Zachary Kwenya Thuku

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to speak on this matter that has been brought to us by the Committee on Delegated Legislation. From the outset, I congratulate the Committee because of late, they seem to be on overdrive in terms of making sure that regulations that have been passed are in tandem with the changing world and are constitutional. This is one of the committees that need a pat on the back through the able chairmanship of the “iron lady”, Hon. Boss Shollei, and the newest in the House, Hon. “Sir” George. Looking at the Regulations ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. I must thank you for taking charge of the House today. In fact, if you were some of us, some of us view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: would be locating their addresses as to wherever they live because of the disorder. Nevertheless, I want to support this Report based on the fact that the Powers and Privileges Committee sat and did what it was supposed to do. It gave us findings and listened to all the witnesses. Indeed, there was admission by one Hon. Fatuma Gedi that she got that letter from a Parliamentary staff. That is enough reason to invoke Section 17 of the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act. This Committee is even mild. I can see from the Act other remedies that should have been ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to support this Bill with amendments. The drafter of this Bill talks about marginalised communities. The Constitution is so clear in Article 204 about marginalised areas view
• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the annulment of the said regulations on the grounds that have been well moved by the Mover. As much as I would have mentioned a few things that have been said, I believe that Hon. Shamalla will not be in position to say that I am repetitive. Nevertheless, I wish to state that there are many reasons as to why the said regulations should be annulled. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: First, they are foreign; they are not Kenyan. I say this for the simple reason that the period at which the person who drafted the same envisaged it to be implemented is impracticable. You cannot tell security companies to comply within a period of six months whereby you are asked to retrain all security guards within six months. We know for sure that we do not have an approved or accredited school where security guards ought to be trained. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: The other issue that caused me to look at these regulations is insufficient public participation because security guards are not a preserve of Nairobi County only. We have other counties that have interest in this because private security companies complement the work done by the National Police Service. Telling these small private companies to be in compliance by 20th January 2020 is simply not achievable. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Security companies that are compliant or those that can comply within that period are few giants that we have. This maybe begs this question: Who drafted these regulations because the intention seems to have been to drive the small players out of market? Therefore, I strongly support the Committee’s position. You can imagine a security firm being asked to pay their security guards a colossal amount of Kshs35,000 per month. How many people can afford to hire a security guard for their homesteads at that amount? How many companies can afford it and make profits from the people they employ? view
• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: The other issue is: How is it that the drafter of the said regulations proposed that there be a private security regulatory authority where only two of the representatives would come from the industry players and the rest will be from outside? We have not seen a regulatory authority where people who have no interest in the industry are the ones appointed to regulate. view