Robert Gichimu Githinji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I am happy about the First Schedule which gives the guidelines about the infrastructure development to be in place in terms of sizes. Not more than 40 children should be accommodated in a classroom. We have seen some learning centres having a class of over 50 children. Some are seated while others are standing in a pathetic and crowded situation. Clause 19 gives all the requirements and makes it mandatory by providing a legal framework. Whoever flouts this can face the consequences of the law. Initially, it had been left for any learning centre to do whatever infrastructural development they ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Clause 24 provides for suspension of education centres where pupils are at risk. Recently, we saw the unfortunate event that happened at Precious Talent Academy, where a building collapsed. This Act provides that our kids at that early age should be protected in law so that if the County Education Board finds an institution that is exposing the children to risks, then they can suspend it. Proceeding to Clause 25, this can lead to cancellation of a licence to operate. Clause 26 gives the learning centres an opportunity to appeal against any decisions that they may find ultra vires or ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). This gives the national Government and SRC an opportunity to standardise pay for the teachers who work very hard. People might think that ECD teachers do very little, but they do a lot. This standardisation will give them comfort. Free admission under Clause 39 is good to avoid a situation where a county might wake up one day and decide to start charging fees to parents of children who are joining ECD centres. Non-discrimination of whatever form has been provided in the Act in Clause 40. More importantly, the teacher-child ratio has been enacted. ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.44(2)(c). Hon. Speaker, I had drafted a Statement sometime last week. I sought to have a Statement from the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives on a matter of national interest, a matter that touches on sub-standard oil at the Port. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you were misguided because the reason my request for a Statement was rejected was that the matter was active before the Committee. As I stand here, I would like the Chair or any other person to confirm from the Committee whether the matter is active or not. Therefore, I was denied a chance to ask for a Statement on a matter of national interest. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I beg to be allowed to seek that Statement from the Chair. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute to various aspects of this Bill. I particularly support the amendments to Clauses 44 and 45 of the Bill, which seek to bring a legal framework that introduces what we call cargo consolidators. This is a very crucial amendment to the Standards Act because it will enhance sanity in importation. On many occasions, goods of substandard value and counterfeit goods have been imported into this country. This is largely because the business of consolidators has no legal framework. In this case, we have also seen that most of the importers ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other aspect that I would like to support is on clarification over salary. This is so that when the National Housing Fund (NHF) is being applied, at least, it will not affect the allowances. It will only affect the basic salary. This clarity is important so that employees are not over-taxed. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Finally, on the issue of Privileges and Immunities Act, it is a very good amendment so that those people who have been enjoying tax immunity, will also enjoy that immunity from the products that are locally purchased. These are some organisations, non-profit making organisations and other categories that are classified under the Privileges and Immunities Act. This ensures that they run to support communities and do what they are legally required. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support the amendment under Clause 38. With those mixed reactions in my debate, I believe other issues can be dealt with at the Committee stage. view