John Muriithi Waiganjo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 271 to 280 of 423.

• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my justification for the deletion of the proposal is very simple. Firstly, the National Police Service Act is very clear, and it has given a very good proposal on how the appointment of the Inspector-General should be done. The proposed Clause 12 seems to eliminate the role of the Commission again and the requirement of public participation in the appointment of the Inspector-General. What is proposed now is simply that the President nominates a preferred candidate whose name should then be brought to Parliament for approval or rejection. The amendment also says that if the nomination ... view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my justification for the deletion of the proposal is very simple. Firstly, the National Police Service Act is very clear, and it has given a very good proposal on how the appointment of the Inspector-General should be done. The proposed Clause 12 seems to eliminate the role of the Commission again and the requirement of public participation in the appointment of the Inspector-General. What is proposed now is simply that the President nominates a preferred candidate whose name should then be brought to Parliament for approval or rejection. The amendment also says that if the nomination ... view
• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I hope that the National Security Council (NSC) in considering the provisions of Section 240(8)(a) and also Section 240(6)(b) where they are also supposed to assess and appraise objectives, commitments and risks to the Republic in respect of actual and potential national security capabilities--- I say that because, already, we have a mouthful. We already have our KDF in Somalia. We have seen the backlash. We hope that now when we send troops to South Sudan, we will not have a backlash like we had in Somalia. view
• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Having said that, I think it is very important to agree that the NSC sends our KDF troops to South Sudan. This is coming barely two weeks after there was a commemoration in Rwanda. They were remembering the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. A gang of murderous known as Intarahamwe went on a rampage and murdered a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus, and the world did not move. Our President is the Chairman of East African Community (EAC). So, we are properly in order to release our troops to South Sudan. I think we must also learn important ... view
• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: I think this country and its leadership must sober up to certain facts. Kenya is one of the countries that have reasonably enjoyed some stability. But we almost went that way in 2007/2008. Therefore as leaders, because we do have an opportunity now to heal the country, I think this is the time that we can sober up, look back, remember the commitments and the sacrifices that were made by the very able former leaders - the former Prime Minister, the Rt. Honourable Raila Odinga and the former President, hon. Mwai Kibaki - in coming up with the National Accord. ... view
• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: parties, we must always remember our heroes of the Grand Coalition Government. That way, we will not have a situation like the one in South Sudan where there is a grandstanding that has led to deaths of people. view
• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we support the move. But I also want to say that this has been going on. It is not like there are no troops in South Sudan. They are there, but the atrocities are still continuing. That war started in December. There was a ceasefire agreement in January, but it has been held in contempt. The killings are continuing. There also appears not to be a local solution. Therefore, the two gentlemen; Salva Kiir and Machar must know that they could be held responsible. That is because where you do not have a local solution to your problems, ... view
• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I hope our President as the Chair of EAC will now lead others and champion others in IGAD, AU and UN to come and help the people in South Sudan. For us here, we should make sure that we learn serious lessons so that this country will never ever move in the South Sudan, Somalia and Central African Republic way. We must be vigilant and guard our country against such--- view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for also giving me an opportunity to put my voice on this very important Bill on the Division of Revenue. I want to start by observing that the politics around devolution must now come to an end because this is a very progressive Bill that clearly shows that the national Government is committed to the issues of devolution by even allocating more funds to the counties against the Constitution. We have seen the increment on the allocation of funds to the counties and it is encouraging to know that there is also the Equalisation Fund. It ... view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: that there are some counties which started with completely nothing like Nyandaura County – a county that has no headquarters and whose governor hires an office on the top floor of shops and where their Assembly is in a church. So, even as we talk about equalisation and marginalised counties we should note that we need to be more careful so that we do not give funds to counties that appear to be doing alright. view