Robinson Njeru Githae

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• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I support the Motion. It is sad that yet again we are here talking about drought, starvation and death of livestock. The curse of Kenya is maize. Maize is grown in areas that are not suitable for growing the crop. In Kenya, there are only two areas where maize should be grown, namely in Kitale and Trans Nzoia. Those are the maize growing zones. No wonder that they have got so much maize that they do not even know what to do with it. The Minister for Forestry and Wildlife, ... view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was completely misunderstood. What I said was that we should go back to our traditional foods; that is the solution. Nutritional foods include other kinds of meat. We should also partake of the same. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I am saying is that we need, as a matter of urgency, to tell our peasant farmers the right crop to plant. For example, last year we had a bumper harvest in Ukambani after a period of 10 years. Going by history it means they will get another bumper harvest after 10 years. So, for nine years, whatever ... view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the withdrawal of this Bill and even the next one. The only contribution I would like to make is that we need consultations and we need to stop empire building. We are all in one country; we are all in one Government. To me, if the CIC was not interested in putting their stamp on the Bill, this could have been avoided. We could have gone ahead and debated the Bills and then if they have any amendments, we could have taken care of them in this House. This House ... view
• 21 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise under Standing Order No.80, which deals with sub judice or secret matters, in particular Standing Order No. 80(4), which talks of proceedings before a court of law. Page 8 of the report of the Committee says:- “Three suits were subsequently filed seeking to stop the Commission from gazetting its report. This is Petition No.72 of 2010, Petition No.74 of 2010 and High Court (Miscellaneous) Application No.339 of 2010”. The first suit, namely, Petition No.72 of 2010, John Maingi versus hon. Andrew Ligale and Rozah Mbuyu, Irene Masit, IIBRC ... view
• 16 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. One of the fundamental principles of this House is that this House does not act in futility. This Motion is calling on parties to respect or to hold a referendum on 9th January, 2010. Suppose they do not hold that referendum on 9th January, 2010, what do we do? Do we have any powers to enforce it? We have no powers to enforce it. Therefore, it will be pointless---. So we have no powers to enforce that call that the referendum must be held on 9th January, 2010. It will be an exercise in ... view
• 16 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support this Motion. view
• 16 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: This Motion urges the parties to the CPA to make sure that the referendum is held on the 9th of January, 2011. I have no quarrel with that. In fact, it is important that this is held. My fear was us being drawn into partisan politics. We saw what happened when Members of Parliament attended campaign rallies for the Government of Southern Sudan, and they were drawn into partisan politics to the extent that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was forced to issue a statement saying that, as of now, there is only one Government of Sudan. That was my ... view
• 16 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I sit here, I am shocked that hon. Members can try to mislead this House. This Parliament is supreme. It has powers to make and unmake laws. This Motion is not amending any law. It is a Motion urging the Government to proceed and withdraw from the Rome Statute. This is provided for in Section 127. Let me read it so that it is very clear. It reads that:- view
• 16 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: So, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we want to pass this Motion so that the Government can take the necessary action and the Minister concerned in this case is the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. This is what the statute says. Lastly, when we say that international law is part of our law; it does not mean that it is part of the Constitution. It is an ordinary law like customary law or any other statute. So, let us not be misled that when you say that it is part of international law, it is part of ... view
• 16 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: I want to conclude, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. If you look at Article 2 of the new Constitution, you will find that it says:- “The general rules of international law shall form part of the law of Kenya.” They may form part of the law of Kenya, but Parliament is supreme. We make and unmake the law. So, this Motion is properly before us. Let us not be misled. Let us look at the merits of the Motion and then we move from there. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view