Samuel Kamunye Gichigi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, there is no justification that has been given for this specific amendment by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. We are all offended by the rate at which sexual offences are increasing in this country. The idea of bail as entrenched in the Constitution is to make sure that somebody comes to the courts and he does not abscond and cause harm when he is out there. So, I do not understand why you want to rate terrorism with this sort of offence. It is the constitutional right of everybody to ... view
• 24 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Bill. However, I suggest the introduction of an amendment to ensure that for constituencies that have more than eight wards, we add two members to have nine members instead of the seven members that come from that constituency. I will be suggesting that amendment during the Committee of the whole House. In order for a Member of Parliament to know what is happening in his constituency and carry out his oversight role effectively as envisaged by the Constitution, his office must be included. We must also ensure that people appointed--- view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this particular Bill, which is long overdue. Access to information is good for the development of this country. Obviously, if you do not have information, you cannot think, deal with and build on something. It is important for development. People in all parts of this country should get the proper information in respect to Government plans. Let every person know their rights in this country, so that those rights are not violated, and when they are violated, the people should know that they have recourse in law. People should know ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: For purposes of integration and cohesion in this country, the people should know about each other. Let somebody in Kajiado get information on people in Turkana or Migori. Let us get information about this country. The Bill is good, but perhaps it can be enriched by improving on the quantity and the quality of information that Kenyans should get. It should not merely be on a 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. view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: need to know basis, but let us get information. When you do not know about the existence of information, you may not go looking for it. Information that is going to bring this country together and develop it should be made accessible to everybody. This is a good Bill and I support it. I ask my colleagues to also support it. Having said that, there are certain clauses that I will ask the Mover to look into for the purpose of improving them. Under Clause 6, when limiting access to information, possibly for security reasons, it is important to provide ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Clause 5(c) is quite lengthy and for purposes of implementation, it needs clarity. In Clause 5 generally, I would request the Mover to provide some penalties that will stop people from being mischievous. You can imagine a situation where one office receives a thousand requests for the same information for mischievous purposes to annoy or interrupt the ordinary operations of offices. This is in terms of repeated requests where somebody comes, you give them information and they are there tomorrow. We have idlers in this country and we do not want such persons to use this law to irritate or ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: In Clause 9, you can improve the provision by putting in an explanation. Whenever there is rejection or failure to provide information, before the matter becomes an offence, it is important that you give the people who are refusing to give information a chance to explain. That is an area that can be improved. view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: In Clause 10(2), seven days whenever an office or officer receives a request for information, which has been transferred to them, we can improve that increasing the period from seven days to 14 days, unless it is an emergency. view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: On the role of the Commission on Administrative Justice also known as the Office of the Ombudsman, perhaps, we also need to strengthen them under Clause 14 so that they can have an investigative role. Let them inquire why information is denied if that is necessary. In Clause 22, you have provided that an application for information can be made orally. You can improve that by saying that whenever an officer receives such an oral application for information, he reduces that into writing so that a record can be kept of that particular application. Otherwise, if it just oral and ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. The greatest hurdle in tax payment has been the complicated procedures. We need to make the procedures simple. We should employ a lot of technology so that we can reduce the human contact, which has been breeding corruption in this country. Kenyans should be encouraged to pay taxes voluntarily. That way, the cost of collection becomes cheap. At the end of the day, we will collect more. Kenyans should be patriotic and pay their taxes so that we can develop our country. We should also ensure that the ... view