Robert Pukose

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: in terms of auditing. This Bill has come timeously so that we can look at, especially, the independence as provided in the constitution of the Office of the Auditor-General. The Auditor-General ought to be independent and in this Bill we are talking about how we should finance the Office of the Auditor-General. The Bill states that the Treasury shall appropriate money to the Office of the Auditor-General. I think this one takes away the independence because Treasury is one of the offices the Auditor-General is supposed to audit. If you are auditing an office that is supposed to give you ... view
• 10 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I will donate one minute to my friend, hon. Wakabehia. On behalf of the people of Endebess and Trans Nzoia at large, I want to send our condolences to the people of Kiambu and Kabete Constituency following the demise of our brother, hon. Muchai, and his three aides. He was a great man and we will miss him a lot. Hon. Waititu, please. view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Considering that there is an issue of making some amendments and all that, would I be in order to call for the Mover to reply so that we can go into amendments? view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for allowing me to make my comments as we adjourn for the long recess up to February. It has been a long year. It has been hard work for all hon. Members in this House. I want to say that everybody made his contribution in one way or the other and, as hon. Members, we have to respect each other. As we go out there today and as we make the amendments to the Security Bill, one of the key issues that those who are charged with the responsibility of security in this country need to ... view
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Just looking at the same Constitution, Article 49(c) talks of being able to communicate with an advocate and other persons whose assistance is necessary. If we are going to keep this child who requires assistance from the guardian or the parent for seven days before you can communicate, then I think it will be unconstitutional. I think the middle ground will be we go to the Constitution and accept the 24 hours instead of us deleting ‘arrest’ or ‘detained’. Let us go to 24 hours so that we limit the period. In any case, ... view
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. On the outset, I want to thank the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for work well done. They have demonstrated that they are up to the task and this Bill actually, as my colleague has put, is one of those constitutional Bills that this Eleventh Parliament was supposed to pass and we have done our part. It is now up to the Executive to make sure The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: that this Bill is implemented: That this Bill gives those who are in the correctional facilities humane conditions. It should give them an opportunity to be corrected well under internationally accepted standards. It also provides that when children are arrested, because more often you find that a child has been arrested and taken to a distant place and the guardian or the parent is not informed, communication is done. So, this Bill mandates that the authorities must inform the relatives, guardians or the parents about the child who has been arrested. I think this is a very good thing. view
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I want to also thank hon. Members because we have stayed until this time. I think it is commendable that we are able to make sure that is done and it is done properly. view
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. One of the biggest challenges in this country is that we have had many cases of ex-servicemen. You can imagine somebody who is trained, has been dismissed from duty, is living outside there and has to earn a living. The Government needs to look into this and see how we take care of the ex-servicemen, so that they do not contribute to the issue of insecurity. We also wonder whether there is internal sabotage among the officers. There are problems in terms ... view
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: constitute our Cabinet. Most of our Cabinet Secretaries are just behaving like Permanent Secretaries. They are in office and are not able to implement some of the issues that need to be implemented by Cabinet Secretaries. We should issue Executive orders that they should implement. Another big challenge is the 12 million youths who are unemployed in this country. They need to earn a living. How do we take care of them? Unless we answer that question, the issue of insecurity is not going to be handled the easy way. Maybe the contribution from the NYS can be something but ... view