Joseph Wathigo Manje

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker for using technology to see me. I want to stand and oppose this Motion because it will set a precedent where county-based parastatals will start agitating for the same thing. We dealt with the Division of Revenue Bill last month, and we allocated revenue to counties. So, if we go ahead and transfer parastatals, it will be like a backdoor allocation of resources. Another issue is that most of these agro-based parastatals are not performing. Last year the Government was in situation where it was to try to resuscitate these parastatals so as to privatize them. ... view
• 9 May 2013 in National Assembly: I want to take this opportunity also to contribute to this Motion. We have been told that a memorandum does not play a major role in this Bill, but if you check page 12 of this document you will find that there is a table. Although I am not a lawyer I am somebody who respects mathematics so much. If you check column 3 which has “NA”, and you find a figure that is Kshs.231.1 billion then that defeats mathematics. The explanation that is given down there, it says” in determining the vertical allocation for the county government for 2013/2014 ... view
• 9 May 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 9 May 2013 in National Assembly: My point of order is on the document that we are using in this House. Why members of the minority side are not respecting these standing orders is because we are becoming casual in them. I want to read Standing Order No.18, Presiding in the House, “The Speaker shall preside at any sitting of the House but in absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker shall preside and in absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, a member elected by the House for that purpose pursuant to Article 107 of the Constitution shall preside.” Have you been elected by ... view