Joseph Nyagah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to start by thanking the two Ministers who have done a first class job, namely, the Minister for Labour and the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs for giving us this Bill on a timely basis. This Bill covers a very important sector. Secondly, I want to confirm that I am very comfortable with the term “Employment and Labour Regulation Court Bill”. The minute you make it industrial, there is a history of making it small. It gives an idea of Industrial Area. In order to cover a bigger ... view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in keeping with Article 126(2) of the Constitution, we did what we were called upon to do. The old Industrial Court has played its part. It has kept good relations between workers and employers. Obviously, there were problems. However, without this specialised area, our ordinary magistrate courts system would have gotten stuck with a lot of work. Therefore, it makes sense to have a specialised unit. As the economy of Kenya grows, and this sector becomes bigger, and as people become more and more aware of their rights, the court being created through this piece ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me also join my colleagues who have supported this very important Bill. It is important because it brings to order some of the problems that we have faced in the past. A vague ECK in the past; not only in 2007, but in previous periods, has caused this nation problems and chaos which led eventually to the very unfortunate incidents of December, 2007 and the chaos that we as a nation faced. Let me also thank the Minister for a job well done under very difficult circumstances in a very political environment. It is ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Minister, I urge you to find a clear definition of a very serious role they must play. But they must also leave the professional side to the secretariat to do their job. That is because I saw it for many years. I have been in politics for a very long time. I have seen confusion between the commissioners and the secretariat. I remember what used to happen in Anniversary Towers. We all remember and we saw it. It did not happen in one election but many elections. We saw how easy it was. But the role of Parliament is ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me talk about Chapter Six of the new Constitution on leadership and integrity. It has a very important aspect. We must never forget that we have a new Constitution that calls for a special breed of Kenyan leaders. If you want to be a public officer, you must accept to be thoroughly investigated. You must be ready to pass very high tests of Chapter Six. I like the concept that officers of the secretariat and commissioners will be people who will meet the conditions set out in Chapter Six of the Constitution. That should ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: On the subject of continuity, the Constitution is very clear that there must be continuity. If you wipe out the history and the experience of this people, you have a problem. I am not clear in my mind how to deal with continuity. However, at Independence of this country, we had a Senate and a Lower House. When the two were merged to form what until recently you called the Kenya National Assembly, what happened to the people in the Senate? Those who had six years to go went to the ballot; some got three years, others four years and ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that poor management at the New Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC) is as a result of political interference and cronyism in appointment to senior positions. (b) Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I seek your permission to table the names of senior management staff of the New KCC. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: (c) The delay in naming of a new Managing Director of the New KCC was caused by the need to re-categorize the parastatal to ensure that it attracts a well rounded professional manager commensurate with competition. The recruitment process is ongoing, and the Managing Director of the New KCC will be announced soon. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to confirm that it is true there are many acting heads of departments at the New KCC. This happened because in the last few months, several of them were found not to be capable of running the departments. In some departments, which they were running, there was misappropriation of property of the company. Some were found, therefore, to have had problems in running their departments. In some cases, things under their control were found to have disappeared. Therefore, those people were either suspended and some resigned on their own. That is why we have ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the hon. Member listened to my last sentence, I said that the quality of the person we are looking for must have a good understanding of how to deal with the grassroots because of the nature of the job in addition to being a good manager. So, it was felt that we needed an MD who, one minute can be with the grassroots people because that is the nature of the job, and the next minute, he can be Harvard trained, talking the language of the Harvard MBA. It is a combination of both. I ... view