Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to begin by congratulating the Mover of this very timely Bill. I would also like to thank the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) for supporting it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, it is clearly stated that: "The principal object of this Bill is to provide for effective regulation and oversight of the national budget process and establishment of the Office of Fiscal Analysis and a concomitant Budget Committee to revitalize the involvement and participation of the National Assembly, its committees and its members in the formulation ... view
• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: Therefore, I find it obnoxious and pedestrian for anybody to suggest that this House should not be involved in the process that will ensure equitable distribution of national resources. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is so well framed. In Clause 4, the Minister and the Government is being told that they will state their objectives which will have to be within stated parameters. All these are clearly laid out. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 5 says: "The Government may deviate from the principles of prudent fiscal management, if: (1) The deviation from those principles is temporary; (2) ... view
• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: That is very important so that, at all times, they expect that when they come to this House, they will be meeting people who have serious information, which will have come from the Office that is hoped to be created. The Parliamentary Service Commission has already done its part by actually beginning to recruit the officers who will sit in that Office. Parliament will be richer with information, knowledge and expertise that will be provided by the Budget Office, once it is created and operational. Therefore, I would want to appeal to my colleagues on the Government side, who claim ... view
• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important to observe also, looking at the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, that the Bill endeavours to achieve its objectives within the existing constitutional arrangement, which vests the Budget-making initiative solely in the Executive. So, what we are saying is that this Bill does not, in any way, deviate from what is already provided for within our current Constitution. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, it is not seeking to take away from the Government its constitutional responsibility. We, in this Bill, are told that all that Parliament is asking now is that ... view
• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Fourteenth Report of the Public Investments Committee on the Accounts of State Corporations Vol.1 and the Treasury Memorandum on the Implementation Status of the Thirteenth Report of the Public Investments Committee on the Accounts of State Corporations Vol.II laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 8th May, 2007. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to move this Motion. As you know, the Public Investments Committee (PIC), I believe, is a Select Committee established under Standing ... view
• 10 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I want to start by saying that I support. I can see that my good friend, the Minister for Labour and Human Resource Development was getting apprehensive. However, like I said yesterday and the day before while contributing to The Employment Bill, I just think there has been a problem in sequencing. Since this is among the very few Bills that are coming from this Ministry, we can understand and excuse the inexperience noticed. Although, I want to appreciate that when the Minister, ... view
• 10 May 2007 in National Assembly: 1280 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 10, 2007 view
• 10 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 8(1) states:- "Every trade union, employers' organisation or federation has a right to- (a) subject to the provision of this Act determine its own constitution and rules; (b) hold elections to elect its officers; Is it just to hold elections? Should we not be a bit specific and say, "hold periodic elections"? It should be periodic otherwise people will do elections and for 10 or 20 years, they would not hold other elections. They should be made to hold periodic elections. Those are some of the things that the Registrar should look at in ... view
• 10 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, neither the Minister nor any other person can push a person who is giving the Official Opposition position. It actually means that this Bill has not been exhaustively debated. I have tremendous respect for my good friend, the hon. Peter Aringo. I think he assumed that this is the same Bill we were debating yesterday. But I am just about to conclude. It is because this Bill is consequential upon what we have been debating in the last two days. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, perhaps there was need for us to define what are ... view
• 10 May 2007 in National Assembly: Yes, I know I have no time limit, but I want to be fair, because I also want to take part in the next business. As I conclude, I find no serious complaint about what is provided for in Part XI, Clause 82, that the subordinate labour court has jurisdiction in respect of any prosecution for an offence under this Act. This tallies with my argument yesterday that, actually, those labour courts, which I believe will be spread out in very many parts of the country, will need to be given specific jurisdictions. The reason I was arguing about that ... view