Peter Njoroge Baiya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1131 to 1140 of 1381.

• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Attorney-General:- (a) whether he could confirm that a farm measuring 530 acres in Kiambu, owned by Mboi Kamiti Farmers Company Limited, was sold through the Court in Nairobi HCC 107 of 2005 for a debt of Ksh3.7 million and that some Directors of the company sued the company for emoluments and were paid by the court in the aforesaid suit from proceeds of the sale of the farm; and, (b) what action he plans to take to curb the apparent conspiracies to illegally sell off the company assets at throw-away prices. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, considering the fact that there is need for special schools are all over the country, what policy or criteria does the Ministry use to determine where to build these schools? Could the Minister enlighten us on that? view
• 12 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister did not respond to the question that Dr. Khalwale asked. Quite clearly, the hon. Member asked; what system the Ministry has to ensure that the farmer has sound timetable. For instance, when it comes to maize, you have divided the country into various ecological zones where you advise them to use specific seed varieties. Why do you not do the same way with fertilizer, instead of leaving it to individual small-scale farmers to do the soil testing for themselves? view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Deputy Speaker, Sir. I come from a constituency that relies so much on dairy farming. Is it correct for the Assistant Minister to say that they need to do more research when farmers are not actually receiving enough of quality bulls from CAIS? The demand is not being met. What are they going to do to ensure that there is sufficient supply to farmers? view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the road in question is shared between Lari Constituency and Githunguri Constituency, could the Minister confirm whether this repair or maintenance is going to extend to Githunguri and not just to the junction between the two constituencies? view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to argue and urge the Chair that the question as to whether the issue before the House is sub judice should also be considered in light of the fact that we have two institutions; that is, Parliament and the High Court. Clearly, none of the two institutions is superior to the other. Therefore, Parliament became seized of this matter long before the court came in. To talk about stopping Parliament from proceeding with this business is to confer superiority to one of the institutions. view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other important issue I would urge the Chair to look into is the fact that Parliament is deliberating on its legislative agenda. The process of Committee looking into this delegated legislation is in pursuit of its legislative agenda. There is no way that can cause any prejudice to the proceedings in the High Court to stop Parliament from proceeding with its legislative agenda. If this were to happen, it would set a very dangerous precedent. view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: I have also looked at the various past rulings. Not every litigation before the court that will suffice to deem proceedings of this House sub judice . This is one particular case where the proceedings have been instituted right in the proceedings of Parliament. If this was to be allowed, it would, therefore, become an avenue for gagging Parliament and its independence. We need to ensure that no such avenue is allowed to gag Parliament and its independence. We must safeguard against such avenues. view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the question of the Director and the procedures for the appointment, these are also clearly within the province and jurisdictions of the Committees. Therefore, there cannot be any question that what is being done is outside the mandate of the parliamentary Committees and also that of Parliament. view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: I, therefore, urge that the matter be considered as well said by Parliament and the committee to proceed. view