Robert Gichimu Githinji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view
• 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: My understating of this clause is that since the area of accreditation is very wide, the Board can get other committees advising on various aspects. It may not necessarily be adding another member to the Board. That is following the amendment that has already been done on Clause 8(1) that the Board can establish other committees or, take into consideration “The board may, from time to time, establish such committees as it may consider appropriate for the better carrying out of its functions.’’ That is followed by the next amendment, whose knowledge and skills are necessary for the performance of ... view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask Question No.300/2019 to the Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade and Co-operatives. (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain whether there were any trade agreements signed between our Government and the Government of Uganda during the recent visit by the President of the Republic of Uganda? (ii) Could he provide the details of the said agreements and explain how the country is set to gain from such agreements? (iii)What measure is the Ministry taking to ensure that there is no trade imbalance between Kenya and other East African and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ... view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. There are two critical parties in insurance law, namely, the insured and the insurer. When an accident happens, any other party is a stranger. So, the most important thing, as I support the President’s reservations and amendments, is that holding of insurance money by brokers has made too many insurance companies to collapse because of non-remittance. It is, therefore, very important for insurance premium money to be paid directly to insurance companies so that the companies do not collapse. We have too many unpaid claims in this country because of the collapsing of insurance companies. view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I thank the Departmental Committee on Energy, led by Hon. Gikaria and his Vice, Hon. Pukose, for the work well done. From the Report, I was able to know that they visited 12 counties, which is a very rare scenario. It shows that they were deeply concerned and ready to take public contributions on this particular Bill. view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Nuclear energy, apart from many uses, I believe in the Kenyan style, we are looking at the way it will ease issues of energy mainly on reliability, sustainability and convenience. There The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: are areas in the Bill that we need to re-look at during the Committee of the whole House stage, especially on the Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which is very bloated. A commission with 18 members is really big at a time when we are trying to reduce the wage burden on Kenyans. The size of the Commission also goes against the principles of the Mwongozo, which places the number of commissioners at about nine. So, the reasoning by the Commission, as I heard it being debated in this House was not convincing; that those people may require being at work ... view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: The other area is on safety. I am very happy about the number the word “safety” has been mentioned in this Bill. Every aspect from authorisation, setting up nuclear farms, transportation, to storage, safety has been given prominence to the effect that any action that will be made or any other regulation that the Commission will do will have to take into account the safety of persons, property and environment. That is a very important aspect, and I believe the Committee was able to come out clearly and confirm through their Report that they were much concerned about the safety ... view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Another area that we need to look at is where the nuclear stations or nuclear plants can be placed. There should be a minimum distance from human habitation where nuclear plants should be placed. That is an area that we also need to include in the Bill so that, at least, we can make sure that though safety has already been taken care of in the Bill it is actualised. view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: On Part VII which also talks about safety of nuclear facilities, noting the adverse effects that nuclear materials can have on human beings, the penalty that has been proposed under Part VII, Clause 43(7) is inadequate. When someone contravenes this law and only faces two years imprisonment or a fine of Kshs1 million, that is very minimal in my observation. Someone who is likely to maim people for life or cause death and contravenes safety issues in the Bill and is only likely to face two years imprisonment is something we need amended. We can have someone either facing life ... view