Jimmy Angwenyi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want to support this amendment. I ask the House to approve the amendment. We have borrowed this from successful cases such as Singapore, Dubai, Seoul and South Africa. This has made these economies to grow from being Third World countries to the First World. We want to move fast enough so that in the next five years, we will be in the First World. Let us pass these amendments, so that we can implement our strategies for growth. view
• 27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the purpose of this amendment is to have a clear process as to how you make requests. You cannot leave it open. It will be flooded with requests, some of which may be dangerous. So, we want to make it a systematic process. That is all. view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this important Bill. We should thank Hon. Keynan for mooting this idea in our Parliamentary Service Commission. We gave him support and we developed a Bill. This law should have been enacted immediately after promulgation of the new Constitution, but it was not done. So, let us do it with dispatch it today. view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: We have three arms of Government. Each of one of those arms of Government has its mandate and roles that it plays in the country. The legislature has been shy in enacting laws that can enable it to perform its roles and discharge its mandate. The case of Gor Sungu was given here. All that Gor Sungu did was this: He was a Chairman of the Ouko Committee. He gave a statement outside there to the Press. He has been pursued for almost seven years since he gave that statement. He has been under torment and stress. Now, he has ... view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: What this Bill has done is to clearly state the mandate of Parliament, its role, powers, privileges and immunities. We need to be aware that when we perform our duties and offer services, we are, indeed, covered and protected by law. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the other thing which this Bill has addressed is clearly stated sanctions of those who might offend this law. Right now, we have a lot of shortfalls in the current legislation with regard to the powers, privileges and immunities of Parliament, Members of Parliament and staff. This Bill brings out clearly the defences and sanctions for ... view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: jurisdictions very clearly. I thank the team which prepared this Bill under the chairmanship of Hon. Keynan for bringing out all this information and knowledge. So, we can compare ourselves with those other jurisdictions which have been in place for centuries like New Zealand and the United Kingdom (UK). We can compare whether we are performing as those long established jurisdictions. Parliament exercises the sovereignty of the people of Kenya. So, it should be paramount. I know there are people who will contest that. It exercises the sovereignty of the people of Kenya. So, who is this Judge who is ... view
• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this important Bill. This Bill addresses the issue of this Parliament being an institution respected and expected to deliver services to Kenyans, or being made a laughing stock. Like my colleague has just said, at one time we had a committee dealing the murder of the late Hon. (Dr.) Ouko. That committee made certain decisions. Those decisions were made known to the public within Parliament precincts, and yet that Chairman of that Committee has been committed to pay Kshs10 million. The Chairman of that Committee has ... view
• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: implement and fulfill. We cannot have another agency of Government blocking us from implementing or exercising that mandate. I urge both sides of this House to rise up and support this Bill so that we can set a precedent in this country and say that 349 Members of Parliament fought for this Bill to pass. With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 30 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for allowing me to contribute to this important Motion. Thank you again for recognising the service that we have given to this country through legislation. That is recognised and appreciated in other jurisdictions. However, this Bill should have come here 20 years ago. Our security would have been secured. This Bill introduces four important items. The first one is the registration of the people who are providing security. We want to know them. The second issue is to establish standards in terms of which basis they will be registered. That is very important. I ... view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: No! view