Robinson Njeru Githae

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 671 to 680 of 2672.

• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance. I stand to support this Bill and in so doing, I wish to say three things only. One, a big issue has been made here that we are now authorizing the Service--- view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I was saying, I rise to support this Bill and I will only speak on three issues. A lot of noise has been made on the fact that we are authorizing the officers of the NSIS to carry guns. This shocks me! The CIAs carry guns. The MI7 carry guns. Even hon. Members here carry guns. Home guards, somewhere in the rural areas, carry guns. So, what is the big issue in allowing these officers to carry guns? How do you expect them to go to dangerous positions to gather intelligence if they cannot carry ... view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was saying that if these officers are going to tackle Al Shaabab and Al Qaeda, surely, they must be armed. Let me come to the powers of arrest. A lot of issues have been raised that we are authorizing these officers to arrest. This shocks me. Under our Constitution, a citizen is authorized to make a citizen’s arrest. Which is worse between authorizing these officers to arrests or authorizing a citizen to arrest? view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if this officer is going to a dangerous place to collect and gather intelligence, surely, he must protect his life. We can protect his life by authorizing him to carry a gun. I have finished with that point. The other one is on powers of arrest. Citizens are authorized by this Constitution to arrest. What is wrong with giving these officers power to arrest? One Member said here that these officers have done nothing. I am a Member of the Cabinet Committee on Security and I can tell you that these officers have prevented many incidences. ... view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: This was on the next Order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Procedural Motion. In fact, I was not going to say anything but now that the Government has been accused of being disorganized, I will say something. The Government is not disorganized. What is happening is that the Constitution requires extensive and intensive consultations. This is what is taking time. Previously, we were accustomed to the Ministry preparing the draft policy and then taking it to the Attorney- General for the drafting of a draft Bill. Now, in between, you have to consult all the stakeholders and have town hall kind ... view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, right from the outset, I will start by saying how I appreciate the support that I am getting from the Members of Parliament. I do not take this for granted and I really appreciate their support. Together, we will achieve much. I also wish to record my appreciation to the House Business Committee also for prioritizing the Bills for the Ministry of Finance as we really want to clear all these Bills. I know from December, it will be difficult to get the Members of Parliament here because then they will be on the campaign ... view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: only affects adversely the last portion of the textile industry which is the cloth and material manufacture. At the moment, there is only one company that does the cloth and material manufacturing and we need more of this. It is at this point that the issue of mitumba needs to be looked at. However, as of now, there is no competition because those who buy suits of Kshs500,000 – and they are there and they claim that they even buy suits for Kshs600,000 – even if you reduce duty on mitumba to zero they will still not go and buy ... view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support these very important amendments to the Bill. In doing so, I have a few points I would like to make. The first one is to ask the Minister to establish a safe storage place for our seeds and plant materials, so that we can protect them for use by future generations. I know that there is such a storage facility somewhere in Europe, but we also need one in Kenya. We may not have snow and ice in Kenya. I am told that the storage facility in Europe is located underground, in ... view