John Muriithi Waiganjo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I say that this Bill seems to allow the State to interfere with the media industry. One of the things is that, instead of the Bill giving self-regulating mechanism to media establishments and journalists, it appears to reverse this balance of power. The effect of the reverse is the control of media in favour of the State through the Cabinet Secretary. This is because the Bill gives the Cabinet Secretary power to dissolve the current Media Council, the way it is formulated now. It is empowering him to declare vacancies in the Council and convene an all-important ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I want to urge this House and the Committee that is responsible to look at this Bill again to try and bring amendments, so that when we pass it, we shall be passing a piece of legislation that is acceptable. We do not want to hear hue and cry from the media that we are trying to stifle them. This is because freedom to the media is freedom to the people. We are the representatives of the people; so, if we make any law that appears to stifle the media, or that appears to be oppressive to the media then ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for also giving me an opportunity to give my views on this very important Bill. I think it is important to bear in mind where we are coming from and what informed the drafters of the Constitution to try and create a commission to harmonise the roles between the commission and the Inspector-General of Police. 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
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, first I would want to thank the Committee for a job well done. Unfortunately, despite them having sat for 18 sittings and taking views from over ten stakeholders, it appears that they have not really hit it where we need it. This is because the Police Service as we knew it previously came from a colonial structure and when we create a commission, it is supposed to have the participation of the people, but what they appear to be doing is to remove the people’s participation. It is unfortunate because if we remove people’s participation, we ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: We know there have been a lot of problems within the force. We know that there have even been institutional crimes within the force itself and I think that is why we need to have the commission whose mandate is to regulate. Let us not consolidate power within the Inspector General of Police because that is what we seem to be doing. The Constitution envisaged a situation whereby the National Police Service Commission which is a constitutional creation would regulate, participate and hold the police accountable within a legal framework. However, what we have now are amendments which purport to ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Yes. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the mandate of the Committee was to look holistically at the structure of our police force and, therefore, the Chairman is right in giving me that information but I still insist that do not as a Committee rob the Commission of its mandate. Do not put power around the Inspector General of Police because we will be going back to where we are coming from. We know what has happened within the police force. There is nothing to hide. In fact, this debate The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: should be taken across both divides of the House because it is not a political debate. We are not on party lines. We simply want a clean police force for posterity. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we know that within the police force there are rogue officers. How do you explain an impostor within the police force like Waiganjo who even unfortunately used my name “Waiganjo”? He even carried out the duties of senior police officers in Baragoi and precipitated murders of our officers. So, what we are saying is that let us reform this force. Let us agree there is ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I withdraw hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is not exactly a waste of time but the matters that are facing this country are so grave so that we should not be discussing some of the crimes that are happening and the police are there. What is happening to the road carnage that has decimated most of our citizens? So, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what I want to say in conclusion is that this Committee has done a good job but let it know that we can see the import of some of the stakeholders that they invited to come and ... view
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to second this important report from the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. This report was necessitated by a petition from the members of the Republic of Kenya wishing to exercise their constitutional rights and of course, coming through our Standing Order No.225. As has been ably prosecuted by the Chairman of the Committee, we were seized with this petition. The Speaker invoked the provisions of Standing Order No.230 and the petition was therefore, committed to the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. view