Robert Mbui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, my leader has actually contradicted himself. He has stated very clearly that sometimes the expertise of Members is required in contributing to Motions that come to this House. At the same time, he says that every Member should be allowed a maximum of five minutes. If you want to contribute and make very serious contributions to some of these 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
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Motions and debates, then five minutes might be a very short time. Our Standing Orders are very clear. It talks about repetition and relevance. Most of the time, Members take 10 minutes because they are either repeating themselves or they are being irrelevant. So, if we follow the Standing Orders very strictly, we may just allow the 10 minutes however, Members should not repeat themselves. So, in two, three or five minutes Members should finish their contributions so that others get an opportunity to also contribute. Personally, I oppose and think we should raise contribution time to, at least, 10 ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. I stand to support the appointment of Justice (Rtd.) Paul Kihara Kariuki for the position of Attorney General. As a member of the Committee on Appointments, there are several observations that we made that I felt I could point out. The first one was the issue on Chapter Six on Leadership and Integrity where we note there are times when we try to see whether the person was actually charged in a court of law and yet, the most important thing would be a conviction on a criminal charge. That is one of ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: responsibility of advising the Government to avoid these excesses on some very basic things. We have recently seen the reaction of the immigration office towards a Kenyan by the name Miguna Miguna and how he was mishandled at the airport. It is important that he advises the Government because if he does not give the right advice then we are open to litigation. People will come up and want to take these issues to court. I am a victim of police brutality. I intend to take the police to court because they broke my leg for no reason. It is ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. The Statutory Instruments Act allows the CS to make regulations, the purpose of which is to breathe life into the Acts of Parliament and to ensure that the Acts that are passed by this House can be implemented. By so doing the CS is supposed to publish the regulations and present them to this House within a very short period of time. After that, Parliament is meant to deliberate and within, I think, 28 days The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: either approve or annul the regulations presented to this House. Failure of discussion basically means that the regulations are passed or seemed to have been approved by the House. We have noted that there is a lot of mischief many times from the Executive. Some of the things that they have done are, one, they constantly bring regulations to this House either late or when we are just about to go on recess so that there is not enough time for the House to deliberate and make a decision. Of course when we are on recess for more than 28 ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to second this Motion on the appointment of Members to PAP. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Pan-African Parliament is one of the tools of integration and regional integration is extremely important for any nation and of course for political, social and economic reasons. Therefore, it is very important for the House to approve the Members to PAP. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I have only one comment to make and it is about getting to be appointed to be a Member of PAP in the National Assembly and the Senate. I know it is extremely competitive because there are only five positions and we are expected to balance ethnic, regional and political parties. We support fully those individuals who have been appointed. When you look at the list of Members who have been appointed to the PAP, you can see that they are well meaning Members and strong Members of this House and have given major contributions. We can export that to ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remark, I beg to second. view