Peter Njoroge Baiya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have listened attentively to the arguments by my colleagues, including those by hon. Kimunya and his concern about the possible objections to this kind of amendments, on the grounds of discrimination. I would answer by saying that the Constitution itself does, indeed, anticipate discrimination. Nowhere is it said that discrimination is outlawed. Indeed, when the Constitution says that there will be minimum gender balancing – at least one-third – when you try to apply that, what you really end up doing is actually discriminating. You resort to discrimination to achieve the result prescribed by the ... view
• 29 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this kind of legislation, therefore, seeks to assure the young people in this country that they are being recognized, are entitled to participate and we owe them a responsibility. I am sure that no court would seek to challenge this because it is part of the affirmative action, indeed, anticipated under the Constitution. The youth can even be recognized as a marginalized category to the extent that when it comes to sharing, they suffer great disadvantage. They are to that extent marginalized and the Constitution anticipates Parliament to take progressive measures to alleviate that marginalization ... view
• 29 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: I would, therefore, argue that I do not doubt that this piece of legislation will benefit the nation if it is really looked through further, when it is goes to the Committee in the next stage. But I really urge that we do not also dismiss the spirit upon which it is based, because it is a noble one. If you consider some of the procurement that we are dealing with even at the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) level, under the current procurement law, we are actually allowed to give preferential treatment to local contractors. For you to achieve that ... view
• 29 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, maybe there is one area where this provision might have a challenge and, perhaps, may require that we possibly do some specification. We know that there are certain contracts which, by their very nature, in terms of skills and capacity needed, may be too large or huge. Already the existing law recognizes that. If, for instance, it comes to bitumen contracts and so on in the Ministry of Roads, if you applied this kind of law where even most of our local contractors do not fit and we end up having foreign companies coming in, this ... view
• 29 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 29 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Kinyanjui has argued eloquently about ensuring efficiency and quality; he is now complaining about lack of capacity yet this Bill is precisely meant to ensure that we enhance that kind of capacity. Is he in order to insist on eating his cake and having it? view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while appreciating the effort the Ministry is making to alleviate the problem of congestion in the City and bearing in mind what the Minister has said about a consultant having been engaged, is he also aware of the fact that if you address one section of the City without reference to the rest, then improvement on one has the impact of generating traffic problems in another section? For instance, Thika Road improvement and expansion is going to make this road impassable as a result of traffic flow to the main road. view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security with regard to the recent killing of a former chairman of Mbo-I-Kamiti Farmers Company Limited in Kiambu County. In the Statement, I would like the Minister to clarify the circumstances under which the former chairman of Mbo-I-Kamiti Farmers Company Limited, Mr. Stephen Waweru Njenga, met his death on 18th November, 2011. The deceased was from Githunguri Constituency, but this event happened within the neighbouring Kiambaa Constituency. view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: The other issue that I would want the Minister to clarify is whether this recent killing and the killing of a former director, the late Mr. Kamau, earlier this year are related to the wrangles in Mbo-I-Kamiti Farmers Company Limited. view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Lastly, what measures does the Government propose to institute to resolve the the series of murders in relation to the running of the affairs of this company, particularly to resolve the long-standing controversies, which now pose serious threats to law and order? view