Peter Njoroge Baiya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I would like to support my colleagues who have spoken before me on the law relating to marriage and matrimonial property. We have allowed a situation to exist in the country, where the law has remained very vague and hazy. Such law is a feature of constitutionalism. It is depictive of a country which really upholds the rule of law, and which is committed to legislate to make the law simple and clear on matters relating to governance of marriage and matrimonial property. view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The law we are making will be applicable whenever parties to a marriage fall into a dispute. It will help them to sort themselves out with regard to properties that may affect their marriage. Looking at what the law was in this country before, there was a lot of uncertainty. We were relying on laws borrowed from many centuries back in England. It has all along been assumed that the circumstances relating to marriage are static whereas even in England, they have developed their law to take care of changing circumstances. Our country has mainly been relying on old laws ... view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The situation in the country has been helped by the courts attempting to borrow principles of legislation, which they have used to interpret situations where disputes arise. One of the consequences of this approach is that we have left it to the judges to make the law whereas, under our Constitution, it is Parliament which is supposed to make laws. Judges make such laws as they try to interpret the principles of legislation and fairness, which at times become extended. It is also difficult to maintain consistency. Worse still, there is no publicity of such laws. Most Kenyans do not ... view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Consequently, only a few elite women in the cities get to know about such laws. Once we enact this law, it will be understood and known to all Kenyans that such-and- such are the rights of married men and women. We are also seeking to simplify this law. We are stating clearly what will happen to what you have come into the marriage with, be it the man or the woman. Do you have a right to keep it? We are seeking to answer such questions in this Bill. It is very important that the law makes it clear what ... view
• 17 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: suffer certain consequences relating to property merely because somebody has entered into a marriage. The same goes for the women. In the same way, we have seen a lot of injustices arising as a result of uncertainties within our law. Besides the cases being cited, I have seen cases where a lady in my constituency, a teacher, got a loan from her employer and bought property. The property was about to be mortgaged but she saved the marriage. Eventually it ended up being in the husband’s name. When, however, it comes to disputes relating to marriage, she has no means ... view
• 5 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would also like to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for donating a minute to me. I also rise to join all my colleagues who have supported this Motion. view
• 5 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Article 143 of our Constitution grants the President immunity from prosecution, or even from civil proceedings, while in office. The reason as to why the Constitution has done so is to grant the President full unencumbered time to actually pursue his mandate. That is the time he is supposed to use to address the challenges and the problems that Kenyans are facing. So, when Kenyans elected leaders to come here to support a process that will actually keep the President away from this country for much of his time, they are certainly failing this country. They are only showing--- view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I wish to appreciate the contribution made by Members, particularly in support of this Motion. I also appreciate the concerns they have expressed concerning both institutions that were involved in ensuring that the Bills were brought before the House. Perhaps, some of the concerns may be that the Members were not able to get them during the initial movement of these Bills. It is important to reiterate the fact that, as far as CIOC is concerned, it is not able to pinpoint any blame anywhere. That is because as I said, the two Bills relating ... view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Generally speaking, legislation emanating from the Executive can only arise after it has originated from the relevant Ministries. In this particular case, there were no Ministries in place because the country had gone through elections on 4th March. During that time, there was no Cabinet or government. Immediately after the elections, the country was primarily concerned with the matters of the Presidential Petition and appointment of Cabinet and Principal Secretaries. After that, Parliament was concerned with forming Committees. Immediately we finished those responsibilities, our first pre- occupation was with the Budget, whose timeline had, again, been thrown into disarray by ... view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, therefore, I urge hon. Members to allow for the extension of time, so that we can be able to comply. With those remarks, I beg to move. view