Maina Kamanda

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you for that guidance and ruling, hon. Speaker. I have asked that question because before we have had people who have been invited by House committees, but they refuse to attend. It is good that you have now clarified. I think they have heard. The Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs summoned some people – I do not want to mention names--- The Chief Justice was summoned by the committee and he refused to appear and then went to the media to say that he could not honour the summons by the Committee. It is on that basis ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: We have even summoned the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the National Treasury so that he can allocate money to that Authority. All that Mheshimiwa has said about this Authority falls within its mandate. Without funds, the Authority cannot proceed in testing the drivers and doing all that it is supposed to do. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, my Committee has agreed to meet with the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security so that we can bring the two committees together and come up with a common front on how we are going to fight corruption in the roads sector. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, so, with all due respect to the Member who has brought this Motion, we are the Committee of this House. I urge Members to consult us because all these committees belong to you. The other time when we had the issue of the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) and the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), all the members of this Committee were consulting with me. Why not now? We even managed to solve that problem at that time. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, Standing Order No.195 allows any Member to attend meetings of any committee. The Member who has brought this Motion has never requested to attend our meetings. She has never consulted me. When she was about to move this Motion, I tried to contact her to tell her how far, as a Committee, we have gone. She even refused to talk to me. If we behave like that here, then it is like we are running a parallel Parliament and these committees are of this House. We do not want to create ad hoc committees just for the ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the matters that are raised in this Motion are of concern to the country and it is a matter that the Principal Secretary for Transport, Mr. Nduva Muli has been working on with regard to the Road Safety Act so that we can bring the regulations to this House. I can tell the Member that she should come to the Committee. We are handling this matter and we want to invite her to the next meeting of our Sub- committee on transport. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I see a duplication of roles. When we talk to the officers, they tell us that they are tired of many committees. Let us not behave like the Senate who 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
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: are duplicating what we are doing here. We summon officers here and they are also summoned by the Senate on the same matter. With this trend, we will then be forming adhoc committees summoning the same people and yet, my Committee can do the same job. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I seek your guidance on this matter and I oppose this Motion and inform hon. Nyasuna that this matter is being ably handled by my Committee. Thank you. view