John Muriithi Waiganjo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: mentions in court and upcoming hearing and then they are given a difficult task to deal with electoral matters. This leaves a Departmental Committee idle. Where are we leading to? view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: This is not a Joint Select Committee, but a forced group of people who will sit and negotiate. I am not sure what they will negotiate about. I am sure whatever they say and do must ultimately come before the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. The Motion proposes that the coalition leaders must sign to support this initiative. How can you anticipate what will come out of whatever this Joint Select Committee will do? In any case, they are 14, and can tie. Each of them has a vote and two-thirds forms its decision. So, I am not ... view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I decline and abstain to give my vote to such a frivolous and useless Committee. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am unable to withdraw that remark because I believe this Committee will not do any good to the 42 million Kenyans. view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I withdraw the word “useless” and replace it with the word “perfunctory”. view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also want to contribute to the Petition of the Member. At a time like this when the infrastructure of the country is expanding, we welcome the Petition. We need to emphasise that the national Government roads are taken care of, so that all the credit does not go to the counties. We know it is the same country, but we want to see the roads which are constructed by the national Government taking the forefront. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be ... view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: We also want to retain the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) roads because the Members of Parliament have a role to play, where KeRRA and Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) roads are concerned. So, even as the roads are being constructed, we know that the membership of this Parliament has a role to play. I support the Petitioner. I also want to add that we have given the infrastructure a lot of funding in the Budget. That is the way to go. A country grows by the way its infrastructure grows. I urge that once the Petition is committed to ... view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I support the Petitioner, Hon. Speaker. Thank you. view
• 21 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. This Petition is a very important one and I would like to support the Petitioner. The quasi-tribunals or quasi-courts that we see cropping up throughout the counties are a cause for alarm. Counties are trying to bring forth certain institutions purportedly to remedy the problems that may appear there. The personnel of those courts are not trained. The dispensers of justice must be people who have been accredited by the Chief Justice. Therefore, we need to be very careful about what is happening in the counties. Those courts are tantamount to kangaroo courts. Counties are ... view
• 21 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: statutes of general application and other matters that may come into the realm of law enforcement. I support the Petitioner. Counties should stop forming kangaroo courts and institutions with a view of getting money from their residents. We can see this happening. As the Petition goes before the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, I want to urge the membership of this House and particularly the Members of the Committee to go further than just looking at the Petition and recommend a system or a way in which any county that comes up with a city court, for instance, ... view