Peter Mwathi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I gave justification for Clause 3(1). I stand guided. I can move to the next Clause. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended in the proposed section 29A — (a) by deleting subsection (1) and substituting therefor the following new subsection — (1) Where pursuant to section 157 of the Children Act, a child is to be placed in the continuous care and control of an applicant who is an employee under this Act, the employee shall be entitle to one month's pre-adoption leave with full pay from the date of the placement of the child. Now, the justification for that is that there is need to ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: That is what I did in the first instance. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I have given justification for amendment of Clause 3(1). The next one is a new one. I thought we would go one after the other. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended in the proposed section 29A — (b) by inserting the following new subsections immediately after subsection (3) — “(3a) Where a child is born as a result of a surrogate motherhood agreement, an employee who is a commissioning parent, shall be entitled to – (a) two consecutive months’ parental leave with full pay from the date the child is born in the case of a female employee; and, (b) two weeks paternal leave with full pay, in the case of a male employee who is ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 2 and substituting therefor the following new clause 2— “2. Section 2 of the National Youth Council Act (in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”) is amended by deleting the definition of the term “Minister” and substituting therefor the following new definition in proper alphabetical sequence— “Cabinet Secretary” means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to youth affairs.” This is with the justification that the proposed amendment seeks to correct the typographical errors in the ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 3 and substituting therefor the following new clause 3— “3. The principal Act is amended by deleting Section 5 and substituting therefor the following new subsection (1) The Council shall consist of–– (a) a non-executive chairperson, who shall be a youth, appointed by the President; (b) the Principal Secretary responsible for matters relating to youth or his or her representative nominated in writing; (c) the Principal Secretary responsible for matters relating to youth or his or her representative nominated in writing; The electronic version ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: (d) the Principal Secretary responsible for matters relating to finance or his or her representative nominated in writing; (e) the Attorney General or a representative nominated in writing; (f) ten persons, being youth, appointed by the Cabinet Secretary; and, (g) the Secretary to the Board, who shall be the Chief Executive Officer and an view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: member of the Council and shall not have a vote. (2) The members under subsection (1) (f) shall be appointed through an open, transparent and competitive process through the procedure prescribed in the Third Schedule. (3) In appointing members to the Council under subsection (1) (f), the Cabinet Secretary shall ensure that (a) there are equal opportunities for persons with disabilities, persons from marginalized communities and persons from professional bodies; (b) not more than two thirds of the members of the council are of the same gender; and, (c) the membership of the Council reflects the regional and ethnic diversity ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: I beg to move. view