Robert Mbui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: I second. view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute on the Petition to County Assemblies (Procedure) Bill 2018, which creates an Act of Parliament to give effect to Article 37 of the Constitution. I begin by looking at what Article 37 of the Constitution really deals with. It is in Chapter Four on the Bill of Rights. It states that: “Every person has the right, peaceably and unarmed, to assemble, to demonstrate, to picket, and to present petitions to public authorities.” view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I think this is a very good idea because as we have seen in the past, it has been a very difficult challenge for members of the general public sometimes to get their petitions heard. Any attempt at making this process easy is actually a positive idea. Remember after the last elections, we attempted several times to present petitions to IEBC on our views on how the elections were conducted. Every time we attempted in Machakos and everywhere in the city, we would be received by teargas. Even on the issue of this Bill of Rights and this Article 37, ... view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: elections that some of our legs were broken. However, I thank God because this idea helps the public to be able to give petitions. view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Petitions to the National Assembly, the Senate and county assemblies are very important ways for members of the general public to raise their grievances through their elected leaders so that the National Assembly, the Senate and the county assemblies can have an opportunity to deliberate. There are very many serious cases of injustice that get lost and when petitions are being presented and discussed, the public gets solutions. I remember a case in point where families of very many victims who died in a fire tragedy in a school in Machakos could not get justice. It took very many years ... view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I have noted several minor errors which I think need to be dealt with. The first one is on Clause 3(b). It says that the Petition shall be in English or Swahili and yet there is a provision of a form attached in the Schedule which is in English. So, I do not know how it is that the form can be in English and then the responses to the questions can be in Swahili. I think that requires a translation to both languages. Then Clause 5(1) and (2) is actually a repetition of the same thing. It says: The ... view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Both clauses actually say the same thing. That is one of the things that need to be sorted out so that this Bill can go when it has been properly worked out. We will sort it out in the Committee of the whole House. Otherwise, I wish to say that the Senate, for the first time in my opinion, is dealing with the responsibilities for which they were elected. Now they are dealing with petitions to do with county assemblies and this really is the job for which members of the public elected Senators. They need to look at more ... view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The world is going digital progressively. In fact, the need for sharing personal data has become a big requirement now. For instance, when you want to register a company on line, your personal data is required. When you want to book a cab to travel, you require personal information. When depositing or withdrawing funds from an account and even when you want to order food or any product, you do it online and it requires, obviously, sharing of data. If you go online now to mzalendo.com you will access the full names, ID numbers, education, age and marital status of ... view