Peter Njoroge Baiya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to believe that I am rising to speak to Order No.11, but the position being taken by my colleagues on the constitutionality of this Bill is a matter that has occupied the minds of several organs of the Government when these amendments are being proposed. It is incumbent upon the Speaker, before a Bill is presented on the Floor of the House, to cross-check its constitutionality and where satisfied that it does, under the Standing Order No.47(3), to allow the Bill to be presented before the House. view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: The fact that this Bill has been allowed to go through this Motion speaks about the Speaker’s opinion about the constitutionality of this Bill. If somebody has a different opinion, that is your opinion and not the Speaker’s opinion. The worst you can do is to arrest the House from proceeding with the business. That is already a spent agenda. So, I am pleading with you to prevail and ensure that there is order in this House for us to view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Article 261(2) of the Constitution, this House resolves to extend the period prescribed for the enactment of legislation necessary to give effect to Article 34 of the Constitution (Freedom of the Media) by a period of four months from August, 27 2013. This Motion is brought on behalf of the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC), which is a Parliamentary Select Committee set up under Article 4, Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. It is the Select Committee responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Constitution, including the preparation ... view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am in a position to answer my colleague, Hon. Ababu. With regard to the extension of time being an attempt to amend the Constitution, there is clearly a misunderstanding on the part of my learned colleague because there is no attempt to amend the Constitution. What the Motion is seeking to do is to extend time for compliance or enactment of a specific legislation which has a deadline. We are not breaking new grounds. Parliament has had occasion to deal with this kind of Motion. My learned colleague was actually a Member of the 10th Parliament ... view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, what I am trying to tell the House is that the reason why we are seeking this extension is because it is important for the National Assembly to understand that these two Bills were forwarded to the CIC from the Office of the Attorney-General on 21st June, 2013. That is when they were handed by the Attorney-General to the CIC. They were forwarded back to the Attorney-General by the CIC on 16th July. It was only last Friday, 19th July, that these two Bills were forwarded to this House. It was only yesterday that they were forwarded ... view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: We also know that some of the challenges we have gone through relating to transition include the elections on 4th March, 2013. The election petition that followed and--- view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: So, the situation we were in during the 10th Parliament when we were forced, as Parliament, to pass legislation in a rushed manner should not be repeated, so that we can consider these two Bills by involving all the stakeholders. We can then have the period extended by four months, which will be quite adequate to enable us pass the Bill. With those remarks, I wish to ask the Vice-Chair to second the Motion. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I also wish to speak to the direction that is being sought from the Chair. The Standing Orders as currently provided require that such Bill should be referred to the Budget Committee. The rationale for this is self evident that being a proposal that has implication in terms of drawing funds from the Consolidated Fund, Parliament should speak from one consolidated source which is the Budget Committee. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: In seeking to give this direction, I would like to submit that it is imperative that the necessity of Parliament consolidating or speaking from one voice should uphold the position of the Budget Committee. The other Committee, be it the Finance Committee or whichever, that has a supplementary mandate should as well seek to direct its views which have financial implication through the same Budget Committee, so that we have one consolidated report making suggestions which have budget implications or which will require allocation of resources. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: For instance, a budget has already been done. If the Bill has to go through, it will mean revising the existing budget. The only organ in Parliament which can harmonize that ideally is the Budget Committee. view