Peter Njoroge Baiya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The number of people using the Kiambu-Nairobi Road has kept increasing because all the settlements around the road are fully cosmopolitan. The people residing there are from different parts of the country. Therefore, there is urgent need to facilitate this road to handle the kind of traffic that it is handling. But most importantly, those streets lights never functioned even for a single day. So, we would like to get a clear response. The destruction that is being done on the pavement; that is the digging of those trenches is done openly and continuously. ... view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we are still asking the Chairman to give us the timeline. How many days is he going to take so that he can give us an answer? view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. From the outset, I will possibly come open, that I am a Member of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and I did give my position, which I am also making in my contribution. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The spirit of this Bill is quite apparent and sincere, in so far as it seeks to bring leaders together to deliberate on matters of development within their constituencies. Nevertheless, we passed a Constitution and entered into a system of devolution which we must therefore operate within, the Constitutional principles which we have already 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
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: enshrined. If you look at Article 6(2) of the Constitution, it states:-“The governments at the national and county levels are distinct and inter-dependent and shall conduct their mutual relations on the basis of consultation and cooperation.” This is a principle of devolution, which this Bill does not seek to uphold as I am going to outline. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: If you also look at Article 175(a) of the Constitution, it also sets out principles of devolved government. It states–“county governments shall be based on democratic principles and the separation of powers.” view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: These are two principles; democratic governance and separation of powers. If you look at certain provisions of this Constitution, they automatically appoint certain Members without subjecting them to democratic principles, for example a Senator as a chairperson, an MP as a sub-county chair and a Ward Representative as a chair of a ward. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The Members of this Committee also do not respect the principle of separation of powers. Some are from the county government and others from national Government. This becomes quite clear when you look at Article 176(1), it states:-“There shall be a county government for each county, consisting of a county assembly and a county executive.” That is the Constitution. Those are the only members of the county government; county executive and county assembly. These other members we are bringing in the county board, including members of the national Government, that is County Commissioners and Departmental Heads, it is unconstitutional and ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: If you go to Article 189(a) of the Constitution, another principle is about the relationships between levels of Government; national Government and county government. It states:-“Government at either level, shall- view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: (a) perform its functions, and exercise it powers, in a manner that respects the functional and institutional integrity of government at the other level, and respects the constitutional status and institutions of government at the other level and, in the case of county government, within the county level.” What does this really mean? Even us as legislators, when we are legislating, we must bear in mind these Constitutional principles, they are not provided for in vain; all legislative provisions must uphold these Constitutional principles. view