Samuel Kamunye Gichigi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, this piece of legislation is long overdue. As was witnessed in this House in the morning, the issue of insecurity in the country is going to the levels of a national disaster. If something is not done about it, this country is likely to fall to the dogs. This has not happened overnight. The growth of insecurity in this country has happened progressively. When I came to Nairobi for my university education, I was welcomed by mugging somewhere at the OCT Stage. Subsequently, I was visited by robbers in the estate that I lived and not long ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: support this Bill. I will be moving one or two amendments at the relevant stage. I agree with my colleagues on the other side; giving the Cabinet Secretary power over the appointment, discipline and transfer of officers in this service would be unconstitutional. The Cabinet Secretary, no doubt, must be removed from this exercise. It is important that we also consider what is likely to be efficient for this particular service. It is important that this House gives sufficient funding through the budget, to the security organs of this Government so that we can tackle the growing insecurity. I will ... view
• 12 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, on my part, I may be wrong, but my reading of that sub-clause is that matrimonial property means anything that is acquired by a spouse during marriage without reference to any participation or contribution by the other party; it is matrimonial property and can be shared equally. That is my reading of this clause. The amendment the Chairman has brought does not relate to property that was acquired before marriage. It is just perfecting the grammar, so that anything that you acquire after marriage, you share equally even if one of the spouses sleeps throughout the ... view
• 12 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I am opposing the amendment and I will be opposing the entire Clause. view
• 12 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I second the proposed re- committal by my colleague. It is true that the backbone of this Bill is Clause 6. That is the definition of “matrimonial property”; what has been acquired during the marriage and the fate of what was acquired before the marriage. So, it is important that this clause be re- done and we get clarity on the issue. view
• 12 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I second the re-committal of Clause 6. view
• 12 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. Some people know what I went through during campaigns. Like many of the people who were campaigning and seeking elective positions, some of us who did not have a lot of money were competing against people who had billions. There was no law limiting the amount of money that one would have used during the campaigns. Were it not for the fact that our constituents had made up their mind, it would have been very difficult for some of us to be in Parliament today. It is important that ... view
• 12 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I also support this Bill because of the proposed Clause 12 where candidates and the parties are compelled to disclose the sources of their funding. In this country, without mentioning names, we know of people who have acquired wealth that can only be called dirty money and they use that money to acquire leadership positions mainly to protect their illegally acquired wealth. It is important that we know where people have gotten the money that they are using to campaign. view
• 12 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I, therefore, support this particular Bill. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to raise a legal point. Is it in order that this House be sort of gagged from debating this issue of approving the recommendations made by the Committee, particularly the ones that are recommending further investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)? It is possible that even where a case has been concluded, certain offences may have been committed in the course of the transaction and in the course of the process? In fact, even the judicial process itself might be subject to certain criminal elements. view