Peter Njoroge Baiya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to move. view
• 17 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to move. view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to second this law. It is a very important law bearing in mind the situation the country finds itself in with certain individuals or owners of private property seeking to hold or interrupt implementation of projects where the public has big interest. I beg to second. view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: 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
• 29 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I support the proposed amendment. Actually, I wanted to contribute to the other clause. On this one, I support the proposed amendment by the Chair. view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to support this Bill. As has been observed by some of the speakers who have spoken before me, this Bill attempts to consolidate the laws on contempt under one statute. It is a marked improvement from the old laws of contempt. For instance, it seeks to amend Section 5 of the Judicature Act, Cap. 8 of the Laws of Kenya. That old law invoked the law of contempt of the High Court of Justice in England to the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version ... view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Kenyan jurisdiction. The problem is that this approach to legislation by making reference to legislation in England does not take into account development of the law in the other jurisdictions. It is also not based on local jurisprudence, which we should basically be trying to develop. This made the law of contempt very complicated. It is true that courts would give very conflicting decisions. The fears were real that courts sought to use the law of contempt to over-protect themselves. We have notable cases showing that courts were mainly gagging opinions that were critical to them. In particular, we have ... view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: not be a factor when it comes to passing of sentence. For somebody who clearly demonstrates that he is guilty by virtue of strict liability, but turned out not to have been intentionally contemptuous, really, there is no reason for punishing them in the same measure as somebody who engages in an act of contempt that deliberately inhibits justice. view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House:- view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The Report of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee on its consideration of a Petition by one, Mr. Rage Ismael Hussein concerning the need for Parliament to introduce a Bill to amend the Constitution. The gist of this Petition was requesting Parliament to consider amending several provisions of the Constitution, specifically Article 9, with regard to October 10 being made a national holiday. Article 27(8), requiring the two-thirds gender principle to apply only on appointive and not elective positions, Article 97(1)(a) and (b), to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this ... view