Robinson Njeru Githae

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1961 to 1970 of 2672.

• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, they are weighty matters. I know, as a matter of fact, that the Minister was in a seminar, but I can see her coming in. view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister was ordered to withdraw from the House. I know that the Minister has come from Somalia, but I will transmit the information to him. view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will issue the Ministerial Statement on Tuesday, next week. view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the Minister was here when he said that he will be back on 30th He said that he would issue the Statement when he comes back. view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am just getting a little bit concerned and I would wish to seek your guidance and direction on the number of Ministerial Statements being sought by Members of Parliament rather than asking Questions. I do not know what should be the right mix of Ministerial Statement and Questions. At every sitting, we are having more than seven or six Ministerial Statements being sought. This is one of the reasons we find Ministers are not being able to meet the undertakings. I was seeking your direction on whether we can have the right mix of Questions and ... view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this Procedural Motion. It is to enable us to discuss the two Bills which have not matured. The Joint Chief Whip has adequately stated the reasons. He has said that at such a time, the Minister for Finance normally writes the Budget. I am sure he is hiding somewhere so that he can finalise the Budget. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Arbitration Bill is very urgent. It should have come yesterday. We have a big backlog of court cases. The intention of the Government is that before cases are taken ... view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to second this very important Bill. This Bill should have come like yesterday because of the tremendous increase of cases still pending in our judicial system. In the last count, the Chief Justice said that we have more than 853,000 cases pending in the courts. This is the highest in the East African Community (EAC). The lowest is Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Tanzania. I strongly recommend to this House that we pass this Bill. It has been discussed by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and the Law ... view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that situation is forcing business people not to go to court. So, if somebody owes you Kshs100,000, you are better off accepting Kshs20,000 as final and full settlement rather than going to court. view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the last time this Act was amended was in 1995 and within that period, somebody would have been born and he would now be a father or mother. So, it has been overtaken by events. view