James Ndungu Gethenji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The KDF Act makes provision for reserve forces. Those reserve forces are retired officers and servicemen. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: They are retired officers and servicemen below a certain age who, after retirement, have a period within which they have assented to be called back to duty and into active service, if the nation requires them. There is already a provision in the KDF Act for reserve forces of that nature. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 37. The justification for this is that we seek to ensure that funds for the KDF are in a separate vote. The issue of mixing the votes for the civilian component and the military component at times causes a challenge. We wanted to have a clear delineation of the KDF Vote given the peculiarity and the nature of their work, so that they can access their funds expeditiously for better operations. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 38. The justification for this is that the proposed amendment seeks to ensure that the KDF keeps proper books and records of its income, expenditure, assets and liabilities. Further, the proposed amendment seeks to ensure that the Accounting Officer in the Ministry shall submit to the Auditor-General the accounts of the KDF within a period of three months after the end of each financial year, together with a statement of income and expenditure for that year and a cash- flow statement. This will ensure ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 39. Again, this is with regard to financial matters. This amendment seeks to retain the oversight role of Parliament in financial matters within the KDF. The justification is that the proposed amendment seeks to ensure that the Defence Council prepares an annual report for each financial year and submits it to the President through Parliament. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 41 of the Bill be amended by— (a) deleting paragraph (e); (b) renumbering the existing sub clause as sub clause (1); (c) inserting the following new sub clause (2)— “(2) The Standing Orders shall not be inconsistent with this Act. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The justification for this amendment is restricted in particular to paragraph “e”. The proposed amendment seeks to delete paragraph “e” in light of the deletion of Clause 34, which had provided for auxiliary reserve forces. Further, the amendment seeks to ensure that the standing orders to be made by the Chief of Defence Forces or the Commandant of the Constabulary are not inconsistent with the Kenya Defence Forces Act, 2012. In essence, paragraph “e” was referring to creation of standing orders or other types of orders with regard to the re-integration of auxiliary forces. Since we already dispensed with the ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The standing orders are defined within the Act itself. The previous clause also created and provided for the same. Therefore, this is just a reference to that previous creation and provision. So, I do not think we need to further define this. In fact, even the Act itself has a definition. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after clause 26— Amendment “26A. Section 186 of the principal Act is amended— of section 186 (a) in paragraph (b), by inserting the words “and make of No.25 of 2012. subsequent appeals to any other superior court” immediately after the word “High Court”; (b) in subsection (2), by inserting the words “and make subsequent appeals to any other superior court” immediately after the word “High Court”; view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Yes. It is just to say that the Committee has played its rightful role in ensuring checks and balance. I think this is what Hon. Nyikal is referring to, but do not forget that Jubilee is a substantive component of the Committee including the chairmanship. We are alive to the progressive nature of the Jubilee administration, our leadership and the country. We want to make sure we move forward ever, backwards never. These things you are seeing here is really the Jubilee spirit which is infusing our thinking and actions. So, Hon. Nyikal, we implore you to join us. view