Jamleck Irungu Kamau

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 661 to 670 of 1078.

• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: How do we deal with that? That is the problem. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I just want Members to really understand the consequences of this amendment because if you look at it clearly, they want to remove the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) manager, an officer from the Ministry and a sub-county officer and then substitute them, therefore, with the sub-county representative from the National Government Ministry responsible 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
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: for youth and women affairs. First of all, those are two different officers on the ground. That is a conflict in the making. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Secondly, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if you look at number three which is right up there and which we actually passed, it talks about: “The CDF committee shall provide administrative support to the committee in each constituency.” Already, that is going to be a conflict now and I think that is going to be terrible. So, my proposal is that we leave it the way it is. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I would like to give a Statement on the uproar in the media fraternity over the passage of the Kenya Information Communication (Amendment) Bill, 2013 by the National Assembly on Thursday, 31st October, 2013. This is after the Committee met and agreed that it is important for Members of this House to be told the exact position on how and what is happening. The media has complained that the Bill if assented to by His Excellency the President shall be the death nail for the media freedom in Kenya and further that it is unconstitutional. ... view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. Indeed, that is the exact position. The position is intended to give the correct position as opposed to what has been given out there. I will take a few of the positions that have been taken by the media vis-à-vis the actual position as contained in that Bill. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: The media claims that members of the Communications and Multimedia Appeal Tribunal shall be appointed and controlled by the Government. That is not the position because this Bill is clear that the members of the members of the tribunal shall be appointed in a competitive process that shall be independent of Government media and commercial interests. That is what is contained in the Bill. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the media also claims that the tribunal shall have powers to detain journalists and raid media houses’ bank accounts. Nothing can be further from the truth. It is clear that the tribunal has no such powers. It cannot raid any media house or bank accounts of any journalist. The media further claims that the National Assembly has abrogated itself the power to vet members of the tribunal. Again, this is not correct because the National Assembly shall not be involved in the vetting of nominees to this important tribunal. The National Assembly shall only vet the members of ... view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: The media also claims that the tribunal shall have powers to deregister journalists. This is, again, incorrect. The correct position is that the tribunal can recommend to the Media Council – which belongs to journalists – a particular person has offended the provisions of the Act and recommend actions to be taken against such person. The final action would come from the Media Council, and not the tribunal. The media also says that the Bill provides for 60 per cent local content on all radio and television stations. Again, this is not the correct position. The correct position is that ... view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to lay the documents on the Table. view