Samuel Kamunye Gichigi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this particular Bill and I will begin by congratulating the Drafter and Mover of this Bill. It is true that our current Constitution has gone a long way to take care of the rights of--- view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Bill and like my colleagues, I congratulate my brother, hon. Ichung’wah for acting on this prevalent problem. The reason I support this Bill is because it brings clarity on the function of the establishment of the rehabilitation centers. As we speak, it is an issue that has not been addressed by the law and it is left to any person. It is not a responsibility of any person as per the law but now it is. This is a law that we need to pass very fast because under the current ... view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: I support this Bill and ask NACADA to up their game. view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I will support certain clauses in this Bill, but with the rest, I have serious difficulties. When I first joined Parliament last year, a Member of Parliament who had been there before me told me that the most dangerous creature to be introduced into Parliament is the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill and the reason why hon. Members of Parliament serving the first term do not enjoy a pension is because they passed a law brought by this sort of composite Bill that ended up harming them a lot. When I look at the law that ... view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Representatives, Members of Parliament and the Governor are able to meet and talk about development. When we keep on introducing new bodies that will consume more money and whose role appears to be ambiguous in the proposed law, we need to be a bit more careful. Hon. Speaker, I support the proposed amendment where the county governments can use the previous law to keep on collecting rates and licence fees as they await enacting their own law. There is one amendment that I seriously oppose. It is the proposed amendment to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority Act. I do ... view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: We need to liberalize our economy if these sectors are going to grow. I come from an area where we were brought up from the produce of pyrethrum. What has happened is that because of the restrictions, we have had a rogue Pyrethrum Board that has kept out all the other marketers and investors. The crop has completely died in our area and the neighboring areas. So, I am very hesitant. I will be opposing any attempt to keep on restricting the marketing and sale of pyrethrum. view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on the proposed amendments to the Crops Act, I do not know why the Executive keeps on raiding the authority of Parliament. Whenever there is a requirement that Parliament approves, for example, the Director-General of this Authority, the proposed amendment seeks to remove the power of Parliament and vest it in the Cabinet Secretary. Why should we permit that? Are you saying that the Parliament that passed that law made a mistake? I tell my colleagues that we can change the commas and full stops; we can change the grammatical errors or correct them but when it comes ... view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Bill with amendments. It is true that agriculture is the backbone or our economy. Over 80 per cent of the economy of my Kipipiri Constituency is derived from agricultural activities. We have not done enough in agriculture in this country. When you look at what other countries like Israel are doing, it is a shame that 50 years after Independence, we are still importing food while our soils can sustain any crop that can be grown anywhere in the world. It is, indeed, a shame that we have had Ministers for ... view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support--- view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support--- view