Peter Njoroge Baiya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady that is the position I took. That in view of the fact that I do not have the grounds for opposing the amendments as proposed, I am withdrawing the proposed amendments. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: THAT, the Bill be amended in the Schedule – (d) in the proposed new section 59A of the Civil Procedure Act (Cap. 21), by— (i) deleting the word “two” appearing in subsection (2)(c) and substituting therefor the word “one”; view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: (ii) deleting the word “seven” appearing in subsection (2)(d) and substituting therefor the word “eight”; (iii) inserting the following new subparagraph immediately after subparagraph (vii) of subsection (2)(d)— “(viii) the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA - Kenya)” view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, basically the purpose of this amendment is to add in a representative from FIDA-Kenya and generally to ensure--- This proposal has come from the Committee and it is basically in line with all the other proposals. For those who are going to be proposing candidates for the mediation process, we believe that this is one of the key stakeholders. So, we are reducing the nominees from the Law Society of Kenya from two to one and allocating that position to the body of women lawyers. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I also wish to contribute by opposing this amendment. The reason for allowing the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to exercise power under that is that there are many circumstances under which this may arise. I believe the proposed amendment has focused only on one aspect, and that is with regard to the rights of the accused person. However, the main idea here is to provide for a mechanism of administration of justice, and the court system under our Constitution has an overriding supervisory role in the way the prosecutorial power is exercised. As ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended in the Schedule- (e) by deleting the proposed amendment to section 3A of the Witness Protection Act, 2006 (No. 16 of 2006); view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: The reason is that the amendment seeks to exempt the Witness Protection Agency from the procedure of accountability. The Witness Protection Agency requires confidentiality for purposes of discharging its day to day mandate, but not for the purpose of accountability to the public. For that reason, the amendment is not helpful and we are opposing it. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we had as a Committee the same proposal and I am happy that the Minister has decided to proceed and we are agreeable. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the same proposal by hon. Ethuro has also been carried by the Committee. It is on page 3663 on the Order Paper and view