Peter Njoroge Baiya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: reduce the number of constituencies from 290 to 210, Article 99, to remove the age limit for vying of the elective positions and the minimum academic qualifications, Article 131, to provide that the President be above the law, Article 152(3), to provide for appointment of Cabinet Secretaries from persons serving as Members of Parliament, Article 232(1), to provide notes and coins to bear portraits of the First President, His Excellency the Late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Article 260, to increase the age bracket of persons who qualify to be defined as youth from 18 to 35 years to 18 to 45 ... view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The Committee has looked into all these proposals and has prepared a response to all these positions. I want to invite Members to look at the Report by the Committee and see the reasons we have given for our position. We are also going to have this Petition referred to the Petitioner himself. view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. I want to also thank the Leader of the Majority Party. It is quite evident that KQ is one of the most strategic businesses in the Kenyan economy. To allow this facility to collapse would be doing great disservice to this country. Before KQ started making profit, it had a history of making losses until it was revived. It has become habitual that every time a public company starts performing well, “vultures” gather around it to unjustly enrich themselves at the expense ... view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I am not very sure that I support the idea of forming a select committee by basically looking at some of the work that has been done by the various auditors. It is already quite clear how we have taken KQ where it is. I am not surprised by the audit report of Deloitte & Touch that mentions the former Prime Minister. When KQ started making profits, Hon. Raila Odinga was the Prime Minister. Everybody knows that he was also in charge of transport. He found his way into trading in one of the cargo handling companies which, according to ... view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I cannot entertain the argument because it is very dishonest for anybody to argue that this did not contribute to where KQ is today. We should be open-minded. Anybody who has played a role in pushing KQ to where it is today, whether they are currently holding public office or they previously held public office, should be brought to book. The matter should be discussed openly, so that their roles can be understood. When we talk about ensuring that we reinvent KQ, we are talking about ensuring that we do not repeat the mistakes. However, it is inescapable that if ... view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: In the long run, if that company faces the fate KQ is facing, you cannot escape responsibility leave alone accountability. Whenever you may want to fight, you must know that these are historical facts that will always dent your reputation. You cannot be fighting corruption and partaking of corruption whenever you are given an opportunity to participate. That is the best message we can send even to those who are in Jubilee or those who are in charge. Wherever you work, if you participate in corrupt practices, it is the most unpatriotic thing that you can do in this country. view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: If you quantify all the losses our economy is suffering, you will realise that it is a huge amount of money. Kenya Airways is a key company with the ability to substantially contribute to the overall GDP of this country’s economy. It is exceedingly shameful that a neighbouring country like Ethiopia is performing far much better even in terms of cost efficiency when KQ overcharges travellers and loses customers across the world. We are talking about Vision 2030 and how we are going to deliver this economy to the next level. It is a big failure for us. We should ... view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. The basic principles of this Bill are, indeed, laudable and should not just be dismissed. In this regard, I would want to thank the Senate and Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’- Nyong’o. It is true the initial spirit of Harambee was very lofty and noble, but going by current experiences, it is clearly untenable any more, especially for leaders, to rely on the mechanism of Harambee because there is very clear conflict of interest. Looking through the evolution of corruption in Kenya, the idea of Harambee is very ... view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. The basic principles of this Bill are, indeed, laudable and should not just be dismissed. In this regard, I would want to thank the Senate and Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’- Nyong’o. It is true the initial spirit of Harambee was very lofty and noble, but going by current experiences, it is clearly untenable any more, especially for leaders, to rely on the mechanism of Harambee because there is very clear conflict of interest. Looking through the evolution of corruption in Kenya, the idea of Harambee is very ... view