Peter Njoroge Baiya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairperson, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 15 be amended by- (a) Deleting sub-clause (1) and substituting therefor the following new sub- clause- “(1) There shall be a secretariat of the Board which shall be headed by a secretary who shall be competitively recruited and appointed by the Board in accordance with this section. (b) by deleting sub-clause (2). (c) deleting the expression “joint secretary” or “joint secretaries”, as the case may be, wherever it appears and substituting therefor the word “secretary”. The import of this amendment is to ensure that there is a single Secretariat. The ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want to also oppose the amendment and endorse the views advanced by the Minister. I am also saying this on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. We have had occasion to discuss these principles. I only wish to state that those of us who are aware of what goes on in our courtrooms know too well how critical and very important it is to have in one of our legislations a requirement as to the personal conduct of our magistrates and judges in the course of discharging their professional responsibilities. These ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 18 be amended in paragraph (e) of subclause (1) by- (a) inserting the words “or other relevant information received” immediately after the words “pending complaints” (b) inserting the word “Advocate” immediately before the words “Disciplinary Committee” appearing in sub-paragraph (iii). (c) deleting the word “Security” appearing in sub-paragraph (viii). Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the whole idea is that it is basically addressing the wording of that section. It is addressing factors that can be considered pending complaints from any persons or body. What we want to see is not only ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: The other amendments are to fine tune the document. For part (b), the amendment to subclause (3) is to ensure that the disciplinary committee is clear what it means. So, we want to say “Advocates Disciplinary Committee”. When we come to part (c), the amendment is on subclause(8) “National Security Intelligence Service”. It is not National Security Intelligence Service but “National Intelligence Service”. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 21 be deleted. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: The reason is that it confers on the Board the right to do what they call preliminary findings; that is, without any reasons, it cause the concerned judge or magistrate to proceed on leave. That is a bit draconian. These are Kenyans whose only bad luck is that they happen to be in office when Kenyans want to reform the Judiciary. So, they should be given their rights, yet this could compromise their rights. They should be accorded a hearing and know the reasons for whatever decisions that are made, so that they can make decisions whether to retire or ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 22 be amended by deleting subclause (1) and substituting therefor the following new subclause- view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: “(1) The Board shall, within thirty days, inform the concerned judge or magistrate, in writing, of the final determination or their unsuitability, including the reasons for the determination.” view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the purpose of this is that we are providing that once the Board has conducted its inquiry or investigation into the conduct of any of the judicial officers, they should have a limited period of 30 days within which to inform the concerned judge or magistrate in writing of their determination and the reason for that determination. To leave it otherwise, is to actually give the Board a blank cheque. They can even stay for six months. So, we want to make this provision as certain as possible for all the parties who will be involved. view