Peter Njoroge Baiya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the deceased was discharged the next morning, he was still able to speak. He spoke to members of his family and two other people all the way from Kiambu District Hospital to Kenyatta National Hospital. He was very categorical that he was assaulted by the police officers while in the cells. What has the Assistant Minister done to verify that allegation, or he merely believes what the police are alleging? view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to follow up on a Ministerial Statement that I had sought from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. He was to give the Ministerial Statement on 2nd August and up to date, it has not been delivered. It is taking unduly too long. We raise these issues when they are topical and relevant and it is taking too long to be delivered. view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it was on the falling value of the Kenya Shilling. view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also wish to make my comments on this Motion. Much as I understand the main reason as to why the Government is seeking to move these Bills as hurriedly and they are doing, it is also true that I have actually spoken with quite a number of my colleagues. It is clear that we have not even had time to go through them. Some of us have not even read these Bills, and we feel that we should have an opportunity to study them and make contributions in an informed manner. view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also wish to support this Bill, but subject to the following comments: Commissions on administrative justice generally have been misused by the Government. Whenever a scandal or a serious maladministration arises, the Government has the tendency to appoint commissions to investigate even if the matter is in the public domain. As the matter filters out of the public limelight, it is forgotten and the commission’s report is shelved to gather dust. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the biggest danger with regard to commissions is that they are created by the Government to hoodwink the ... view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, so, again, in several other legislations, we have this trend of bills proposing certain selected institutions to be given opportunities to appoint people; the problem with that is that we have ended up using these institutions as avenues for creating opportunities for career seekers. That danger is still there. We would really be seeking that the constitution of this commission should really reflect the genuine people who have genuine interest in proper administration of justice in this country, and who represent the diversity of all the various stakeholders and not just the Office of the President. view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other point that needs to be highlighted regards the requirement for qualifications. I also really wish to point out that this setting up of very high qualifications with regard to members of the commission and also restricting them to specific disciplines is also not productive. We need diversity in this commission – diversity even of background in terms of discipline and also experience. We need young people both men and women and also old people, but with this culture of setting up artificially high academic criteria or elitist backgrounds, we will end up actually arriving ... view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. There is an important point of law that I wanted the Minister to respond to before he replies. It relates to the provision in Clause 5 of this Bill. Clause 5 talks about composition of the court. This clause, with regard to qualifications, also mentions judges of the High Court. view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I can be informed by my colleague. view