John Munene Wambugu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I must say that these are among the few regulations which normally come to this House for approval. Ordinarily, once we approve regulations, we normally write to the entities. However, these are among those few regulations which call for the whole House to affirm the decision of the Committee because of their importance. view
• 30 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Once the Regulations are approved, they will assist the national Government and county governments on how to proceed with procurement henceforth. I believe that we will make a proper case for the House to approve them. We all know that most issues, especially when it comes to corruption, they zero-in when the public bodies are tendering, procuring and disposing Government assets. The Regulations have captured a laid down proper procedure which is well detailed, articulated, very clear and easy to understand. If these Regulations are approved by this House, you can only fail to follow them, if you wish. You ... view
• 30 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: In the recent case of the County which I come from, we saw that most of the issues that touched on the impeachment of the Governor were on procurement. Most of the cases of the governors who have been brought before the Senate and cases that Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) take to court touch on procurement. That is because that is where corruption and good governance are. If these Regulations are passed by this House, we will ensure that going forward, there will be more accountability because they have laid down the procedure that any public entity, be it ... view
• 30 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: These Regulations have given the power to the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the National Treasury because procurement is under his docket. They explain how he is supposed to exercise his power when he oversees procurement within public entities. Our Committee was concerned with ensuring that the Regulations are okay. The work of the Committee on Delegated Legislation is to ensure that regulations satisfy the requirements of the Statutory Instruments Act. The first one is to ensure that they are published and submitted to this Parliament within statutory timelines. We, as a Committee, are satisfied that, that was done. view
• 30 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: We also checked whether these Regulations bring about any cost or they will require more cost when you are procuring or disposing assets. We are convinced that these Regulations do not require Regulatory Impact Statement because there will be no additional cost. Most importantly, when making these Regulations, the public was involved. There was adequate public participation. For the two years that I have been in this Committee, these Regulations are among those which the public has been involved. There were extensive consultations in 43 out of 47 counties. Various bodies were involved. All bodies which are involved or have ... view
• 30 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: If we approve these Regulations, the country will go in the right direction. I urge Hon. Members of this House to concur or agree with the Committee on Delegated Legislation and approve them. view
• 30 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to second the Motion. view
• 30 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wanted to contribute to the Refugees Bill but now that I am on my feet, I will have one or two things to say. I thank you for giving me this opportunity. This Bill is very timely. As a society, time has come when we should embrace taking care of our old people. You know at one point in time all of us are going to age and a society is gauged by how it takes care of its old people and people who deserve care. The Mover of this Bill has done ... view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this Motion on noting of the Annual Reports on the state of the Judiciary for financial years 2016/2017 and 2017/2018. I want to associate myself with the Members who have supported this Report and say that this Report has shown what is wrong with the Judiciary. It has shown what they are doing about it and where they expect to go. We must appreciate that Kenya is a country governed by the rule of law. The institution that has the constitutional duty of interpreting ... view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: We also know that Kenyans are quite litigious, which is a good thing because it means that Kenyans know their rights. The substitute to having a working Judiciary is chaos. So, we 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