendence of the operation. This is to make it clear that in internal operations where the military is deployed to support civilian authority, the Inspector-General of Police is in control of the overall superintendence of the operation, but the individual commanders are in charge of the units and can downstream operational command. That is it, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 16 of the Bill be amended— (a) in sub-paragraph (i), by deleting the expression “241(3)(1)” and substituting therefor the expression “241(3)(b)”; (b) by deleting sub-paragraph (ii) and substituting therefor the following new sub-paragraph (ii)— “(ii) in paragraph (a) by inserting the words “or the President” immediately after the words “National Security Council”; view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: (c) by deleting sub-paragraph (iii) and substituting therefor the following new subparagraph (iii)— “(iii) in paragraph (b) by inserting the words “or the President” immediately after the words “National Security Council”; This is supposed to be the role of the National Security Council (NSC). The proposed amendment seeks to retain the role of the NSC in approving the deployment of the KDF in support of the National Police Service (NPS), and further extends the same powers to the President as the Chairman of the NSC. This ensures that the NSC, which is the highest security organ in the country, retains ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: 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
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I really have nothing to add, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 30 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (a) by deleting the word “Major” and substituting therefor the words “Lieutenant Colonel”. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The proposed amendment seeks to relax the restrictiveness for requirements of a Major to be promoted to the rank of “Lieutenant Colonel”. Some of the Members deliberated extensively. The in-house expertise of Hon. Members who are retired colonels and, therefore, well versed with military ranking played a major role in advising us. The interaction with the Vice-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces gave rise to this amendment to allow for ease of movement in rank from a Major to a Lieutenant Colonel to prevent the bottleneck that is becoming apparent within the KDF. It is quite straightforward and clear. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 32 of the Bill be amended by— (a) deleting sub-paragraph (ii) and substituting therefor the following new sub-paragraph— “(ii) by inserting the words “with the consent of the Defence Council” immediately before the word “notwithstanding”; (b) deleting paragraph (c) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph— “(c) in subsection (9) by inserting the words “of the regular forces” immediately after the word “member”; (c) deleting paragraph (d) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph (d)— “(d) by deleting subsection (10) and substituting therefor the following new subsections— “(10) The Government ... view