Peter Njoroge Baiya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: will be scrutinised by members one by one. They will give themselves the opportunity to deal with the other larger issues, including those relating to the processes of nomination. I also want to take this opportunity to thank the Joint Select Committee for the good work it did in coming up with the reform proposals contained in this Report bearing in mind the tight timelines we have in the countdown to the next elections. I want to go on record by saying that as a country, we have the challenge to meet the tight timelines to ensure we are in ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: will be scrutinised by members one by one. They will give themselves the opportunity to deal with the other larger issues, including those relating to the processes of nomination. I also want to take this opportunity to thank the Joint Select Committee for the good work it did in coming up with the reform proposals contained in this Report bearing in mind the tight timelines we have in the countdown to the next elections. I want to go on record by saying that as a country, we have the challenge to meet the tight timelines to ensure we are in ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I also want to comment about the nomination process. The Joint Select Committee of Parliament was concerned with the IEBC matters and reforms. However, it has gone further to recommend how we are going to run political parties. It appears that this Committeee went beyond its scope. Possibly, one of the reasons why this happened is because this Committee was chaired by two very senior members, unfortunately, both from the Senate. It was not very balanced as far as the input of the National Assembly was concerned. When Members speak about party hopping, it is not that they do not ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I also want to comment about the nomination process. The Joint Select Committee of Parliament was concerned with the IEBC matters and reforms. However, it has gone further to recommend how we are going to run political parties. It appears that this Committeee went beyond its scope. Possibly, one of the reasons why this happened is because this Committee was chaired by two very senior members, unfortunately, both from the Senate. It was not very balanced as far as the input of the National Assembly was concerned. When Members speak about party hopping, it is not that they do not ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: political parties are funded by the public, we do not want to give them an opportunity to orchestrate these experiences among Kenyans and Kenya’s democratic process. With those remarks, I support. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: political parties are funded by the public, we do not want to give them an opportunity to orchestrate these experiences among Kenyans and Kenya’s democratic process. With those remarks, I support. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I was going to highlight in relation to what Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo has said. It was on some of the concerns we have received on the implementation of the Constitution and the numerous legislations implementing the Constitution that have successfully been passed by the House. They require regulations to be developed to become operational. It is important for the House to draw the attention of the respective Departmental Committees to their obligation to oversee the corresponding Ministries. They should ensure the Ministries not only formulate or receive the relevant legislations, but ... view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to thank the Chair of Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for moving this IEBC (Amendment) Bill. I second. view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The need for this IEBC (Amendment) Bill arises from the very nature of the 2011 Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. That Bill, as the Chairman has said, was made in reference to the political situation at that time, which gave the President and the Prime Minister powers to appoint. That is the arrangement which was in the 11th Parliament. That no longer holds. As we are running close to the elections, it is very important that we fill these gaps that are clearly in the law. If today a vacancy were to arise in the IEBC and the mode of ... view
• 21 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The mode of appointment in the IEBC Act is for a Selection Panel which then proceeds to oversee the appointment of commissioners. The Bill proposes to carry forward that process. Instead of what we used to have in the Selection Panel, some of the institutions such as the Judicial Service Commission, the EACC, East African professional bodies which were appointing the Selection Panel, we believe they are not relevant. We have done away with them. In their place, we will bring in, as has been stated, the coalition of the Majority Political Parties The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view