Samuel Kamunye Gichigi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: So, the truth of the matter is that the issue brought out in this Bill is fundamentally different from the new proposal by my senior. I urge him to withdraw it. view
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended— (a) by deleting the proposed amendments to section 155(2) of the Children Act (No.8 of 2001). (b) by deleting the proposed amendments to section 156(1) of the Children Act (No.8 of 2001) and substituting thereof the following new amendment- view
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: 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
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Insert the following new subsection immediately after subsection (3)- (4) The Cabinet Secretary may issue a moratorium on inter-country and residents adoptions where there is sufficient evidence to support the opinion that such adoptions or processes leading up to such adoptions are likely to be in contravention of the Constitution or any other law, or any international treaties or conventions to which Kenya is a party. The rationale behind these amendments is that when the proposals to bring in--- view
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I was giving the rationale. When the proposed amendments were made and forwarded to the Attorney-General, that was a long time ago. Since then, the Ministry has constituted a task-force to look into the issues of the law on adoption and the structures of adoption in this country. The CS has since issued a moratorium. The task-force has gone out of the country and engaged various stakeholders. It has made a Report and forwarded it to the respective CS and she is in the process of implementing it. So, she needs to be given time to ... view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Having heard the previous submissions, I think the intention of this proposal is to ensure that we have ample time. Previously, we had a situation where the estimates were actually brought before the House and then within one week or even a few days, the House was supposed to approve them. Even if there is a problem with the clash of the calendar, I support the position where we get the proposals early enough to enable this House deal with them. We are talking about 30th January by which date the House will have ... view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to support the Report of the PIC and thank the Committee for coming up with a well-balanced Report. They identified the real issues. As has been stated, the NSSF has a history of being exploited to buy land at exorbitant prices. If you read the Report, you will find that the land was bought way back in the early 1990s at the value that it would cost 20 years later. It was so inflated that when the NSSF tried to sell the land more than 20 years later, it could only fetch the ... view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am also a Member of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare and we have been toiling and moiling on this particular Bill. It has certain provisions that have a potential of completely killing the emerging industry. It also has some very good provisions which need probably to be enacted, so that we can protect the society. view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: The truth of the matter is that for us to come up with a comprehensive law on this particular sector, we need to engage all the stakeholders. What my Chairman did not indicate is that we also met the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Nkaissery, on this particular issue and the board members. view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: We have also lined up about another four stakeholders that we need to hear from. Hon. Nkaisserry himself suggested a meeting because they also have serious amendments they are proposing that we make to this law. This needs probably a day or two. view