16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
At the time of tabling the Report, we were at the verge of invoking Standing Order No.209 (3) which gives the Committee the mandate and authority to sanction cabinet secretaries who do not co-operate with Parliament in terms of reporting back to the House. As things stand right now, we got a report from this Ministry and we shelved the invocation of Standing Order No.209(3) on sanctioning the Cabinet Secretary. I wish at this point, to acknowledge the support we have received from the Office of the Speaker and that of the Clerk of the National Assembly. They have accorded ...
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
support in terms of executing our mandate. Instructive to note is this Motion, which is a special Motion, because we are not adopting any recommendation from this Committee. Through the Office of the Speaker and that of the Clerk, we had an opportunity--- I hope this is something which will continue as a practice of this House so that the Committee on Implementation will be able to update Members in terms of the outcome of every resolution passed on the Floor of the House.
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is the only way Parliament will cease to be like a talk shop. This will also ensure that every undertaking by the Executive, every resolution of the House and legislation passed on this Floor will be implemented to the letter. Therefore, on behalf of the Members of this Committee and pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.196(6), I now have the honour to present to the House the Committee’s Report on the status of implementation.
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
I wish to start with the reports under the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. Under this Ministry, we have been able to follow up on three resolutions of the House and the first one was a resolution by Hon. Alois Lentoimaga. This resolution was made on 26th September 2013 and it touched on a very important issue. That is the review of terms and conditions for recruitment, remuneration and deployment of the Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs) in arid and semi-arid areas.
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
Under this resolution, the Committee notes that the concerns of the resolution were addressed subsequently under amendments to the National Police Service Act. Therefore, these provisions were made under the National Police Service (Amendment) Act of 2014. This made provision for facilitation of the KPRs in terms of remuneration and providing them with uniform and official identification.
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
The Committee recently made a visit to a sample county last weekend for purposes of finding out the extent to which this resolution had been implemented in ASAL counties. This also follows a series of correspondence between the Committee and the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government. It is very sad to note that this is one of those resolutions and subsequent legislations of the House which are lying pretty in our shelves.
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
However, during our visit to Turkana County over the weekend, we had a briefing from the county security team. What was very sad was the fact that the top security organ within the county had no idea of the existence of this legislation, let alone its implementation. This is the case and yet we are seeing escalating security situations in our arid and semi-arid areas, for example, Turkana and Baringo.
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
We cannot overstate the importance of the KPRs. It was just yesterday when I was watching news about the burial of a chief who was killed by bandits in Baringo and there was an imminent attack. Were it not for the intervention of the KPRs in that area maybe we would be talking of a different story. The stories that we heard in Turkana show the importance of this particular arm of the security which is the lowest devolved unit of security in this country. I, therefore, want to assure the House that we are following keenly on this resolution.
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
After the Turkana visit, our next stop will be the Office of the Inspector-General of Police and that of the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government as well as the National Police Service Commission. This will make sure that there is proper recognition, 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.
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16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly:
remuneration and facilitation of the National Police Reservists in accordance with the House resolution as well as the law.
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