John Munene Wambugu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 151 to 160 of 177.

• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. First, I confirm that I am a proud Member of this Committee led by our able Chairman. Time has come when all the regulation-making bodies should realise that the current Committee is very keen and thorough. We normally go through these regulations section by section and rule by rule so that we make sure that whatever comes out is something well-reasoned. I share the sentiments of Hon. Mbui that these regulations were in order apart from Regulations 23 and 24 for obvious reasons. The same has ... view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to second this Motion. At the outset, I must say that the Committee on the Delegated Legislation agonised over these regulations before the Committee’s decision to annul them. As the Chair pointed out, this is the Committee that was made up of quite a number of good lawyers. The Chair forgot to say that I was their student. When you look at these regulations, the enabling provision was Section 205 of the PFM Act of 2012. Clearly, that section gives the mandate only to the Cabinet Secretary. ... view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: monitoring aspect of NG-CDF Act belongs to the Members of the National Assembly. That is not true. There is no money provided for the Members of the National Assembly in discharging the mandate of overseeing the activities of the national Government. With those few remarks, I second. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this Motion. I appreciate you have noticed that I have been waiting and given me an opportunity to talk before my colleague. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I want to confirm that I am a proud Member of this Committee which is doing a very good job. We will continue doing the good work until we bring sanity in the regulation-making bodies. They need to get this clearly because they have been escaping with so many bad regulations which when enforced have affected the people who elected us to represent them in this august House. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I remember clearly when we visited the Kenya Civil Authority building they literally admitted in their presentation that there was no adequate public participation. These Regulations were hardly made and in the process there were so many lacunas. Also as Hon. Mbui has said because of the many lacunas, we did not have an option as a Committee but to annul these Regulations. It also came out very clearly that drones are a good technology which has recently come and we must embrace it. However, there are serious issues. I remember the Managing Director (MD) confessing that one of the ... view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: In as much as we have good use for drones there can also be very bad uses. You know as a matter of public domain that drones have been used by the Al Shabaab to kill people. That is why we need to tighten these Regulations to ensure that the security of this country is not compromised by having bad regulations which if we allow can be easily manipulated and we find drones in the wrong hands. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Another issue which came out very clearly is about privacy. Drones are very intrusive. They can intrude on your privacy in your house or wherever you are if not checked. That is why 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
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: the Committee thought that security regulations need to be tightened so that Kenyans’ rights are safeguarded. Of importance is that there was a regulation which purported to enhance the fine from Ksh2 million to Ksh5 million. Yet, the parent Act is very clear that the maximum fine is Ksh2 million. Therefore, the Regulation was being brought through the backdoor and this is against the parent Act and the Statutory Instruments Act. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: As I conclude, there was also a serious feeling by the Members that the licence fee is excessive. I remember somebody who I will not mention conceded during the meeting that he also thought so, but they were told to put this figure to see the reaction. Someone gets the feeling that this was deliberately done so that small traders cannot get licences for drones. I wonder whether that was the intention. I think the figure was about Ksh200,000 and we all know there are many types of drones including toys and small ones. Why would you charge a Kenyan ... view