John Muriithi Waiganjo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: If you look at the other creation at Clause 68, we have the Water Services Regulatory Authority. If you look at the provisions, functions, powers and the membership of the Water Services Regulatory Authority, and then look at Clause 63 and find something called Water Works Development Boards, they will be doing the same thing. I am wondering why we are creating within this Act so many establishments, duplicating their functions, powers, membership and then that becomes law. The Committee has done a good job, but they need to re-look at what they have done so that instead of creating ... view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Then the other thing that I have a problem with is this Act at Clause 117, which creates a Water Tribunal. This tribunal has the same jurisdiction as a subordinate court. We have subordinate courts everywhere in Kenya, but if you create a Water Tribunal, it will not be in all the counties, for instance, in Nyandarua where I come from. So, you are creating a tribunal to sit in Nairobi yet this tribunal is under the Judicial Service Commission. view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: So, whoever sits as the Chair of that tribunal has the same jurisdiction as a magistrate, for example, a Resident Magistrate, or a Principal Magistrate. So, why do we need a Water Tribunal? Why can we not resolve our disputes within our Magistrate Courts and then if there is a problem, you come for an appeal in the High Court in the Land and Environmental Court? That way, every dispute will be handled at the county The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: level. The magistrate is an employee of the Judicial Service Commission. I do not see the need of the Water Tribunal. The water service providers is a good one because it is a public limited enterprise as well, but if you look at its outreach, it goes down to the counties. So, hon. Deputy Speaker, I think it is a good law, but it requires to be re-looked into so that we can remove duplications and then we propose amendments and reenact it. Otherwise, I support. view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I also wish to join my colleagues in congratulating the hon. Member for Gatundu for bringing up this Motion. The rule of separation of powers cannot be understated. In fact, every sector in this country is struggling to reinforce its position as an arm of Government. As far as the Judiciary is concerned, it is in our interest to make sure that the independence is not underestimated. Also, the independence of the Legislature must also be emphasized. IPOA got an injunction after moving to court under the certificate of urgency. The import of an ex parte ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for this opportunity. Apparently, I had wanted to discuss the Insolvency Bill but I also had intention to discuss this Adjournment Motion. 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
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you. I want to thank hon. Mule for introducing this Adjournment Motion, particularly because Africa is trailed by horror and this is one of the horrors we see on the face of the continent. We have travelled this route before because Ebola is not coming up for the first time. Ebola has been there and has caused a lot of deaths. Nothing was done about it and it appears it refuses to leave the western part of the continent. We are just fortunate that it has not happened in our country or within our region but that is just ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: The Cabinet Secretary for Health, having received this money, probably would have posted on the website a breakdown of what he has done. This is because Kenya needs protection against Ebola . Apparently, health is a human rights issue and when we do not see concrete happenings on the ground or something happening to contain Ebola and other diseases, we get concerned. We know for a fact that this country is plagued by very deadly diseases. We still have our terminally ill people. You know we have cancer. We have not answered many questions on that disease. We still have ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: So, as we give our condolences to the widows and orphans that have been left behind because of Ebola in the western part of the continent, we need also to say that our Government must take serious steps, not just because Ebola is happening just now but progressively. view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, information is good because there have been a lot of rumours surrounding this Ebola disease. Some people say that the origin of this disease is not clear. Some say it is an invention of the Americans. There are all manner of rumours. I think it is good to dispel the rumours and concentrate on what is happening on the ground. view