Githinji Robert Gichimu

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Thank you. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also stand to support the Motion and happily thank the President of this Republic, Hon. (Dr) William Samoei Ruto, for leading a very vigorous campaign for our candidate as Kenyans, namely, the Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga,...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Thank you. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also stand to support the Motion and happily thank the President of this Republic, Hon. (Dr) William Samoei Ruto, for leading a very vigorous campaign for our candidate as Kenyans, namely, the Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga,...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to approach this matter from two fronts. First, the position of the Speaker has already been outlined under Articles 97 and 106 of the Constitution of Kenya. Therefore, there is no one who can challenge the position of...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to approach this matter from two fronts. First, the position of the Speaker has already been outlined under Articles 97 and 106 of the Constitution of Kenya. Therefore, there is no one who can challenge the position of...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to approach this matter from two fronts. First, the position of the Speaker has already been outlined under Articles 97 and 106 of the Constitution of Kenya. Therefore, there is no one who can challenge the position of...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to also contribute to this Special Motion on approval of the nominees for appointment to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. As I contribute, let me take this early opportunity to wish you, Hon. Speaker, and all...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the Motion to reject all the amendments by the Senate because it has overstepped its mandate as per the Constitution. Under Article 96 of the Constitution, the Senate is supposed to protect the interests of the counties. It...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to also contribute to this Special Motion on approval of the nominees for appointment to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. As I contribute, let me take this early opportunity to wish you, Hon. Speaker, and all...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the Motion to reject all the amendments by the Senate because it has overstepped its mandate as per the Constitution. Under Article 96 of the Constitution, the Senate is supposed to protect the interests of the counties. It...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Thank you. As I support this, I abide myself with the sentiments that have been... The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : Order, Hon. Members. (Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a stood along the gangways) Member for Thika Town, Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a, you cannot stand between the Speaker...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I support this amendment as it obligates the agency to ensure that all start-ups receive training to register their intellectual property. This will help prevent them from being taken advantage of by the bigwigs. For instance, when M-PESA was starting, young people...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, every law should not be made in vain. In proper drafting, every law should have a penalty clause. The initial Bill missed out on that. Therefore, the introduction of the penalty clause in this Bill is very important. Regulations that will follow...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, while considering this Bill, as a Committee, we also found out that there are quite a number of terms that were regularly used in the Bill, but had not been defined. So, this section seeks to define those terms for the better...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, on the further amendment, is it possible for the Chairman to give an exemption to start-ups, the banks that are starting up? We are saying that for you to start a bank in another four years, you will require Ksh6 billion to...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I support this amendment because accreditation services are under KENAS. Some organisations get accreditation outside the country like South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) or Nigeria and other places. We need to domicile all the accreditation within this country. (Question,...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) I support this because it gives clarity. Any charges can only come through regulations. Initial amendments were quiet. It was not clear that any regulations would be required. In this case, we require that regulations must be done to give instances and how much to...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Farah Maalim) : Yes, Member for Gichugu. What is your point of order? Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Trade,...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, had I not been caught up by time, I would have proposed an amendment to delete the entire clause. We should leave businesses to thrive at their own pace and ability. The issue being raised that people can merge… People come into...

Hon. Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I second. 3rd December 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 2 (Laughter)