Robinson Njeru Githae

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2651 to 2660 of 2672.

• 28 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity so that I can also contribute to this year's Budget. First, I would like to congratulate the Minister for Finance for presenting such a wonderful Budget. It was, indeed, pro-poor. It recognised certain difficulties that this country is going through and it, therefore, attempted to rectify some of the problems as the Minister had perceived them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, time and again, speakers on the Floor of this House have spoken about poverty eradication. However, the more we talk about poverty eradication, it is like we are glorifying poverty. ... view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I must commend the hon. Member who came up with this Motion. But I would like to add that the Government is actually in the process of validating the districts. The districts he is talking about were actually gazetted during the referendum campaign. In fact, there has also been a further gazetted notice by the President giving his intention to create additional districts. Therefore, I am asking the Government to hasten this process. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if people want a district, ... view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is exactly what I have said; that the President gave an intention to create districts. So, what we now need to do is to ask the Government to hasten the process of validating all those districts. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to disagree with my friend, Mr. Munya, when he said that there are political districts. There are no political districts. A district is a district; whether it is small or big. I think we need to make that very clear. Last week, I was in Malaba. If you ask ... view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: It is self explanatory, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. We have constituency districts. How did this arise? If you look at the history of the Electoral Commission of Kenya, you will note that whenever a district is created, it is given a constituency. view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: It is not the law. We have got many one constituency districts--- view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: It is not by law, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am making it very clear. It is not by law, but that appears to have been the practice for all these years. People are clamouring for districts because they want more constituencies. If we were to abolish districts and concentrate on constituencies, this issue of creation of more districts would not arise. In the US, a district is similar to a constituency here. It is referred to as congressional district. We probably need that, but we have not yet reached there. We should abolish the notion that there are ... view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I stand to oppose the proposed amendment. Our laws are very clear regarding the issue. In our laws, the process of committing somebody to a mental institution is clearly provided for, and has nothing to do with defilement. I, therefore, oppose the proposed amendment. view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, although what the hon. Member has proposed makes a lot of sense, the purpose of this Bill was to show the disgust and abhorrence for any person convicted of defilement of children of different ages. That was the intention. But I would agree with the proposal that, instead of ten years, we make it a minimum of 15 years. view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, we must oppose that proposed amendment. A child is a child whether it is adopted or of one's blood. Once you have adopted children, you have for all purposes to tell your own children that the adopted children are their brothers and sisters. It does not matter whether that child is a mzungu or of a different tribe from yours as one hon. Member has put it. Once you go through the Adoption Act, that child is declared to be your own child legally. Our laws do not distinguish between adopted and blood children. We ... view
• 3 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that trains carrying passengers to and from Nairobi City and its suburbs during rush hours overload, with some commuters hanging dangerously onto coaches. (b) Regrettably, some commuters have fallen off trains because of hanging from coach doors and couplings. In the last one year, three persons have been fatally injured. They are: Mr. G. view