Robert Mbui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: uncalled for. Other than the technical issues that have been said, they are trying to bite off a huge chunk of the budget that is for a Parliament that comprises of two Houses. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: So, I support the position to annul in totality the said regulations and hope that the Senate can find it fit to present regulations that can be discussed by all of us. They should ensure that in the public participation they involve everyone including this House because we are major stakeholders in the budget of the PSC. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: (Kathiani, WDM-K). Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I congratulate the Committee for a job-well-done. It is proving to be a no- nonsense Committee. We have seen regulations that have come here and all of them are being annulled in their entirety. I want to request hon. members not to brand the Committee “annulling Committee.” The reason why they have to annul is because the only options given to this Committee, under the Statutory Instruments Act, is to either allow in full or annul in entirety. There are no amendments allowed to be proposed by this Committee. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Drones are not bad. There are many uses of drones, as mentioned by Members. In some war-torn countries, the media uses drones to record videos clips of the public to know what is going on. As mentioned by some of my colleagues, drones can be used to transport medicines to places where the land terrain is hostile to people. Drones can be used for security surveillance. They can be used as toys. Smaller drones are toys for children and so they are not necessarily bad. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The problem we have is in the Regulations. Parts of those Regulations are also good. For example, registration of drones will enable the KCAA to be aware of who has a drone and where it is operating from. Also, as owners of drones register them, they will pay some fee, which will form part of Government. There are also regulations to guide operations of drones. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: However, we are tied to the regulations that are contained in the Statutory Instruments Act. The challenges I talked about previously, one of which is legislation through the backdoor, can be seen within these Regulations. The regulation-making authorities must confine themselves to the parent Act – in this case, the Civil Aviation Act of 2013 – which provides for a maximum penalty of Kshs2 million or three years imprisonment. However, these Regulations purport to impose a penalty of Ksh5 million. That is ridiculous, unacceptable and impossible. That means this House can make laws here and when those laws go to ... view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: This was hurriedly done because there were many applications and they wanted to be given money. I think it is important for them to realise that the law must be followed to the letter. This is a no nonsense Committee which will continue scrutinising all regulations. Every time 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
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: they go against the Statutory Instruments Act, we will just annul in entirety because we cannot amend or assist them in doing their work. I also want to ask the regulation-making authorities to consult with this Committee. This is allowed to ensure that by the time they print and gazette the regulations there is no conflict and therefore they safely pass through. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: There is also the issue of safety. This country has been hit by terrorists in the past. Looking at the drones they can easily be used by terrorists either to carry war chemicals or even bombs. When we looked at these Regulations we did not see clear direction on the operation of drones. I feel that we may allow them and they jeopardise the security of this country. We should not forget like my friends have said about fundamental freedoms like privacy. How can a drone hover around your compound when you are having a cup of tea or a ... view