Judah ole Metito

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Entries 951 to 960 of 1895.

• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, please, allow me to talk about the National Police Service Commission. It should be left to deal with employment and dismissal. The Inspector-General of Police should be left to have the command in terms of operations and transfers. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my good friend should have waited to make that as a contribution because it is very valid. That is in my notes. We need to change the law because it is crippling the officers, not just in terms of finances, 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
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: which I have already mentioned, but in terms of having County Commissioners or Sub- Commissioners who do not have powers to exercise security concerns. They have no police officers under them. This is topped up by lack of resources in terms of finances. That is a very valid contribution. So, we need to look into the law. Finally, we also need to look into the issue of security of tenure of office for security officers. If you are the Commander-in-Chief and you cannot even command your own appointee, it is sad. The Inspector-General of Police is appointed by the President, ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. In seconding this Bill, I want to agree with the Mover; the Leader of Majority Party that its main objective is to align the existing Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act with the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. In doing so, it is worth noting that in the preamble of our Constitution it 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
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: recognises that there is need to respect and sustain the environment for the benefit of the future generations. view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: At the heart of the national values and principles of governance in our Constitution is the principle of sustainable development. In the Constitution, there is still established the Environment and Land Court which is a superior court of records where all environment and land matters are to be adjudicated. Hon. Speaker, therefore, this Bill if enacted into law tends to manage or align the management and the conservation of the environment in accordance with the Constitution. Under Article 69 of the Constitution, it ensures sustainable exploitation, utilisation, management and conservation of the environment and natural resources and it also ensures ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: (a) to have the environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations through legislative and other measures, particularly those contemplated in Article 69; and view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: (b) to have obligations relating to the environment fulfilled under Article 70.” view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Still in the same Article, it is also the duty of every person to cooperate with State organs and other persons to protect and conserve the environment and to ensure ecologically sustainable development and use of natural resources. Hon. Speaker, therefore, the proposed amendment to the existing Act is in a nutshell trying to align the existing Act in the Constitution. These are those several Articles, especially 42 and 69. If you look at the existing Act, it has so many flaws that are being corrected in the proposed legislation. Regulations concerning environment were scattered across various sectors and this ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: we are talking of these very many pieces of legislation being scattered all over. They have actually come up with several bodies like you have the National Environment Council, National Management Authority and National Environment Tribunal. Since all of them have been charged with functions that concern the environment such as formulation of an environmental policy, issuance and maintenance of standards, monitoring and enforcement of environmental standards, investigation and arbitration of disputes, there is need to bring this piece of legislation. We do not repeal the existing statutory legislation, as the Mover has said, but coordinate the activities of these ... view