Peter Francis Masara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the Provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c) I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security regarding provision of counselling and psychosocial support services to police officers. Hon. Speaker, on 1st September 2020, the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, while appearing before the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security on a Statement I requested on police reforms, outlined the various measures put in place to reform the police organisation. The measures outlined by the Ministry included development of a ... view
• 12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Unfortunately, the measures as outlined by the CS are yet to be rolled out and many police officers continue to suffer. This among others has led to numerous incidences of suicides, murder, desertion of duties and drunkenness. It is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. In the Statement the Chairperson should address the following: (i) Why the Ministry is taking inordinately long to implement measures to address psychosocial support and counselling in the police service as outlined by the Cabinet Secretary on 1st September 2020; ... view
• 12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: (ii) When the recently established counselling and rehabilitation centre which was to be located in Ruaraka, Nairobi will be made operational and are there plans to establish more such centres across the country? Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: I appreciate what my able Chairman has mentioned. We are living in this country and the matter in question is a time bomb. We do not know when the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) in your police station will decide to shot you or himself. We do not know when our bodyguards will decide to shot themselves or us. The earlier we do this the better, not only for police officers. The matter in question is critical in this country. view
• 12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, my concerns are very clear. You may remember I raised such a Statement early last year 2020 and the response was given on 20th September last year. view
• 12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Yes, but one year down the line nothing has happened and that is my worry. view
• 12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I may agree with you, if sleeping is asking questions. This is because I do not have the capacity to force the CS and the Commission to act. I have the capacity to ask questions and seek for answers on behalf of our great nation. If you ask my Chairman, I am a very active Member of that Committee, but being there does not force the CS to give me answers sufficiently. He gave promises in September and up to now, we have not seen those centres being rolled out. I do not think it is a crime ... view
• 12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I was doing this on behalf of the 45 million Kenyans. I will go as per the advice of my able Chairman. Thank you. view
• 11 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Report. Firstly, I want to congratulate the Committee for doing a good job. Establishing of Bunge channel is long overdue. In our Constitution, the right to access information is fundamental. Therefore, we cannot allow other people to be reporting on our behalf. If we allow this channel to be established, I am sure we are going to lower the cost of public participation through Parliament because those who elected and nominated the 290 elected MPs, the 47 elected women representatives and the nominated Members of Parliament, are always expecting ... view
• 11 May 2021 in National Assembly: Another reason I am supporting this Report is because information is power. However, accurate information is more powerful. Majority of the people are viewing this House as the enemy of the people, yet we are all elected. When you get reported by other media houses, you will realise that they are talking as if we are not doing any work. I belong to Public Accounts Committee. In this Committee, we usually sacrifice our time and holidays to sit in the committee so that we can table a report in this House. The other reason why I am supporting this report ... view