Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni

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• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: When you are legislating, do not do it like there is an enemy on the other side. This country belongs to all of us. All the money that is collected belongs to all of us. We have the responsibility of protecting the contractors and also ensuring that as a country, we do not get into trouble. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we were told by the Attorney-General the other day that the amount of money the Government is required to pay in compensation and awards made by the courts is now in the tune of Kshs2 or 3 trillion. It is ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I beg to oppose. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Just a quick one, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. One, we do not want to support because of our thinking of what the Mover intends to achieve. It is not the feelings that we come to legislate for, it is what is provided for. Even when one has a court case going on, their contract is still due. There is no court injunction stopping them from paying. Immediately one’s contract becomes due, they will rush to court and say that they have not been paid. I am talking of issues we have in our constituencies. I know where view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: is coming from. There is a lot of cry from contractors out there. But if we come to legislate with the feeling, fears and the concerns that are out there, we are likely to get into more trouble. That is what is happening with all the amendments that we have done. When we say “all contract due”, they become due immediately one has a completion certificate. It does not matter whether there is a court case pending. Unless there is a court injunction stopping you, that contract becomes due. You as the person who issued that contract or as a ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: information. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: No. 31 of 2016 view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. The reason why we have the Committee on Delegated Legislation is to deal with all delegated legislations and guidelines. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Before the 10th Parliament, we had the fears that you have. However, any guidelines or regulations done by any of the persons who have the mandate of implementing this Act must be brought to Parliament. So, even those guidelines will have an opportunity to engage them and see whether they meet what is intended in this Constitution. But you cannot pass a law in this House and not allow the persons who are supposed to implement to look for ways of implementing it. You will have killed the law. So, you must allow guidelines and regulations but, again, our laws ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity you have given me to contribute to this important debate. I want to start by saying that without a doubt, one of the aims of this Bill and it has been mentioned in the memoranda, is to align it to the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Allow me to say that this is enough evidence that the Constitution still has a lot of work that needs to done. We are not anywhere near completion. We have had many of these pieces of legislation that keep coming and what is clear is that ... view