Peter Francis Masara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: I, Hon. Peter Francis Masara, MP of Suna West, on behalf of the great people of Suna West Constituency and my neighbour Kuria West, I vote yes. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. With my 15 minutes, please, allow me to remove my mask because everyone has their masks on. Thank you for giving me this chance. I also want to thank the people of Suna West for electing me so that I can be part and parcel of this historic moment of changing the Constitution for posterity. This is the first time that a popular initiative is happening in Kenya. In 2017, over 16 million Kenyans voted for the two brothers, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta and His Excellency Raila Amollo Odinga. They delegated their powers, authorities ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Changing a Constitution has never been easy anywhere and those who believe that the status quo is benefiting them will always come out to oppose what people want. The BBI Amendment Bill, 2020 has brought a lot of good things to us. Clause 11(a) on shared prosperity in this proposed amendment Bill is going to help us because the State will be mandated by the Constitution to promote the blue economy. I come from the lakeside and this will mean that fishermen around Lake Victoria in Nyanza and Migori in particular will have their interests taken care of. Hon. Temporary ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: I support this Bill because it is going to promote the preservation and dissemination of African morals, traditions and cultures among the young. This bit is very important for this country. As I speak, many youths do not understand their cultures or African cultures. They have been westernised to the extent that they do not know what belongs to Africa. If we pass this Bill, the Youth Commission will ensure that it promotes, preserves and disseminates information related to the African culture. If you ask the current generation why somebody needs to respect their parent, they do not understand. Therefore, ... view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to the Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.27 of 2020. view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: First, I congratulate and appreciate the work done by the Committee. It has taken them a long time. I am a Member of the Committee and I know there were many interests concerning the same Bill because it is going to affect many drug barons and cartels in the system of selling drugs. view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: I support this Bill. It has tried to bridge the gap that exists in the current principal Act. For example, with regard to penalties in the current Act, those who handle small drugs are penalised highly compared to drug barons. That is captured in Clause 4(a) of the current amendment Bill. This clause will ensure that real drug barons are penalised to an extent that they may not use the money from sale of drugs to relieve themselves of the penalties. For a long time, those who are dealing with low volumes of drugs have suffered a lot under the ... view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Clause 80(a) and (b) of the Bill is talking about information with regard to drugs. The current Act is silent about somebody who has information concerning commissioning of drug abuse or sale of drugs, but the amended Bill has detailed ways of dealing with that kind of information. This is to an extent that if somebody has information and gives it to the right authorities, he or she will not be penalised. It states clearly that there is no criminal or civil proceeding which will be taken to court for somebody who has given information concerning the subject matter. view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: The other aspect which is very important in this Bill concerns somebody who is dealing with drugs outside the country. If you can recall, there are so many pending cases in court because there are no laws on how to handle somebody who has information or is dealing with drugs, but is outside the country. Clause 4(b) of this Bill is very clear about how to handle such a person who is outside the country and is dealing with drugs or somebody who is within the country and is dealing with other people outside the country in selling of narcotic ... view