Samuel Kamunye Gichigi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: you as a Member of Parliament to use money. You must do it through a committee that must have Government officials, for accountability purposes. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Chapter 12 of the Constitution on Public Finance, Article 201 (e) is very clear that:- “(e) financial management shall be responsible, and fiscal reporting shall be clear.” So, who is this hon. Member going to report to? It will be wrong in law. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I wish to seek further clarification from the Committee. If I heard the report well, there was indication that a substantial part of the Corporation’s land has been taken away by individuals. Is it by way of encroachment, namely, tresspass by, for example, squatters or has the land been grabbed through the grabbing mania of titles being issued in respect of the land? Among the steps that are being taken by the Corporation, I have not heard about anything to do with the repossession of that land. The have not said what they are doing to make ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this particular Bill. As my colleagues who have already spoken have indicated, we have issues with certain provisions in the Bill and it is only in order that we prepare to amend them. I am happy that you are encouraging the various hon. Members contributing to this Bill to prepare their amendments rather than just lament on its inadequacies. I am a strong advocate of media freedom. I know that, as a matter of fact, democracy cannot be sustained unless we have freedom of the media. We would probably not ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Secretary can decide to pick anybody from the Kenya Union of Journalists, including a sweeper. From the Kenya Correspondents Association, he could pick a watchman. It is not indicated that those persons must be nominated by the mentioned organisations. Therefore, during the Committee Stage, we must indicate that these bodies must be permitted to nominate their representatives. It should not be upon the Cabinet Secretary to just pick anybody who claims to work with these organisations. Secondly, the Bill also states that it is the Cabinet Secretary who will come up with the regulations. I do not think that is ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: part of the media. Somebody is paid to tarnish the name and reputation of another individual. The worrying bit is that you cannot trace the publishers of gutter Press. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, pretenders to the Fourth Estate are dealt with when they are genuine, authentic and recognized by members of the media. I support this Bill, subject--- view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. One of the core duties of this House is to make laws. It is all right for us to deal with Motions concerning various issues; at the end of the day it is not the number of Motions that are going to be used to measure our performance, it is the number of laws that we enact. Some of them, as has been stated, have constitutional deadlines and it is important that we sit down and comply with the constitutional provisions and then move on. I support. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have just received a copy of the Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation. It is about 50 pages. I will tell this nation that, if I am not given a chance to read this document after this session has ended, I will not be able to propose any amendments. I will not have time to do it as I sit here. I really plead 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
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: with you to give us a chance to look at this overnight, and then, perhaps, we can propose amendments tomorrow before midday. view